THE BARTON GRANGE GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
£229k
-96% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£1.5m
-92.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
202
-39% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.4m
-150.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,991,032 | £25,844,104 | £16,927,299 | -34.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,255,932 | £2,831,023 | -£1,089,904 | -138.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,901,310 | £2,688,464 | -£1,366,369 | -150.8% | |
| Net profit | £1,410,319 | £2,039,216 | -£1,012,223 | -149.6% | |
| Cash | £4,071,562 | £5,708,310 | £229,213 | -96% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,657,298 | £25,979,648 | £3,075,598 | -88.2% | |
| Net assets | £17,994,703 | £19,941,718 | £1,472,294 | -92.6% | |
| Equity | £17,994,703 | £19,941,718 | £1,472,294 | -92.6% | |
| Average employees | 337 | 331 | 202 | -39% | |
| Wages | £7,092,341 | £7,093,247 | £7,117,660 | +0.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £36,712 | £39,135 | £26,390 | -32.6% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 11.0% | -6.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 7.9% | -6.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.5% | 10.9% | -35.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.5% | 34.9% | 84.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 2.91x | 0.21x | |
| Interest cover | 4.27x | 7.03x | -2.88x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BARTON GRANGE GROUP LIMITED 1993-03-17 → present
- BARTON GRANGE HOTEL LIMITED 1958-02-17 → 1993-03-17
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE BARTON GRANGE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Barton Grange Garden Centre Limited 100%
- Garden Centre Plants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “in July 2025 the Company repaid the entirety of the Debenture Stock and purchased all of the Preference shares at a total cost of £765k.”
- “Also during July 2025 the further small nursery owned by the Company, Brookhouse Nursery, was closed and the assets sold to a neighbour.”
- “Prior to all of the above transactions, the approval of the Company's bankers was requested and formally granted, subsequent to which the Bank Loan has been fully repaid.”
- “Following the demerger and sale, funds received by a Family Trust, of which my brother Guy and I are Trustees, has loaned £5m to this Company with interest being paid thereon at commercial rates.”
- “During the year we reduced significantly the Company's holdings in various quoted shares.”
- “All of the Debenture Stock was redeemed in July 2025.”
- “in July 2025 the Company purchased the entirety of its own Preference shares at a valuation which fully reflected the principles applicable to this class of shareholding.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEATON, Jonathan | Director | 2003-02-01 | Dec 1954 | British |
| TOPPING, Edward Peter | Director | 1993-02-01 | Feb 1961 | British |
| TOPPING, Guy | Director | 1995-08-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Robert James | Secretary | 2001-08-06 | 2016-12-31 |
| KIRBY, Thomas | Secretary | 1993-01-31 | 2001-08-06 |
| TOPPING, Avis May | Secretary | — | 1993-03-13 |
| KIRBY, Thomas | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2001-08-06 |
| TOPPING, Ada | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| TOPPING, Ian | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2014-02-12 |
| TOPPING MBE, Edward George | Director | — | 2021-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Grange Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-23 | Active |
| Mr Edward Peter Topping | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-22 | Ceased 2025-07-23 |
| Mr Guy Topping | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-21 | Ceased 2025-07-23 |
| Mr Edward George Topping Mbe | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2022-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 195 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-07-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 5
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.