CHESSINGTON NURSERIES LIMITED
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Cash
£6.2k
-97.6% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£9.1m
-2.8% vs 2024
Employees
142
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£298k
+20.2% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,345,821 | £12,306,176 | £11,509,311 | £11,247,527 | £10,335,452 | £10,444,987 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | £262,159 | £804,181 | -£216,975 | -£280,000 | -£260,810 | -£198,594 | +23.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £224,680 | £778,447 | -£278,011 | -£393,789 | -£373,451 | -£298,181 | +20.2% | |
| Net profit | £155,016 | £783,209 | -£227,070 | -£336,687 | -£102,905 | -£259,127 | -151.8% | |
| Cash | £1,073,929 | £9,174 | £9,061 | £369,492 | £261,242 | £6,162 | -97.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,003,774 | £12,967,149 | £12,211,204 | £11,900,377 | £11,084,073 | £10,579,490 | -4.6% | |
| Net assets | £5,875,776 | £10,317,146 | £9,840,076 | £9,503,389 | £9,400,484 | £9,141,357 | -2.8% | |
| Equity | £5,875,776 | £10,317,146 | £9,840,076 | £9,503,389 | £9,400,484 | £9,141,357 | -2.8% | |
| Average employees | 143 | 134 | 163 | 143 | 140 | 142 | +1.4% | |
| Wages | £2,365,539 | £2,453,674 | £2,690,058 | £2,778,787 | £2,800,608 | £2,851,879 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £263,324 | £299,397 | £309,887 | £236,817 | £186,748 | £192,732 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £340 | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | — | £168,473 | £174,748 | £180,732 | +3.4% |
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 6.5% | -1.9% | -2.5% | -2.5% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 6.4% | -2.0% | -3.0% | -1.0% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.3% | 6.2% | -1.8% | -2.4% | -2.4% | -1.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.2% | 32.6% | 34.0% | 32.4% | 28.7% | 29.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.19x | 0.98x | 0.84x | |
| Interest cover | 6.99x | 31.25x | -3.55x | -2.46x | -2.29x | -1.99x |
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
- CHESSINGTON NURSERIES LIMITED 1976-12-31 → present
- COBURG (FARMERS) LIMITED 1973-08-09 → 1976-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Affinia (Chelmsford)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLEMING, Stephen Mark | Director | 2015-04-01 | May 1964 | British |
| MARTIN, Jolyon Paul | Director | 2002-11-01 | Nov 1971 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARTIN, Ruth | Secretary | — | 2017-07-31 |
| ANDREWS, Brian | Director | 1995-10-09 | 2015-03-31 |
| BARLEY, Graham Charles | Director | 2004-08-12 | 2013-01-14 |
| BATES, Alan Christopher | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2017-11-19 |
| BROOKER, Peter Richard | Director | 2002-11-01 | 2017-01-31 |
| HICKMAN, Timothy John | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2021-05-06 |
| JORGENSEN, Rebecca Jane | Director | 2012-10-24 | 2018-09-30 |
| KERN, Paul David | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2017-10-30 |
| MARTIN, Alexander Keith | Director | — | 2017-07-31 |
| MARTIN, Ruth | Director | — | 2017-07-31 |
| MOUNTNEY, Andrew George | Director | 2002-12-01 | 2008-05-22 |
| SMITH, Paul Antony | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2023-01-20 |
| SORENSEN, Elaine Joyce | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2019-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chessington Nurseries Holdings Company Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-07-31 | Active |
| Mr Alexander Keith Martin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 169 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-09-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-12-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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