HADDENHAM GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+5.2% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4.1m
+11% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
65
+1.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£919k
+15.4% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £7,731,000 | £8,048,049 | £8,575,104 | +6.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £925,130 | £886,413 | £958,139 | +8.1% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £832,539 | £796,308 | £918,925 | +15.4% | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £636,000 | £590,496 | £681,839 | +15.5% | |
| Cash | £1,332,725 | £540,753 | £919,952 | £1,215,562 | £1,364,588 | £1,436,079 | +5.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,146,937 | £4,179,132 | £4,768,429 | £5,159,734 | £5,234,063 | £5,539,821 | +5.8% | |
| Net assets | £1,516,194 | £2,232,706 | £2,914,208 | £3,370,765 | £3,731,364 | £4,140,431 | +11% | |
| Equity | £1,516,194 | £2,232,706 | £2,914,208 | £3,370,765 | £3,731,364 | £4,140,431 | +11% | |
| Average employees | 46 | 46 | 66 | 58 | 64 | 65 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,332,801 | £1,449,447 | £1,495,776 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £35,873 | £34,540 | £34,947 | +1.2% |
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 | 2020-09-30 | 2021-09-30 | 2022-09-30 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 12.0% | 11.0% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 8.2% | 7.3% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 17.9% | 16.9% | 17.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 46.3% | 41.1% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.23x | 2.30x | 2.44x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 9.38x | 8.45x | 11.61x |
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
- HADDENHAM GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED 1985-09-18 → present
- HADDENHAM NURSERIES LIMITED 1977-10-25 → 1985-09-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Hillier Hopkins LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Margaret Mcgregor | Secretary | 1996-05-17 | — | British |
| CUNLIFFE, Katherine Louise | Director | 2018-11-12 | Jun 1979 | British |
| HAWKINS, Benjamin Robert | Director | 2014-01-01 | Mar 1985 | British |
| HAWKINS, Margaret Mcgregor | Director | 1996-05-17 | Mar 1949 | British |
| HAWKINS, Stephen John | Director | 1999-04-09 | Sep 1976 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIGAN, Susan Linda | Secretary | — | 1996-05-17 |
| HAWKINS, Christopher John | Director | — | 2023-02-22 |
| LARKIN, Antony Stephen | Director | — | 1996-05-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Stephen John Hawkins | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-06-13 | Active |
| Mr Benjamin Robert Hawkins | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2025-06-13 | Active |
| Christopher John Hawkins | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-06-13 |
| Margaret Mcgregor Hawkins | Individual | Shares 75–100% (as trust), Voting 75–100% (as trust), Appoints directors (as trust) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-25 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-06-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-06-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.