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POLHILL GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

#01807258 · Active · Incorporated 1984-04-09 (42y 4m) · Last filing 2026-07-28 (1mo ago)
Consumer Discretionary · SIC 47789 · G Wholesale & Retail Trade; Repair of Motor Vehicles · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2026-09-02 (in 13 days) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£3m

+202.2% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

£1.7m

-8.4% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

200

+1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£683k

+37.6% highest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £13,043,026£13,608,069£14,849,215 +9.1%
Operating profit £685,804£692,666£898,528 +29.7%
Profit before tax £469,876£496,826£683,396 +37.6%
Net profit £333,194£340,390£484,850 +42.4%
Cash £1,300,162£995,620£3,008,797 +202.2%
Total assets less current liabilities £4,505,765£3,850,028£6,147,740 +59.7%
Net assets £2,108,391£1,895,586£1,735,436 -8.4%
Equity £2,108,391£1,895,586£1,735,436 -8.4%
Average employees 192198200 +1%
Wages £3,110,926£3,394,071£3,659,003 +7.8%
Directors' remuneration £516,590£533,688£537,486 +0.7%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin 5.3%5.1%6.1%
Net margin 2.6%2.5%3.3%
Return on capital employed 15.2%18.0%14.6%
Current ratio 1.78x1.51x2.74x
Interest cover 3.02x3.33x3.88x

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.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Perrys Audit Limited
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 in preparing the financial statements.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

8 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
NOVELL, David John Secretary — — British
BENSTED, Peter Andrew Director 2008-04-01 Aug 1982 British
DYMOND, Rebecca Margaret Director 2019-06-14 Mar 1992 British
NOVELL, Allison Margaret Director 2000-03-05 Apr 1969 British
NOVELL, David John Director — Jun 1949 British
NOVELL, Joshua Director 2021-08-05 Apr 1997 British
NOVELL, Mark Richard Director 2006-11-21 Sep 1975 British
WOOD, Russell Graham Director 2009-10-01 Jun 1971 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
BOWEN, Paul Director — 2000-02-29
COMBE, Brian Francis Director 1997-07-09 2008-06-30
CROSS, Colin William Director 1998-07-01 2000-02-29
DYE, Paul Director 2006-11-21 2010-02-15
HUME, Daniel Director 2006-11-21 2010-10-29
MCCABE, Scott Director 2010-01-01 2016-12-30
NOVELL, Harold Charles Director — 2015-12-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr David John Novell Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 154 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-07-28 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-08-22 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-07-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2024-08-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2023-09-13 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-08-21 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-08-25 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-08-23 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-08-16 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2021-08-06 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2020-09-15 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-08-28 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-09-04 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-06-17 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2018-09-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2018-08-31 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2017-09-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
2

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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