BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED
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Cash
£20M
+376.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£88M
+16.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
4,692
+13.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£22M
+90.3% 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
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £285,483,000 | £304,792,000 | £365,378,000 | +19.9% | |
| Operating profit | £18,323,000 | £17,642,000 | £28,185,000 | +59.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,790,000 | £11,633,000 | £22,134,000 | +90.3% | |
| Net profit | £7,446,000 | £8,303,000 | £15,342,000 | +84.8% | |
| Cash | £4,085,000 | £4,246,000 | £20,238,000 | +376.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £184,028,000 | £215,095,000 | £251,061,000 | +16.7% | |
| Net assets | £69,417,000 | £74,997,000 | £87,609,000 | +16.8% | |
| Equity | £69,417,000 | £74,997,000 | £87,609,000 | +16.8% | |
| Average employees | 3,892 | 4,125 | 4,692 | +13.7% | |
| Wages | £57,993,000 | £76,280,000 | £87,325,000 | +14.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £93,686 | £231,799 | +147.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.4% | 5.8% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.6% | 2.7% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 10.0% | 8.2% | 11.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.96x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 3.31x | 2.94x | 4.66x |
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
- BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED 1995-02-03 → present
- DATALINK (U.K.) LIMITED 1989-09-12 → 1995-02-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Company will continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors are confident of being able to trade for a period of at least 18 months from the approval of the financial statements and have therefore concluded that it is appropriate that the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED · parent
- Chatsworth Garden Centre Limited
- Newbridge Nurseries Limited
- Blackdown Garden Centre Limited
- Van Hage & Company Limited
- Beckworth Limited
- Fosseway Garden Centre Limited
- FGC Holdings Limited
- Frosts Garden Centre Limited
- Yarnton Nurseries LLP
- B.Grange Holding Limited
- BG Garden Centre Limited
Significant events
- “In 2025, the Group acquired Yarnton Nurseries LLP and B. Grange Holdings Limited.”
- “Post balance sheet events include the acquisition of Leaf Creative Garden Centre on 27 February 2026 and Holt Garden Centre on 30 April 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCDONALD, Neil | Director | 2024-07-08 | Mar 1984 | British |
| ROPER, Alan | Director | 2002-05-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALEXANDER, Robert Craig | Secretary | 1997-05-29 | 2001-10-31 |
| BURNHAMS, Colin Michael | Secretary | 1992-10-19 | 1992-10-23 |
| DOREY, Ian Ozanne | Secretary | 1993-02-19 | 1997-05-29 |
| FLETCHER, Richard Anthony | Secretary | — | 1992-10-16 |
| PHILLIPS, Christopher Haydn Dunning | Secretary | 2001-11-01 | 2002-04-30 |
| SHAW, Treena Mary | Secretary | 2002-05-01 | 2013-06-24 |
| ALEXANDER, Robert Craig | Director | 1997-08-01 | 2001-10-31 |
| BUSH, Richard Frederick James | Director | — | 1992-10-05 |
| CHAPMAN, Michael Alan | Director | 1993-02-19 | 1998-01-20 |
| DOREY, Geoffrey Richard | Director | 2013-06-24 | 2015-06-10 |
| DOREY, Geoffrey Richard | Director | — | 2002-05-01 |
| DOREY, Ian Ozanne | Director | 1993-02-19 | 1997-05-29 |
| HEMANS, Richard James | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2024-07-08 |
| HOBBS, John Christopher | Director | — | 1993-02-19 |
| PHILLIPS, Christopher Haydn Dunning | Director | 2002-05-01 | 2003-09-30 |
| VAUDIN, Michael | Director | 1993-02-19 | 2007-03-31 |
| WRIGHT, Paul Keith | Director | 2004-07-26 | 2013-06-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Richard James Hemans | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-08 | Ceased 2024-07-08 |
| Mr Alan Roper | Individual | Significant influence | 2018-03-08 | Active |
| Blue Diamond Trading Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-02 | Ceased 2018-03-08 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-28 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-04-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-12-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-28 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-04-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-04-07 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 10
- 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.