GARDENER'S DREAM LTD
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Cash
£517k
+1% vs 2024
Net assets
£6.8m
+20.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
91
-3.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.8m
+79.5% highest in 3 filed years
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 | £19,308,054 | £22,578,591 | £22,161,482 | -1.8% | |
| Operating profit | £1,466,844 | £1,092,489 | £1,818,787 | +66.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,421,501 | £1,003,340 | £1,801,235 | +79.5% | |
| Net profit | £1,075,711 | £754,394 | £1,356,178 | +79.8% | |
| Cash | £609,755 | £511,918 | £516,842 | +1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,655,732 | £6,055,269 | £7,198,527 | +18.9% | |
| Net assets | £5,286,692 | £5,629,945 | £6,799,409 | +20.8% | |
| Equity | £5,286,692 | £5,629,945 | £6,799,409 | +20.8% | |
| Average employees | 90 | 94 | 91 | -3.2% | |
| Wages | £2,005,370 | £2,327,784 | £2,499,424 | +7.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £306,768 | £357,980 | £378,309 | +5.7% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £12,000 | £12,000 | £12,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £117,772 | £127,869 | £136,570 | +6.8% |
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 | 7.6% | 4.8% | 8.2% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 3.3% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 25.9% | 18.0% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.5% | 18.6% | 18.5% | |
| Current ratio | 4.14x | 4.68x | 4.80x | |
| Interest cover | 32.35x | 12.25x | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Johnston Carmichael LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- GARDENER'S DREAM LTD · parent
- 6 Deerdykes Place Ltd 100%
- Gardener's Dream BV 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCFARLANE, Andrew Grant | Director | 2012-01-01 | Feb 1967 | British |
| WILSON, Craig Robert | Director | 2011-10-01 | Jul 1984 | British |
| WILSON, David William | Director | 2011-10-01 | Jan 1986 | British |
| WILSON, Kenneth Thomas | Director | 2011-08-02 | Aug 1982 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Kenneth Thomas Wilson | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 40 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-11-06 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-10-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-09-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-08-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-08-13 | 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.