FLORANOVA LIMITED
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Cash
£292k
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£10m
+2.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
50
-3.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£349k
+18.9% vs 2024
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 | £6,557,928 | £6,580,275 | £5,110,058 | -22.3% | |
| Operating profit | £267,662 | £264,271 | £215,593 | -18.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £358,149 | £293,234 | £348,787 | +18.9% | |
| Net profit | £271,499 | £217,609 | £260,977 | +19.9% | |
| Cash | £178,652 | £285,825 | £292,314 | +2.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,689,833 | £9,930,933 | £10,200,757 | +2.7% | |
| Net assets | £9,646,623 | £9,864,232 | £10,125,209 | +2.6% | |
| Equity | £9,646,623 | £9,864,232 | £10,125,209 | +2.6% | |
| Average employees | 52 | 52 | 50 | -3.8% | |
| Wages | £1,393,895 | £1,310,290 | £1,350,358 | +3.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £111,468 | £54,159 | £77,419 | +42.9% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,611 | £7,715 | £13,664 | +77.1% | |
| Highest paid director | £101,088 | £36,514 | £65,832 | +80.3% |
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 | 4.1% | 4.0% | 4.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 3.3% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | 2.7% | 2.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 38.4% | 23.9% | 22.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.56x | — | — | |
| Interest cover | 29.52x | 42.22x | 29.35x |
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
- Grant Thornton
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After assessing the Company's financial position, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least the next 12 months. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements. The assessment took into account, among other things, the Company's substantial bank account balances and cash deposits with Syngenta affiliates.”
Group structure
- FLORANOVA LIMITED · parent
- Anglo Indian Flower Breeders Private Limited 50%
Significant events
- “The guarantee previously provided by the Company's bankers in favour of HM Revenue & Customs was terminated during 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCCULLOCH, Shirley | Secretary | 2022-12-02 | — | — |
| MONAGHAN, Kathrine Marie | Director | 2024-06-21 | Jul 1977 | British |
| MUTTON, Lynsey, Dr | Director | 2024-01-01 | Jan 1982 | British |
| SCHERMER, Mark Petrus | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1975 | Dutch |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Alfred George | Secretary | — | 2008-06-16 |
| BAYLISS, Matthew David | Secretary | 2019-08-19 | 2022-12-02 |
| STABLER, Tyvian John | Secretary | 2008-06-16 | 2019-07-26 |
| BARNES, Alfred George | Director | 1993-11-30 | 2006-12-29 |
| CHISHOLM, David Ian | Director | — | 2003-11-03 |
| COLEGRAVE, Fiona Mary | Director | 2006-12-29 | 2018-07-26 |
| COLEGRAVE, Jeffrey Ashbourne | Director | 2005-06-17 | 2018-07-26 |
| HENDER, Anthony Brooke | Director | — | 2000-07-11 |
| JOHNSON, Andrew David | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2023-12-31 |
| KESTER, Michael Willebrordus Cornelis | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2020-12-31 |
| LACEY, Dominic Jamie, Dr | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2024-01-31 |
| LACEY, Dominic Jamie | Director | 2003-08-11 | 2006-12-29 |
| LEIVERS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2003-08-11 | 2006-12-29 |
| MINERS, Brian Victor Brooks | Director | 1993-11-30 | 2006-12-29 |
| PATRICK, Richard William | Director | — | 2005-06-17 |
| SHEA, James Frederick, Dr | Director | 1998-01-28 | 2005-06-17 |
| STONE, Christopher Theodor Schilling | Director | — | 1999-03-30 |
| SUMMERS, Michael James | Director | — | 2006-12-29 |
| WHITELEY, Simon William Henry, Commercial Director | Director | 1996-07-24 | 2006-12-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icepage Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 208 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-12-03 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-12-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-12-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-12-07 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.