PENNELL'S HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£447k
-26.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£11m
-2.7% vs 2024
Employees
215
+0.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£765k
-24.7% vs 2024
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
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,402,655 | £13,195,112 | +6.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,243,157 | £1,024,108 | -17.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,015,265 | £764,572 | -24.7% | |
| Net profit | £874,805 | £513,154 | -41.3% | |
| Cash | £609,609 | £446,935 | -26.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,651,059 | £13,961,362 | -4.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,583,602 | £11,265,351 | -2.7% | |
| Equity | £11,583,602 | £11,265,351 | -2.7% | |
| Average employees | 213 | 215 | +0.9% | |
| Wages | £3,286,765 | £3,649,164 | +11% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £262,746 | £341,701 | +30% | |
| Highest paid director | £88,540 | £115,895 | +30.9% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.0% | 7.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.1% | 3.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.5% | 7.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.0% | 33.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.14x | |
| Interest cover | 5.33x | 3.82x |
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
- Streets Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Despite the risks and uncertainties brought about by the continued economic instability and the challenges this brings, the company has grown ahead of forecasts. On the basis of these results the Directors considers the affairs of the company to be satisfactory.”
Group structure
- PENNELL'S HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Pennell & Sons Limited 100%
- Pennell's Estates Limited 100%
- Sleaford Garden Centre & Farm Shop Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PENNELL, Julie Ann | Secretary | 2006-11-23 | — | British |
| PENNELL, Anna Elizabeth | Director | 2024-02-21 | Aug 1985 | English |
| PENNELL, James Richard | Director | 2024-02-21 | Jul 1989 | English |
| PENNELL, Julie Ann | Director | 2006-11-23 | Aug 1959 | British |
| PENNELL, Laura Ann | Director | 2024-02-21 | Mar 1987 | English |
| PENNELL, Richard Nicholas | Director | 2006-11-23 | Jul 1953 | British |
| PENNELL, William Edward | Director | 2014-03-05 | Aug 1983 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pennells Garden Centres Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-04-01 | Active |
| Mr Richard Nicholas Pennell | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-11-23 | Ceased 2025-04-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-02 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-12-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-02 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-12-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-12-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-04-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-02-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-11-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-26 | 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
- 4
- 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.