GROVEWELL GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED
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Cash
£897k
+77% vs 2025
Net assets
£7.9m
+10.6% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
179
+2.3% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£1.4m
+54.4% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,233,314 | £11,798,254 | £13,980,188 | +18.5% | |
| Operating profit | £132,303 | £946,919 | £1,568,898 | +65.7% | |
| Profit before tax | £104,486 | £910,631 | £1,406,294 | +54.4% | |
| Net profit | £31,604 | £627,361 | £825,635 | +31.6% | |
| Cash | £1,160,806 | £506,868 | £897,275 | +77% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,219,086 | £9,340,893 | £11,046,826 | +18.3% | |
| Net assets | £6,606,273 | £7,168,884 | £7,929,769 | +10.6% | |
| Equity | £6,606,273 | £7,168,884 | £7,929,769 | +10.6% | |
| Average employees | 183 | 175 | 179 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £3,047,363 | £3,240,730 | £3,492,617 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.2% | 8.0% | 11.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.3% | 5.3% | 5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.8% | 10.1% | 14.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.5% | 37.2% | 39.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.72x | 1.15x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 3.00x | 18.33x | 8.76x |
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
- Richard Anthony
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- GROVEWELL GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED · parent
- Grovewell Canterbury Limited 100%
- Grovewell Tenterden Limited 100%
- Grovewell Folkestone Limited 100%
- Grovewell Hamstreet Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Higher interest rates: Interest rates impact on the interest charges on our loans. Over the year we paid off some more of the historic loans and have used cash generated by the business to pay for the developments at the garden centres. However, as reported last year, to deliver the Hamstreet development we took out a loan, hence our exposure to this risk is increased.”
- “Major project funding limitations: This risk is recognised as a material risk to our development plans at Folkestone. Funding for developments can come from profits generated by the business, bank loans and the sale of spare land with value added planning permissions. For the Folkestone development the last of these has become a significant issue meaning our ability to fund the development for the site, in as timely a manner and as fully as planned, is severely impacted.”
- “Geopolitical; impacting supply chain and energy: The war in Ukraine and the Middle East continue, and there is now the US-Iran war (currently in a 60 day ceasefire / negotiations period). These all have an impact on the world's economy. Energy prices rose significantly, but have come down from their peak, there is still a risk the conflicts could escalate from their current states, increasing energy prices again.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOULT, Edward William | Secretary | 2007-06-26 | — | British |
| BOULT, David Mark | Director | 2010-07-19 | Feb 1960 | British |
| BOULT, Edward William | Director | 2007-06-26 | Nov 1963 | British |
| BOULT, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 2007-06-26 | Jan 1934 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| TEMPLE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2007-06-26 | 2007-06-26 |
| BOULT, David Luard | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2022-07-15 |
| HUISH, Clive | Director | 2007-06-26 | 2012-06-29 |
| COMPANY DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2007-06-26 | 2007-06-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward William Boult | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-03-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- 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.