LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-15 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£2M

-36% lowest in 8 filed years

Net assets

£24M

-0.2% vs 2023

Employees

650

+5.9% highest in 5 filed years

Profit before tax

£1M

+185.2% vs 2023

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	—	£40,080,043	—	£41,782,950	—	£51,890,761	—	—	£56,897,047	£61,180,051
Operating profit	—	£2,239,341	—	£3,185,848	—	£3,574,077	—	—	£534,338	£1,453,330
Profit before tax	—	£2,058,338	—	£2,686,551	—	£3,103,243	—	—	£450,776	£1,285,787
Net profit	—	£1,317,209	—	£1,856,601	—	£2,394,343	—	—	£210,990	£445,722
Cash	—	£2,576,360	£2,576,361	£5,202,000	£5,202,000	£4,908,833	£4,908,833	—	£3,444,371	£2,203,352
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£24,523,742	—	£25,012,472	—	£23,945,291	—	—	£28,145,828	£27,794,691
Net assets	—	£19,522,251	—	£21,335,687	—	£23,663,250	—	—	£24,230,744	£24,180,466
Equity	£17,930,765	£19,522,251	£19,545,866	£21,335,687	£21,335,687	£23,663,250	—	£24,395,754	£24,230,744	£24,180,466
Average employees	—	438	—	454	—	518	—	—	614	650
Wages	—	£5,721,768	—	£6,445,700	—	£6,811,603	—	—	£9,902,030	£11,294,587
Directors' remuneration	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	£253,750	£266,250

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+7.5%

£56,897,047 £61,180,051

highest in 5 filed years
Cash

-36%

£3,444,371 £2,203,352

lowest in 8 filed years
Net assets

-0.2%

£24,230,744 £24,180,466
Employees

+5.9%

614 650

highest in 5 filed years
Operating profit

+172%

£534,338 £1,453,330
Profit before tax

+185.2%

£450,776 £1,285,787
Wages

+14.1%

£9,902,030 £11,294,587

highest in 5 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2018-12-31	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	—	5.6%	—	7.6%	—	6.9%	—	—	0.9%	2.4%
Net margin	—	3.3%	—	4.4%	—	4.6%	—	—	0.4%	0.7%
Return on capital employed	—	9.1%	—	12.7%	—	14.9%	—	—	1.9%	5.2%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	35.4%	28.1%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.29x	1.81x
Interest cover	—	11.24x	—	6.33x	—	7.59x	—	—	3.21x	3.75x

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: WP Audit Services LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have an expectation that the company's net current assets as at 31 December 2024 of £4.8m are more than sufficient to provide adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors have therefore concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED · parent
1. Bourne Valley Garden Centre Limited 100% · England

Significant events

“On 20 July 2023 Longacres Garden Centre Limited (Longacres) purchased the entire share capital of Bourne Valley Garden Centre Limited (Bourne Valley) and subsequently hived up the ongoing trade, assets and liabilities. The original financial statements did not accurately reflect the hive up of tangible fixed assets and stock from Bourne Valley and the correct disclosure of investments and goodwill at the reporting date. In addition, an error was identified in the amortisation write off period of business acquisitions made in 2016 and 2019 resulting in the carrying value of goodwill being overstated in prior periods.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 2 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
ERRIDGE, Julie Margaret	Director	2011-07-01	Oct 1965	British
LONG, Carol Jane	Director	2011-07-01	Jan 1962	British
LONG, Nigel Peter	Director	2011-07-01	Nov 1968	British

Show 2 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
LONG, Mary Doreen	Director	2011-07-01	2017-12-01
LONG, Peter John	Director	2011-07-01	2022-05-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Peter John Long	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2022-05-01
Mrs Mary Doreen Long	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Ceased 2017-12-01
Ms Julie Margaret Erridge	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Ms Carol Jane Long	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active
Mr Nigel Peter Long	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 56 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-04-20	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-04-20	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-04-20	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-03-17	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2026-03-17	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-07-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-08-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-07-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2023-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2023-07-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-09-28	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-21	SH08	capital	Capital name of class of shares
2022-07-20	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2022-07-19	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2022-07-19	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2022-06-09	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-07-02	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2021-07-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 7
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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