CHESSINGTON NURSERIES HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£6.3k
-97.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£9.1m
+416.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
142
+1.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£599k
+181.2% 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 | £11,247,526 | £10,335,452 | £10,444,987 | +1.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£336,546 | -£317,355 | £698,707 | +320.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£757,907 | -£737,568 | £599,120 | +181.2% | |
| Net profit | -£700,805 | -£467,022 | £638,174 | +236.6% | |
| Cash | £369,570 | £261,350 | £6,270 | -97.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,289,371 | £10,116,222 | £10,509,240 | +3.9% | |
| Net assets | £2,223,540 | £1,756,518 | £9,071,107 | +416.4% | |
| Equity | £2,223,540 | £1,756,518 | £9,071,107 | +416.4% | |
| Average employees | 143 | 140 | 142 | +1.4% | |
| Wages | £2,778,787 | £2,800,608 | £2,851,879 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £236,817 | £186,748 | £192,732 | +3.2% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £340 | — | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £168,473 | £174,748 | £180,732 | +3.4% |
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 | -3.0% | -3.1% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | -6.2% | -4.5% | 6.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -3.0% | -3.1% | 6.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 84.2% | 86.7% | 29.3% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.63x | 0.78x | |
| Interest cover | -0.80x | -0.75x | 7.02x |
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
- Affinia (Chelmsford)
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting”
Group structure
- CHESSINGTON NURSERIES HOLDINGS COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Chessington Nurseries Limited 100%
- Chessington Garden Centre Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 12 November 2025, the rights attaching to all preference shares in issue were varied, such that the previously non-discretionary coupon became discretionary. Consequently, the preference shares were reclassified from debt to equity on the date of the amendment.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLEMING, Stephen Mark | Director | 2017-07-31 | May 1964 | British |
| MARTIN, Alexander Keith | Director | 2017-07-31 | Aug 1941 | British |
| MARTIN, Jolyon Paul | Director | 2017-03-31 | Nov 1971 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jolyon Paul Martin | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 32 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-14 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-07-14 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-14 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-07-14 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-05-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 1
- 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.