Thompsons Nursery Limited
Registered name: THOMPSONS NURSERY LIMITED
Thompsons Nursery Limited made £5.8m revenue and £281k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Thompsons Nursery Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £5.8m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £281k profit and 106 employees. The company is classified under “growing of other perennial crops” and is based in Kent; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kent, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.5m | £5.8m |
| Cost of sales | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £180k | £488k |
| Profit before tax | £32.5k | £362k |
| Profit after tax | −£19.5k | £281k |
| Profit (best available) | −£19.5k | £281k |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 106 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −0.4% | 4.9% |
| Gross margin | 62.1% | 63.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £48k | £54.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£170 | £2.7k |
| Cash conversion | −326% | −193.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼7.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £14.6k | £12.2k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.3m |
| Fixed assets | £6.7m | £6.5m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.5m |
| Debtors | £72.8k | £73k |
| Deferred income | £48.8k | £57.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£588k | −£944k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 63.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £54.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −193.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 112.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼4%
- Now £5.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼16%
- Now £12.2k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 106
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £57.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £6.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Thompsons Plant and Garden Centres LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £281k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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