Polhill Garden Centre Limited
Registered name: POLHILL GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
Polhill Garden Centre Limited made £14.8m revenue and £485k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Polhill Garden Centre Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £14.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £485k profit and 200 employees. The company is classified under “other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)” and is based in Badgers Mount; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Badgers Mount, South East
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.5m | £13m | £13.6m | £14.8m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £6.9m | £7.1m | £7.7m |
| Gross profit | £5.8m | £6.1m | £6.5m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £583k | £686k | £693k | £899k |
| Profit before tax | £372k | £470k | £497k | £683k |
| Profit after tax | £308k | £333k | £340k | £485k |
| Profit (best available) | £308k | £333k | £340k | £485k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £4.1m |
| Employees (average) | 186 | 192 | 198 | 200 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.5% | 2.5% | 2.5% | 3.3% |
| Gross margin | 46.7% | 46.9% | 47.9% | 48.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £67k | £67.9k | £68.7k | £74.2k |
| Profit per employee | £1.7k | £1.7k | £1.7k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | −64% | −273.6% | −161.5% | −143.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.7% | ▲4.3% | ▲9.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲8.2% | ▲2.2% | ▲42.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.2% | ▲3.1% | ▲1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £798k | £1.3m | £996k | £3m |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.1m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.1m | £3m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £3.6m | £3.5m | £3m | £5.2m |
| Debtors | £49.8k | £55.1k | £43.7k | £94k |
| Deferred income | £155k | £179k | £221k | £161k |
| Cash from operations | −£374k | −£1.9m | −£1.1m | −£1.3m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.2k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −143.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲202%
- Now £3m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 200
- Deferred income
- ▼27%
- Now £161k
- Fixed assets
- ▼1%
- Now £2.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £485k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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