Freeland Horticulture Limited
Registered name: FREELAND HORTICULTURE LIMITED
Part of Freeland (UK) Ltd groupFreeland Horticulture Limited made £11.5m revenue and £365k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Freeland Horticulture Limited’s revenue fell 10% to £11.5m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £365k profit and 39 employees. The company is classified under “landscape service activities” and is based in Swanley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swanley, London
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Freeland (UK) Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.1m | £15m | £12.8m | £11.5m |
| Cost of sales | £11.2m | £11.9m | £10m | £9m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £3.1m | £2.8m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | £605k | £860k | £514k | £419k |
| Profit before tax | £566k | £818k | £462k | £367k |
| Profit after tax | £497k | £677k | £452k | £365k |
| Profit (best available) | £497k | £677k | £452k | £365k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 41 | 39 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 4.5% | 3.5% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 20.2% | 20.7% | 21.9% | 22.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £313k | £295k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £11k | £9.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▼14.3% | ▼10.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲36.4% | ▼33.2% | ▼19.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £1.2m | £534k | £669k |
| Net assets | £2.4m | £2.8m | £3m | £3.3m |
| Fixed assets | £1.8m | £1.6m | £3m | £2.8m |
| Current assets | £4.9m | £6.2m | £3.6m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2m | £1.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £295k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.4%
- 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
- ▲11%
- Now £3.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲25%
- Now £669k
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 39
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £2.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Freeland (UK) Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Freeland Horticulture Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Berkswell Recycling 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 £365k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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