The Garden and Home Trading Company Limited
Registered name: THE GARDEN AND HOME TRADING COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Pge II (SC) Limited groupThe Garden and Home Trading Company Limited made £20.8m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
The Garden and Home Trading Company Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £20.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 37 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale via mail order houses or via internet” and is based in Preston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.6m | £18.9m | £20.9m | £20.8m |
| Cost of sales | £9.2m | £11.8m | £13.1m | £12.9m |
| Gross profit | £7.3m | £7.2m | £7.8m | £7.9m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.7m | £1.8m | £2m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.5m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £912k | £1m | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 45 | 43 | 37 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.1% | 7.3% | 7.1% | 7.3% |
| Gross margin | 44.3% | 37.9% | 37.3% | 38% |
| Revenue per employee | £360k | £421k | £487k | £561k |
| Profit per employee | £29.2k | £30.6k | £34.7k | £41k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲14.3% | ▲10.6% | ▼0.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲2.4% | ▲8.4% | ▲1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▼4.4% | ▼14% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.6m | £2.4m | £3.7m | £4.1m |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £4m | £5.2m | £6.4m |
| Fixed assets | £104k | £232k | £206k | £436k |
| Current assets | £5.2m | £5.1m | £6.3m | £7.7m |
| Debtors | £140k | £350k | £391k | £496k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £561k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £41k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £6.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲11%
- Now £4.1m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 37
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲111%
- Now £436k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pge II (SC) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Panoramic Growth Equity (GP3) LLP50–75%
- Finch Newco Limited75–100%
- GHTC (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- The Garden and Home Trading Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- GHTC Online 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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