Gardner Retail Ltd
Registered name: GARDNER RETAIL LTD
Part of Roadside Real Estate PLC groupGardner Retail Ltd made £223k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Gardner Retail Ltd reported £223k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025, up 49% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 3 employees. The company is classified under “retail sale of automotive fuel in specialised stores” and is based in Abingdon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Abingdon, South East
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £29.7m | £31.9m | £27.2m | £28.8m |
| Profit after tax | — | £1.2m | £150k | £223k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £1.2m | £150k | £223k |
| Staff costs | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £294k | £49.9k | £74.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼87.3% | ▲48.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼25% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £800 | £800 | £800 | £800 |
| Net assets | £1.2m | £2m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Fixed assets | £7.7m | £6.8m | £9.2m | £10.4m |
| Current assets | £7.3k | £3.8k | £20.3k | £16.8k |
| Debtors | £6.5k | £3k | £19.5k | £16k |
| Deferred income | £102k | £505k | £272k | £262k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£2.1m | −£2m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £74.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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 £2.3m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £800
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- ▼4%
- Now £262k
- Fixed assets
- ▲14%
- Now £10.4m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Roadside Real Estate PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Gardner Retail Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Gardner Garages LimitedRev. £33.9m · Profit £182k
- Gardner Properties (Trowbridge) LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (6)
- Roadside Infrastructure LtdRev. £0 · Profit −£19k
- Cambridge Sleep Sciences LtdFigures not disclosed
- D.a.roberts Fuels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hoch Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £252k
- Roadside Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Roadside Reit 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 Jul 2025 (profit £223k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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