AYLETT NURSERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-07-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-10-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-20 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-06
Watchouts
Cash
£737K
-7.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+2% vs 2024
Employees
102
-4.7% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£380K
+138.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | £7,289,425 | £7,719,185 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | £122,833 | £356,041 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | £159,629 | £380,130 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | £111,740 | £288,300 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | — | £799,019 | £736,944 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | — | £6,546,479 | £6,682,390 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | — | £6,313,301 | £6,440,556 | |
| Equity | £5,585,708 | — | — | — | — | £6,313,301 | £6,440,556 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | — | 107 | 102 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | £2,028,166 | £2,012,229 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-10-31 | 2020-10-31 | 2021-10-31 | 2022-10-31 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.7% | 4.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | 1.5% | 3.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | 1.9% | 5.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.63x | 2.40x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | 12.42x | 46.32x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Rayner Essex LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The directors were satisfied with the level of sales and overall performance of the company, the early spring and warm summer assisted sales and Customers were encouraged into their gardens with the corresponding improvement in sales for the business.”
- “The directors continue to take a prudent approach, aware of the supply chain logistic issues caused by international events and increasing changes to weather patterns.”
- “Stock turnover increased marginally to 86.8 days (2024: 81 days).”
- “Employment costs as a percentage of sales reduced to 29.34% (2024: 30.82%) reflecting the better sales and cautious management of employment costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WIGGLESWORTH, Adam | Secretary | 2010-10-31 | — | British |
| AYLETT, Hazel Edith | Director | — | Sep 1940 | British |
| WIGGLESWORTH, Adam | Director | 1995-07-01 | Apr 1965 | British |
| WIGGLESWORTH, Julie Ann | Director | — | Jun 1965 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AYLETT, Hazel Edith | Secretary | — | 2010-10-31 |
| AYLETT, Roger Sydney | Director | — | 2010-05-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adam Wigglesworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2025-02-11 | Active |
| Mrs Hazel Edith Aylett | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-02-11 |
| Mrs Julie Ann Wigglesworth | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 118 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-18 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-02-18 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2024-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-11-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-04-21 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-04-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-10-31 vs 2024-10-31
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Turnover
+5.9%
£7,289,425 £7,719,185
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Cash
-7.8%
£799,019 £736,944
-
Net assets
+2%
£6,313,301 £6,440,556
-
Employees
-4.7%
107 102
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Operating profit
+189.9%
£122,833 £356,041
-
Profit before tax
+138.1%
£159,629 £380,130
-
Wages
-0.8%
£2,028,166 £2,012,229
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers