THE BARTON GRANGE GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-15 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-01
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
+40.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£20M
+10.8% vs 2024
Employees
331
-1.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
+41.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- THE BARTON GRANGE GROUP LIMITED 1993-03-17 → present
- BARTON GRANGE HOTEL LIMITED 1958-02-17 → 1993-03-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,991,032 | £25,844,104 | |
| Operating profit | £2,255,932 | £2,831,023 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,901,310 | £2,688,464 | |
| Net profit | £1,410,319 | £2,039,216 | |
| Cash | £4,071,562 | £5,708,310 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £19,657,298 | £25,979,648 | |
| Net assets | £17,994,703 | £19,941,718 | |
| Equity | £17,994,703 | £19,941,718 | |
| Average employees | 337 | 331 | |
| Wages | £7,092,341 | £7,093,247 |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.0% | 11.0% | |
| Net margin | 5.6% | 7.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 11.5% | 10.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 37.5% | 34.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 2.91x | |
| Interest cover | 4.27x | 7.03x |
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
- Xeinadin Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE BARTON GRANGE GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Barton Grange Garden Centre Limited 100%
- Garden Centre Plants Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Following HMRC approval and with the consent of the bondholders and the Preference shareholder class, in July 2025 the Company repaid the entirety of the Debenture Stock and purchased all of the Preference shares at a total cost of £765k.”
- “Later in July 2025, following HMRC approval, the Company demerged the entirety of the Barton Grange Garden Centre division and the entirety of the Garden Centre Plants division following which these divisions became transferred to the large Garden Centre chain, Blue Diamond.”
- “Also during July 2025 the further small nursery owned by the Company, Brookhouse Nursery, was closed and the assets sold to a neighbour.”
- “This Company continues to own and operate directly the large and successful Flower Bowl Entertainment Centre and the adjacent Barton Grange Marina. In addition the Company continues to own the undeveloped Garden Park and the stretch of land and buildings alongside the main road at Brock together with other properties which are under consideration for development.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HEATON, Jonathan | Director | 2003-02-01 | Dec 1954 | British |
| TOPPING, Edward Peter | Director | 1993-02-01 | Feb 1961 | British |
| TOPPING, Guy | Director | 1995-08-01 | Jul 1965 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DIXON, Robert James | Secretary | 2001-08-06 | 2016-12-31 |
| KIRBY, Thomas | Secretary | 1993-01-31 | 2001-08-06 |
| TOPPING, Avis May | Secretary | — | 1993-03-13 |
| KIRBY, Thomas | Director | 1993-02-01 | 2001-08-06 |
| TOPPING, Ada | Director | — | 1993-03-13 |
| TOPPING, Ian | Director | 1995-08-01 | 2014-02-12 |
| TOPPING MBE, Edward George | Director | — | 2021-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barton Grange Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-07-23 | Active |
| Mr Edward Peter Topping | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-22 | Ceased 2025-07-23 |
| Mr Guy Topping | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-12-21 | Ceased 2025-07-23 |
| Mr Edward George Topping Mbe | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-06-30 | Ceased 2022-12-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 193 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-07-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-09-09 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2025-09-05 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-08-11 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-07-28 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-07-23 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-23 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-26 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 5
- 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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+3.4%
£24,991,032 £25,844,104
-
Cash
+40.2%
£4,071,562 £5,708,310
-
Net assets
+10.8%
£17,994,703 £19,941,718
-
Employees
-1.8%
337 331
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Operating profit
+25.5%
£2,255,932 £2,831,023
-
Profit before tax
+41.4%
£1,901,310 £2,688,464
-
Wages
0%
£7,092,341 £7,093,247
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers