WEBBS GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2025-01-05

Confirmation statement due

2026-07-15 (in 2mo)

Last made up 2025-07-01

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£54K

-68% vs 2023

Net assets

£23M

+1.6% vs 2023

Employees

512

-1.2% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£583K

+276.3% vs 2023

Net assets

9-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

WEBBS GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=2305

Accounts

9-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-05

Metric	2020-01-06	2021-01-03	2021-01-04	2022-01-02	2022-01-03	2023-01-01	2023-01-02	2023-12-31	2025-01-05
Turnover	—	£19,244,104	—	—	—	—	—	£31,666,375	£32,528,628
Operating profit	—	£1,052,086	—	—	—	—	—	£465,703	£1,024,501
Profit before tax	—	£950,607	—	—	—	—	—	£154,846	£582,749
Net profit	—	£403,681	—	£1,634,836	—	-£447,141	—	-£69,107	£212,219
Cash	£2,034,220	£2,480,674	—	£3,774,884	—	£51,342	-£15,777	£167,620	£53,695
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£25,640,679	—	£29,934,465	—	£32,292,954	—	£29,540,713	£29,501,940
Net assets	—	£21,397,349	—	£25,237,391	—	£24,891,912	—	£22,684,777	£23,039,823
Equity	£19,760,140	£21,397,349	£21,397,349	£25,237,391	£25,237,391	£24,891,912	£24,891,912	£22,684,777	£23,039,823
Average employees	—	370	—	415	—	428	—	518	512
Wages	—	£4,647,445	—	—	—	—	—	£7,617,125	£7,969,012

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	2020-01-06	2021-01-03	2021-01-04	2022-01-02	2022-01-03	2023-01-01	2023-01-02	2023-12-31	2025-01-05
Operating margin	—	5.5%	—	—	—	—	—	1.5%	3.1%
Net margin	—	2.1%	—	—	—	—	—	-0.2%	0.7%
Return on capital employed	—	4.1%	—	—	—	—	—	1.6%	3.5%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets)	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	37.8%	36.4%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	0.75x	0.79x
Interest cover	—	8.57x	—	—	—	—	—	1.40x	2.27x

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: Bishop Fleming LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“The Directors have considered the implications of external factors (such as the global conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, and Israel and Palestine, and the ongoing economic environment in the UK) in relation to the risk of the business continuing to operate as a going concern and have concluded that there are sufficient cash resources in place to trade through the current economic climate, as well as having the ongoing support of our bank and funding providers as required. They have not identified any significant issues that are expected to affect the company's ability to continue as a going concern. Whilst the business is in a net current liability position, this reflects ongoing investment in working capital, as well as capital improvements to all sites for future enhanced returns, funded through operating cash flows. The net current liability position has improved by £281k from last year and the business has fully repaid on four bank loans in 2024 which will improve this position further going into 2025.”

Significant events

“Trading performance in 2024 shows sales and profits well up on last year, even after challenging economic conditions and a wet Spring & Summer season.”
“Strong Golden Quarter over Christmas period helped recover lost Spring gardening sales and improved margin performance.”
“Refurbishment and extension of restaurant and kitchen facilities at Millets Farm centre reopened in November 2024, expected to drive significant improvement in 2025.”
“Investment in several capital projects in 2024 including refitting Plant department at Cheltenham, investing in Flood Benches at Wychbold, reskinning reservoir at Wychbold, and developing new HR & Payroll System and QR ordering.”
“Fully paid down on four bank loans during the year, expecting improved cash flows and reduced interest costs going into 2025.”
“Signed off installation of solar panels on the roof at Millets Farm store during 2025, to generate up to 50% of energy usage at that site.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

4 active · 8 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
NATION, Oliver Grant	Secretary	2015-04-01	—	—
NATION, Oliver Grant	Director	2015-04-01	May 1978	British
WEBB, Edward Alexander Broughton	Director	2002-03-30	Apr 1974	British
WRIGHTSON, Andrew	Director	2021-08-01	Jun 1976	British

Show 8 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BROWN, Richard Hammond	Secretary	1991-09-02	2015-03-31
HOMER, Dennis John	Secretary	—	1991-08-30
BROWN, Richard Hammond	Director	1997-03-06	2015-03-31
DOUGLAS-DAVIES, Boyd John	Director	1998-06-24	2011-03-17
DUNNETT, Adam	Director	2001-07-01	2005-08-01
HALL, Richard Eric	Director	—	2002-07-31
WEBB, Marigold Elizabeth Cassandra, The Hon	Director	—	2004-12-31
WEBB, William Richard Broughton	Director	—	2006-01-01

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr William Richard Broughton Webb	Individual	Shares 25–50%	2016-04-06	Ceased 2020-02-28
Mr Edward Alexander Broughton Webb	Individual	Significant influence	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 124 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-07-21	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-07-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2024-07-11	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group	PDF
2023-07-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-07-13	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-12-06	SH03	capital	Capital return purchase own shares
2021-11-04	SH06	capital	Capital cancellation shares
2021-10-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2021-09-30	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2021-07-15	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-10-12	AAMD	accounts	Accounts amended with accounts type full
2020-09-30	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-07-14	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2020-07-14	PSC07	persons-with-significant-control	Cessation of a person with significant control	PDF
2019-08-02	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2019-07-10	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2018-07-16	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 2
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-05 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+2.7%

£31,666,375 £32,528,628

highest in 3 filed years
Cash

-68%

£167,620 £53,695
Net assets

+1.6%

£22,684,777 £23,039,823
Employees

-1.2%

518 512
Operating profit

+120%

£465,703 £1,024,501
Profit before tax

+276.3%

£154,846 £582,749
Wages

+4.6%

£7,617,125 £7,969,012

highest in 3 filed years

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

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