CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN COMPANY(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-01 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-13.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£8M
+2.3% vs 2023
Employees
42
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£149K
-473.7% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,464,598 | £1,656,151 | |
| Operating profit | £39,809 | -£148,754 | |
| Profit before tax | £39,809 | -£148,752 | |
| Net profit | £242,186 | £182,614 | |
| Cash | £2,260,755 | £1,956,628 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,854,531 | £8,037,145 | |
| Net assets | £7,854,531 | £8,037,145 | |
| Equity | £7,854,531 | £8,037,145 | |
| Average employees | 42 | 42 | |
| Wages | £1,149,501 | £1,129,949 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | -9.0% | |
| Net margin | 16.5% | 11.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 0.5% | -1.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.49x | 5.16x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the date of signing of these financial statements, forecasts indicate that the Group will be able to maintain liquidity for a period of at least one year following the date of signing of these financial statements and will therefore be able to continue to trade as a going concern. The Trustees therefore consider that no material uncertainty exists in relation to going concern for the Group.”
Group structure
- CHELSEA PHYSIC GARDEN COMPANY(THE) · parent
- CPG Enterprises Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The charity has working relationships and maintains networks with numerous organisations at a local, national and international level.”
- “In 2024 the Garden welcomed 43,499 visitors (46,280 in 2023) and an overall footfall total of 56,340 visitors including day visitors and attendees of visitor enhancement events such as the Chelsea History Festival, Christmas Fair and Lates.”
- “The collaboration with Beefeater Gin through the London Garden Gin product and their charitable donation to the Garden was discontinued in 2024.”
- “Domestic visitor numbers decreased in 2024 with many visitors citing cost of living pressure in survey responses.”
- “The initiative between the Royal Hospital, Chelsea, the National Army Museum, Cadogan Estates and the Garden to form the Chelsea Heritage Quarter, continued this year.”
- “Restoration and reinterpretation of the Garden's historic Glasshouses, supported by a National Lottery Heritage grant of £924,100 was completed in 2023, the accompanying activity programmes completed in 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 48 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MEDWAY, Susan | Secretary | 2015-01-01 | — | — |
| ANDERSON, Jane, Professor | Director | 2025-02-26 | Dec 1952 | British |
| CHARMAN, Helen Georgette, Dr | Director | 2021-02-04 | Aug 1969 | British |
| CLARK, Lucinda Frances | Director | 2025-07-22 | Apr 1970 | British |
| FLANNIGAN, Sarah Elisabeth | Director | 2025-02-26 | Dec 1973 | British |
| KENNEY, William Graham Victor | Director | 2024-01-01 | Sep 1977 | British |
| MAJOR, Simon Charles | Director | 2021-07-22 | Oct 1979 | British |
| MATHERS, David Richard | Director | 2025-07-22 | May 1965 | British |
| O'SULLIVAN, Bernadette | Director | 2025-07-22 | Jan 1963 | British |
| POTTAGE, Matthew George | Director | 2025-07-22 | May 1986 | British |
| SIMPSON, Philippa Helen Boudica, Dr | Director | 2021-07-22 | Jul 1979 | British |
| VALLE, Anna | Director | 2023-01-01 | Jun 1969 | Italian |
| WOODWARD, Andrew St John | Director | 2021-07-22 | Nov 1965 | British |
| YOUNGER, Jennie Veronica | Director | 2025-05-13 | May 1956 | British |
Show 48 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINS, Rosie | Secretary | 2002-03-01 | 2009-09-14 |
| HUTCHISON, John Edward | Secretary | 2012-02-21 | 2014-12-31 |
| KEMP, Dawn | Secretary | 2009-09-14 | 2012-02-21 |
| MINTER, Susan | Secretary | — | 2001-10-11 |
| ANTHONY, Balniel, Lord | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2008-07-17 |
| ARNOLD, Cathy | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2021-07-22 |
| ARRAN, Thomas, The Earl Of Arran | Director | 1994-04-19 | 2013-12-31 |
| BANKS, William Lawrence | Director | — | 2003-05-01 |
| BARING, Charles Evelyn, 2nd Baron Howick Of Glendale | Director | 1993-11-02 | 2012-12-31 |
| BENYON, William Richard, Sir | Director | 1994-04-19 | 2008-07-17 |
| BOYD-CARPENTER, Marsom Henry, Sir | Director | — | 2002-05-14 |
| BRICKELL, Christopher David | Director | 1996-04-16 | 2013-12-31 |
| CECIL, Marjorie Oleingascoyne, The Marchioness Of Salisbury | Director | — | 1998-11-03 |
| CHENEVIX-TRENCH, Jonathan Charles | Director | 1999-11-02 | 2010-12-09 |
| CHISHOLM, Colin | Director | 2015-11-17 | 2024-12-31 |
| CORBYN, Stuart Alan | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2014-05-06 |
| DE BELDER, Robert Stefan | Director | — | 1995-10-26 |
| DEMPSEY, Alan | Director | 2021-08-09 | 2025-02-26 |
| FLANAGAN, Mark | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2015-10-27 |
| GIBSON, Richard Patrick Tallentyre, Lord | Director | — | 1998-03-05 |
| GRAY, Paul Martin | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2022-02-24 |
| HEARN, Donald Peter | Director | 2002-12-04 | 2016-12-20 |
| HEMMING, Sukie Mary | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| HOLLENDEN, Gordon, The Lord | Director | — | 1998-04-23 |
| JAMISON, David George, Dr | Director | — | 2003-10-31 |
| JARDINE, Lisa Anne, Professor | Director | 2011-12-06 | 2015-10-27 |
| JOBSON, Anna | Director | 2017-11-30 | 2024-10-14 |
| KIRKHAM, Tony | Director | 2017-05-23 | 2025-12-31 |
| LANKESTER, Patricia | Director | 2009-07-16 | 2020-12-31 |
| LENNOX-BOYD, Arabella, Lady | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2022-12-31 |
| LEWINGTON, Anna | Director | 1998-04-28 | 2003-10-09 |
| LODER, Giles, Sir | Director | — | 1996-06-01 |
| LONGSTAFFE-GOWAN, Todd | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2024-03-25 |
| MCGONIGLE, Michael Frederick | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| MCLAREN, Michael Duncan | Director | 1996-04-16 | 2010-12-09 |
| NGUYEN, Quoc-Nghi | Director | 2016-05-24 | 2022-05-12 |
| PRIDEAUX, Julian Humphrey | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2012-12-31 |
| PRIDEAUX, Michael Charles Terrell | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2022-12-31 |
| SAMUEL, Coral Cynthia | Director | — | 1997-11-17 |
| SANDISON, James Sinclair | Director | 2001-05-17 | 2002-11-24 |
| SELBORNE, John Roundell, The Earl Of Selborne | Director | — | 1993-03-20 |
| SMITH, Honor, Doctor The Hon | Director | — | 1995-01-18 |
| SNOW, Jonathan George | Director | 1996-04-16 | 2003-05-01 |
| SPELLER, Sarah Rosemary | Director | 2013-05-07 | 2022-12-31 |
| TENNANT, Harriot, Lady | Director | — | 2009-07-16 |
| THOMPSON, Paul Warwick, Dr | Director | 2022-07-14 | 2024-04-18 |
| TROUGHTON, Sarah Rose | Director | 2003-05-01 | 2014-12-31 |
| WIMBORNE, Mabel Edith, The Hon Dowager Viscountess Wimborne | Director | — | 1994-11-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 198 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-28 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+13.1%
£1,464,598 £1,656,151
-
Cash
-13.5%
£2,260,755 £1,956,628
-
Net assets
+2.3%
£7,854,531 £8,037,145
-
Employees
0%
42 42
-
Operating profit
-473.7%
£39,809 -£148,754
-
Profit before tax
-473.7%
£39,809 -£148,752
-
Wages
-1.7%
£1,149,501 £1,129,949
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