POLHILL GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-02 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£996K
-23.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-10.1% vs 2023
Employees
198
+3.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£497K
+5.7% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £13,043,026 | £13,608,069 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £685,804 | £692,666 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £469,876 | £496,826 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £333,194 | £340,390 | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,300,162 | £995,620 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £4,505,765 | £3,850,028 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £2,108,391 | £1,895,586 | |
| Equity | — | — | £2,108,391 | £1,895,586 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 192 | 198 | |
| Wages | — | — | £3,110,926 | £3,394,071 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.3% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.6% | 2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 15.2% | 18.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.78x | 1.51x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 3.02x | 3.33x |
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
- Perrys Audit Limited
- 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.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NOVELL, David John | Secretary | — | — | British |
| BENSTED, Peter Andrew | Director | 2008-04-01 | Aug 1982 | British |
| DYMOND, Rebecca Margaret | Director | 2019-06-14 | Mar 1992 | British |
| NOVELL, Allison Margaret | Director | 2000-03-05 | Apr 1969 | British |
| NOVELL, David John | Director | — | Jun 1949 | British |
| NOVELL, Joshua | Director | 2021-08-05 | Apr 1997 | British |
| NOVELL, Mark Richard | Director | 2006-11-21 | Sep 1975 | British |
| WOOD, Russell Graham | Director | 2009-10-01 | Jun 1971 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOWEN, Paul | Director | — | 2000-02-29 |
| COMBE, Brian Francis | Director | 1997-07-09 | 2008-06-30 |
| CROSS, Colin William | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-02-29 |
| DYE, Paul | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2010-02-15 |
| HUME, Daniel | Director | 2006-11-21 | 2010-10-29 |
| MCCABE, Scott | Director | 2010-01-01 | 2016-12-30 |
| NOVELL, Harold Charles | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr David John Novell | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-09-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2018-09-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-08-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2017-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.3%
£13,043,026 £13,608,069
-
Cash
-23.4%
£1,300,162 £995,620
-
Net assets
-10.1%
£2,108,391 £1,895,586
-
Employees
+3.1%
192 198
-
Operating profit
+1%
£685,804 £692,666
-
Profit before tax
+5.7%
£469,876 £496,826
-
Wages
+9.1%
£3,110,926 £3,394,071
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