BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED 1995-02-03 → present
2. DATALINK (U.K.) LIMITED 1989-09-12 → 1995-02-03

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

BDO LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 Group or Parent 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

1. BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED · parent
   1. Chatsworth Garden Centre Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   2. Newbridge Nurseries Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   3. Milton Park (Dorset) Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   4. Blackdown Garden Centre Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   5. Van Hage & Company Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   6. Beckworth Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   7. Fosseway Garden Centre Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   8. FGC Holdings Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer
   9. Frosts Garden Centre Limited 1% · UK · Garden centre retailer

Significant events

• “The Company made two investments during the period - Frosts Garden Centre and Willington Garden Centre.”
• “On 31 July 2024 the Group completed the acquisition of FGC Holdings Limited group, whose principal activity is that of the operation of a garden centre together with a B2C website.”
• “On 18 October 2024 the Group completed the acquisition of the trade and assets of Willington Garden Centre.”

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

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +6.8%

  £285,483,000 → £304,792,000

• Cash

  +3.9%

  £4,085,000 → £4,246,000

• Net assets

  +8%

  £69,417,000 → £74,997,000

• Employees

  +6%

  3,892 → 4,125

• Operating profit

  -3.7%

  £18,323,000 → £17,642,000

• Profit before tax

  -9%

  £12,790,000 → £11,633,000

• Wages

  +16.9%

  £57,993,000 → £67,815,000

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