PARK GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-13 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+51% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5M
+4.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
64
+4.9% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£365K
+58.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £5,761,000 | £6,537,000 | £7,235,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £267,000 | £403,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £157,000 | £230,000 | £365,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £93,000 | £138,000 | £245,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,161,000 | £1,288,000 | £1,945,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £6,252,000 | £6,431,000 | £6,682,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £5,102,000 | £5,240,000 | £5,485,000 | |
| Equity | £3,974,000 | £4,938,000 | £5,009,000 | £5,102,000 | £5,240,000 | £5,485,000 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 48 | 61 | 64 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,128,000 | £1,297,000 | £1,485,000 |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 4.1% | 5.6% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 1.6% | 2.1% | 3.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 4.2% | 6.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 3.34x | 3.07x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 6.51x | 9.83x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's 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 company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “Turnover for the year ending 31 August 2025 grew to £7.235m, an increase of 10.7% on the previous year.”
- “The Bottom Line profitability of the business grew to £245k an increase of 77.6% on the previous year.”
- “Management are planning to invest in the expansion of the café.”
- “The imposition of new employment legislation in April 2026 will significantly increase the risk and cost of removing poor performing staff.”
- “The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) have refused to confirm the decision made some time ago to ban peat from being retailed in the UK.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, Philip John | Secretary | 2000-05-23 | — | British |
| CAIRNS, Gregory Keith | Director | 1997-09-01 | Apr 1945 | British |
| HODGES, Philip John | Director | 1996-01-22 | Jan 1970 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAYMOND, Joan Nancy | Secretary | — | 2000-03-06 |
| HODGES, Alan Keith | Director | — | 2026-04-13 |
| HODGES, Mark Alan | Director | 1996-01-22 | 2011-09-22 |
| HODGES, Susan Primrose | Director | — | 2013-09-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Philip John Hodges | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-06-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 115 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-16 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-08-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-02-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-02-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
-
Turnover
+10.7%
£6,537,000 £7,235,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+51%
£1,288,000 £1,945,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+4.7%
£5,240,000 £5,485,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+4.9%
61 64
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+50.9%
£267,000 £403,000
-
Profit before tax
+58.7%
£230,000 £365,000
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+14.5%
£1,297,000 £1,485,000
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