BRITISH HARDWOOD TREE NURSERY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-05 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£449K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£4M
Equity attributable
Employees
19
Average over period
Profit before tax
£393K
Period ending 2025-07-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-05-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,431,811 | £4,337,885 | |
| Operating profit | £1,009,711 | £392,595 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,009,857 | £392,595 | |
| Net profit | £754,130 | £663,072 | |
| Cash | £1,668,220 | £448,825 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,276,990 | £3,880,206 | |
| Net assets | £3,194,747 | £3,857,819 | |
| Equity | £3,194,747 | £3,857,819 | |
| Average employees | 19 | 19 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2024-05-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 17.0% | 15.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.8% | 10.1% | |
| Current ratio | 6.38x | 6.35x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties... 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. The directors have prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “No events impacting the company have occurred since the end of the financial period which would impact the amounts or disclosures in these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDREWS, Mark Glen | Director | 2025-07-31 | Jul 1969 | British |
| BEENEY, Robert Emile | Director | 2023-06-01 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDERSON, Zoe Elizabeth | Secretary | 2004-12-14 | 2023-06-01 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-12-14 | 2004-12-14 |
| CLARK, Christopher | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-07-31 |
| FURNESS, Richard Stuart | Director | 2020-10-20 | 2023-06-01 |
| HENDERSON, Andrew Dennis John | Director | 2004-12-14 | 2023-06-01 |
| HENDERSON, John William | Director | 2004-12-14 | 2006-10-01 |
| HENDERSON, Susan Mary | Director | 2004-12-14 | 2011-06-02 |
| HENDERSON, Zoe Elizabeth | Director | 2020-09-11 | 2023-06-01 |
| KENT, Brendan | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-02-21 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-12-14 | 2004-12-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Origin Uk Operations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-06-01 | Active |
| Mr Andrew Dennis Henderson | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-01 |
| Mrs Zoe Elizabeth Henderson | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-06-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-06-15 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-03-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-26 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-01-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-06-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-06-15 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2023-06-15 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-06-05 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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 2025-07-31 vs 2024-05-31