Strong results from the private garden centre groups

Each month Gardenforum’s Company Results pages are updated with the latest accounts filed at Companies House. Here is a summary of the companies updated recently. To see the full figures visit the Company Results in Tradeforum. The report includes sales, profit before tax, fixed assets, interest paid, total borrowings and shareholders funds for the last 3 years.

Suppliers / Manufacturers

• Alexander Rose, recently sold to The Roda Group (see Gardenforum Noticeboard), revealed sales of £9.1m, down for the 2nd year. Profits fell to £96k for the year ending (y/e) Aug 2010.
• Profits recovered strongly at Castacrete to £741k on sales of £11.2m for y/e Dec 09.
• Shed manufacturer, Delwyn Enterprises, reported a profit of £1m on sales of £7.3m for y/e Aug 2010.
• Gisela Graham added 19% to sales reaching £12.5m. Profits held steady at £238k for y/e June 2010.
• Husqvarna UK reported sales of £127m (-6%) and profits of £4.3m (-34%) for y/e Dec 2009.
• Profits at J Parker Dutch Bulbs (Wholesale) increased sharply to £2.4m on sales of £17.1m for y/e June 2010.
• Sales fell 24% at garden furniture distributor Keter (UK) to £35m, losses reduced to £89k for y/e Dec 2009.
• Oase (UK) increased sales by 16% to £6.8m. Profits held steady at £453k for y/e Sep 2010.
• Turnover fell sharply for the second year to £7.8m at Rowlinson Garden Products with losses of £580k for y/e Apr 2010. Turnover fell also at Rowlinson Group to £40.7m with losses of £512k.
• Thompson & Morgan (UK) reported £19.7m adding 20% to last year’s sales. Profits were also higher at £1.5m for y/e June 2010.
• Woodlodge Products reported a profit of £422k on sales of £5.6m for y/e June 2010.

Garden Centres / Retailers

• Profits at Burford Garden Centre reached £1m on sales of £8.2m for y/e Jan 2010.
• Profits at D J Squire & Co increased 34% to £3.7m on sales up 6% to £30.6m for y/e July 2010.
• Denys E Head returned to profit with £102k on sales of £6.6m for y/e Jan 10.
• Profits grew 21% at Haskins Garden Centres to £3.4m on turnover of £24.8m for y/e Feb 2010
• Poplars Nursery Garden Centre increased profits to £492k on sales of £4.4m for y/e Feb 2010.
• The Barton Grange Group lifted sales 13% to £21.2m. Profits grew to £1.5m for y/e Jan 2010.
• Sales were static at The Edinburgh Woollen Mill at £157m. Profits shrunk slightly to £22.5m for y/e Feb 2010.
• The Garden & Leisure Group increased sales to £42.7m and returned to break-even with a small profit of £96k for y/e Dec 09.
• The Gardens Group increased sales by 5% to £5.8m. Profits doubled to £142k for y/e Dec 2009.

Nurseries

• Losses reduced at Butters Group to £232k on sales down 14% to £31.6m for y/e June 2010. Keith Butters showed a profit of £558k on the same sales.
• Profits fell to £41k at Darby Nursery Stock on sales of £5.8m for y/e Jan 2010.
• Glendale Horticulture reported sales of £3m and losses of £1.3m for y/e Dec 2009.

Other

• Home Hardware Southwest returned to profit with £231k on sales of £25.3m for y/e June 10.
• RHS Enterprises added 10% to turnover at £18.7m, yielding a profit of £162k for y/e Jan 2010.
• Turnover fell for the second year to £6.8m at Whiting Landscape. Profits improved to £136k for y/e June 2010.

N.B. Profits in all cases refers to PBT – Profit before Tax.

Other companies updated on Gardenforum’s Company Results recently include
Barters Farm Nurseries
Barton Grange Garden Centre
Ben Reid & Co
Boughton Loam & Turf Management
Bridge Farm Nurseries
Chenies Aquatics
Chichester Roses
Ferndale Nursery & Garden Centre
Flying Flowers
Foxmoor Nurseries
Garden Innovations
Gardencare Supplies
GGP UK
JH Newington
Johnsons Garden Centre (Boston)
Kirklees Developments
Landgard (UK)
Palmer Nurseries
Pennell & Sons
Plantscene
Plum Products
Ransomes
Sakata UK
South Heath Garden Centre & Nursery
Taylors Organex
The Abbeydale Garden Company
Trebaron Garden Centre
Vital Earth GB
Walberton Nursery