BENTS GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£14,640,541
Balance sheet as at 2025-01-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company continued to be that of a retail garden centre.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1993-11-04
- Employees
- 432 (2025 accounts · was 388 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Bents Garden Centre Warrington Road, Leigh End, Glazebury, Warrington, WA3 5NT
- Postcode
- WA3 5NT
- Capital
- 500,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-01-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 January
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-04
- Next due by
- 2026-11-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
Officers 8 current · 3 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BENTS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Gender pay gap
0%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- bents.co.uk
- Phone
- 01942266303, 01942266300
Bents Garden & Home. A family business established in 1937, still 'growing our own' just as our grandparents did. Garden Furniture, Plants, BBQs, Cookshop and information about our Warrington Garden Centre.
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 9TH FLOOR, 3, HARDMAN STREET, MANCHESTER, M3 3HF, ENGLAND | 2014-02-07 |
| WARRINGTON ROAD, GLAZEBURY, LEIGH, LANCASHIRE, WA3 5NT | 2014-02-04 |
| THE HOLLINS, HOLLINS LANE, UNSWORTH BURY, LANCASHIRE BL9 8AT | 1994-05-26 |
| 84 TEMPLE CHAMBERS, TEMPLE AVENUE, LONDON, EC4Y 0HP | 1994-01-08 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 66 similar companies in WA
The largest employer among its local peers (432 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1993.
Competitors Warrington
This company ranks 1 among other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians) in Warrington.
The class of 1993
49%
of the 25,070 companies incorporated in 1993 are still active today; 48% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2024-04-11
- Price paid, where recorded
- £15,396
- Where
- Warrington (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CH639034 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2024-04-11 | £15,396 |
| CH574004 | Warrington | Leasehold | 2008-04-28 | — |
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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.