D.J.SQUIRE & CO.,LIMITED
Company number 00316151 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
D.J. Squire & Co. occupies a distinctive position within the UK garden retail sector as an exceptionally long-established family business with nearly nine decades of continuous trading — a longevity achieved by fewer than 5% of independent garden centre operators. The company's group structure and extensive board suggest operational complexity beyond a typical single-site independent, though its share capitalisation and ownership structure (three family PSCs at 25-50% each) present both governance challenges and capital constraints relative to better-resourced regional and national competitors. The critical strategic question facing the business is whether it can execute the "retailtainment" transition that the sector increasingly demands, whilst managing the inherent tensions of multi-stakeholder family governance.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1936-07-08
- Registered office
- Sixth Cross Road, Twickenham, Middx, TW2 5PA
- Postcode
- TW2 5PA
- Capital
- 82,500 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 5 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-22
- Next due by
- 2027-09-05
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47760 Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores
Officers 13 current · 11 resigned
Group structure 5 subsidiaries
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BADSHOT LEA GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2025 (period to 2024-07-31) — 6 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
1.5%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| SIXTH CROSS ROAD, TWICKENHAM, MIDDX, TW2 5PA | 1991-03-19 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 44 similar companies in TW, trading since 1936
Property in England & Wales 22 titles
- Freehold
- 17
- Leasehold
- 5
- Most recent registration
- 2025-02-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £14,359,506
- Where
- Surrey (14), West Sussex (4), Wokingham (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BK136896 | Wokingham | Freehold | 2025-02-06 | £7,600,000 |
| BK322123 | Wokingham | Freehold | 2025-02-06 | — |
| WSX437562 | West Sussex | Freehold | 2023-09-28 | £602,500 |
| BK272863 | Wokingham | Freehold | 2019-08-09 | £2,239,997 |
| SY721201 | Surrey | Freehold | 2018-08-09 | £3,917,009 |
| SY839333 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2016-09-13 | — |
| SY815995 | Surrey | Freehold | 2014-03-24 | — |
| SY795606 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2011-11-14 | — |
| WSX111583 | West Sussex | Freehold | 2011-11-14 | — |
| WSX132778 | West Sussex | Freehold | 2011-11-14 | — |
| NGL886630 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2011-05-20 | — |
| SY643477 | Surrey | Freehold | 2011-01-26 | — |
| SY436350 | Surrey | Freehold | 2007-01-15 | — |
| SY239680 | Surrey | Freehold | 2000-03-17 | — |
| WSX239210 | West Sussex | Leasehold | 2000-02-03 | — |
| SY723632 | Surrey | Leasehold | 1996-07-08 | — |
| SY713806 | Surrey | Freehold | 1996-04-02 | — |
| SY629702 | Surrey | Freehold | 1992-11-10 | — |
| SY618076 | Surrey | Freehold | 1991-07-03 | — |
| SY568504 | Surrey | Freehold | 1987-02-03 | — |
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