LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£24,180,466
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of garden centre operators. The company operated from six sites for the whole of the year.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-07-01
- Employees
- 650 (2024 accounts · was 614 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Longacres Nursery, London Road, Bagshot, Surrey, GU19 5JB
- Postcode
- GU19 5JB
- Capital
- 9,501,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-01
- Next due by
- 2027-07-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47760 Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores
Officers 4 current · 1 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
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BOURNE VALLEY GARDEN CENTRE LTD Dissolved
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
- longacres.co.uk
- Phone
- 01276486422, 01932777677, 01276476778
Longacres, the largest independent garden centre in the UK. Based in Surrey, we supply everything for your home and garden, both in-store and online.
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 51 similar companies in GU
The largest employer among its local peers (650 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2011.
Competitors Guildford
This company ranks 1 among retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores in Guildford.
The class of 2011
24%
of the 360 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 7 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2024-03-25
- Price paid, where recorded
- £7,865,000
- Where
- Surrey (4), Kent (2), Essex (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY874705 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2024-03-25 | — |
| SY137404 | Surrey | Freehold | 2023-08-17 | £3,000,000 |
| EX507845 | Essex | Leasehold | 2019-08-22 | — |
| K125847 | Kent | Freehold | 2016-08-18 | £115,000 |
| K550304 | Kent | Freehold | 2016-08-18 | £2,500,000 |
| SY468807 | Surrey | Freehold | 2015-07-27 | £2,250,000 |
| SY800282 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2012-01-24 | — |
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