LONGACRES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

Company number 07689770 ·

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Shareholders' funds

£24,180,466

Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31

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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
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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

COMPANY DIRECTOR Appointed 2011-07-01
Appointed 2011-07-01
Appointed 2011-07-01
Appointed 2011-07-01

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Group structure 2 subsidiaries

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

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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.

No.1 of the largest retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores companies in Guildford →

Competitors Guildford

This company ranks 1 among retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores in Guildford.

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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.

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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 numberCounty Tenure RegisteredPrice 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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