VAN HAGE & COMPANY LIMITED, SO50 6HT : Companies House Number 03071469

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Shareholders' funds

£2,612,360

Balance sheet as at 2022-07-31

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What it does

Garden centre

The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.

Overview

Company type: Private Limited Company
Incorporated: 1995-06-22
Employees: 278 (2022 accounts · was 240 in 2021)
Registered office: Brambridge Park Garden Centre Kiln Lane, Brambridge, Eastleigh, Hampshire, United Kingdom, SO50 6HT
Postcode: SO50 6HT
Capital: 253,100 GBP
Accounts category: Audit Exemption Subsidiary
Charges: 3 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to: 2025-12-31
Next due by: 2027-09-30
Financial year end: 31 December

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated: 2026-04-30
Next due by: 2027-05-14

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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 2 current · 18 resigned

Neil MCDONALD Director

Appointed 2024-05-08

Alan ROPER Director

Appointed 2022-11-09

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Group structure 1 subsidiary

Controlled by BLUE DIAMOND UK LIMITED — since 2022-11-09

Controlled by VAN HAGE & COMPANY (HOLDINGS) LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

CHENIES GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED 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

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Contact details

Website: vanhage.co.uk
Phone: 01481253684, 01244625200, 01782658735

Welcome to Blue Diamond, one of the largest garden centre retail groups in UK and Channel Islands

Previous company names

Name	Date changed
CITY CENTRE OPTIONS LIMITED	1995-11-24

Previous registered addresses 2

Address	Changed on
BRIDGE HOUSE, 181 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON. EC4V 4DD.	1995-10-10
BRIDGE HOUSE, 181 QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON. EC4V 4DD.	1995-10-10

Among its peers

Top 10%

by shareholders' funds, of 55 similar companies in SO

The largest employer among its local peers (278 staff).

Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1995.

No.5 of the largest retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores companies in Southampton →

Competitors Southampton

1. HIGHFIELD GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED

£9,498,304
2. ROSEBOURNE LIMITED

£8,851,129
3. BOTLEY FLOUR MILLING COMPANY LIMITED

£3,368,169
4. FOSSEWAY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

£2,820,804
6. ARTURI LIMITED

£1,242,572

This company ranks 5 among retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores in Southampton.

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The class of 1995

45%

of the 34,002 companies incorporated in 1995 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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Property in England & Wales 3 titles

Leasehold: 3
Most recent registration: 2022-11-24
Where: Buckinghamshire (1), City Of Peterborough (1), Hertfordshire (1)

Title number	County	Tenure	Registered	Price paid
BM463083	Buckinghamshire	Leasehold	2022-11-24	—
CB475018	City Of Peterborough	Leasehold	2022-11-24	—
HD614201	Hertfordshire	Leasehold	2022-11-24	—

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