Company registration number 10356390 (England and Wales)
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
PAGES FOR FILING WITH REGISTRAR
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
CONTENTS
Page
Balance sheet
1
Statement of changes in equity
2
Notes to the financial statements
3 - 5
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
BALANCE SHEET
AS AT
31 DECEMBER 2024
31 December 2024
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2024
2023
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
3
362,486
362,486
Current assets
Debtors
4
100
100
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
5
(11,400)
(11,400)
Net current liabilities
(11,300)
(11,300)
Net assets
351,186
351,186
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
351,086
351,086
Total equity
351,186
351,186
These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime.
The director of the company has elected not to include a copy of the profit and loss account within the financial statements.true
The financial statements were approved and signed by the director and authorised for issue on 29 September 2025
Mr C D Bonnett
Director
Company registration number 10356390 (England and Wales)
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
£
£
£
Balance at 1 January 2023
100
351,468
351,568
Year ended 31 December 2023:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(382)
(382)
Balance at 31 December 2023
100
351,086
351,186
Year ended 31 December 2024:
Profit and total comprehensive income
-
Balance at 31 December 2024
100
351,086
351,186
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
Gardening Express (Europe) Limited is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is 1386 London Road, Leigh on Sea, Essex, England, SS9 2UJ.
1.1
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006 as applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. The disclosure requirements of section 1A of FRS 102 have been applied other than where additional disclosure is required to show a true and fair view.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the director continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
1.3
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Freehold land and buildings
60 years
Freehold land is not depreciated.
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
2
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2024
2023
Number
Number
Total
1
1
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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3
Tangible fixed assets
Land and buildings
£
Cost
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
362,486
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 January 2024 and 31 December 2024
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2024
362,486
At 31 December 2023
362,486
No depreciation has been provided this year (2023 : nil) against the freehold property, as it is the directors opinion that the current market value of the property is greater than or equal to the residual value shown in the financial statements.
4
Debtors
2024
2023
Amounts falling due within one year:
£
£
Amounts owed by group undertakings
100
100
5
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2024
2023
£
£
Amounts owed to group undertakings
11,400
11,400
6
Audit report information
As the income statement has been omitted from the filing copy of the financial statements, the following information in relation to the audit report on the statutory financial statements is provided in accordance with s444(5B) of the Companies Act 2006.
The auditor's report is unqualified and includes the following:
Opinion
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 December 2024 and of its profit for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
Senior Statutory Auditor:
Julian Francis FCA
Statutory Auditor:
Francis James & Partners LLP
Date of audit report:
30 September 2025
GARDENING EXPRESS (EUROPE) LIMITED
NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS (CONTINUED)
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 DECEMBER 2024
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7
Events after the reporting date
On 6th June 2025 there was a charge by Lloyds Bank PLC placed on the property The Three Elms, with carrying value of £362,486 within tangible fixed assets.
8
Parent company
The smallest group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared is Gardening Express Group Holdings Limited. Consolidated financial statements for this company are available from 1386 London Road, Leigh on Sea, Essex, SS9 2UJ
Largest group
Gardening Express Group Holdings Limited
Smallest group
Gardening Express Group Holdings Limited