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POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

STRATEGIC REPORT,

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 JANUARY 2026






POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Statement of Comprehensive Income 9

Statement of Financial Position 10

Statement of Changes in Equity 11

Statement of Cash Flows 12

Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows 13

Notes to the Financial Statements 14


POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026







DIRECTORS: D J Little
Z Goodhand
J C Little
B Little
C N Goodhand





SECRETARY: Z Goodhand





REGISTERED OFFICE: Poplars Nursery
Harlington Road
Toddington
Dunstable
Bedfordshire
LU5 6HE





REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: Miller & Co
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
5 Imperial Court
Laporte Way
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 8FE

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

STRATEGIC REPORT
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 January 2026.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
The principal activity of the Company is the operation of a garden centre. The Company has had another successful trading period with turnover increasing by 10% from £5.235m in 2025 to £5.780m this year. However, the gross profit margin has decreased marginally to 51.95% compared to 53.89% last year.

The final results show a profit before tax of £649,938 for the year, compared to a profit of £397,804 in the previous period. At the balance sheet date the net assets of the company had increased by 2.3% to £5,789,102. The company continues to maintain a strong liquidity balance and the management do not have any particular concerns over any uncertainties that could face the company within the foreseeable future.

That said, the directors are continuing to monitor increasing costs and negotiate with its suppliers and service providers to manage them in a manner to minimise the impact on its customers. The directors and management continue to seek ways to improve growth by increasing the retail space and marketing new products. As with all businesses, the company is aware of the risks posed by cyber fraud and management continue to take measures to mitigate them as much as possible.

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
Our main principal risks and uncertainties are general market conditions, pricing and competition. Looking forward, these risks are likely to continue, however, we consider that the business is in a good position to face these challenges, benefitting from a loyal customer base and strong cash reserves. The directors remain confident that the company can continue to strengthen its current level of performance and has the procedures, policies and internal controls in place to mitigate any potential risk.

FINANCIAL KEY PERFORMANCE INDICATORS
The company had total comprehensive income for the year ended 31 January 2026 of £459,208 (2025: £280,226) and has a strong net asset position of £5,789,102 (2025: £5,655,751).

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





Z Goodhand - Secretary


7 October 2026

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 January 2026.

DIVIDENDS
Interim dividends per share were paid during the year as follows:

Ordinary 'A' £1 - £100,000
Ordinary 'B' £1 - £34,000
Ordinary 'C' £1 - £48,333
Ordinary 'D' £1 - £34,680
Ordinary 'E' £1 - £34,680
Ordinary 'F' £1 - £46,333
Ordinary 'G' £1 - £1,500
Ordinary 'H' £1 - £9,418
Ordinary 'I' £1 - £13,750
Ordinary 'J' £1 - £3,167

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 January 2026 is £325,861.

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 February 2025 to the date of this report.

D J Little
Z Goodhand
J C Little
B Little
C N Goodhand

STREAMLINED ENERGY AND CARBON REPORTING
Although we are not required to report our energy use and carbon reduction measures these are important to us as a business and over the last 7 years we have significantly reduced our own energy consumption by installing LED lighting, energy efficient equipment, building insulation and in November 2024 installing over 1000 solar panels. In 2019 we purchased 516,000kWh of daytime electricity and we set this as our base level. 2020 and 2021 saw prolonged periods of closure of our restaurant and naturally consumption of electricity dropped considerably. In 2022 we reduced daytime electricity consumption to 401,785kWh despite installing 4 EV chargers. Consumption fell again in 2023 to 396,211kWh and in 2024 to 381,446kWh. 2025 saw the purchase of daytime units of electricity drop to 164,960kWh. This is a huge 68% reduction in purchased units of electricity and the impact on our purchasing is very evident in these accounts. Our water management strategies continue to work well. The Directors continue to look at further measures to reduce our carbon footprint further.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.


POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES - continued
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

AUDITORS
The auditors, Miller & Co, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:



Z Goodhand - Secretary


7 October 2026

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of Poplars Nursery Garden Centre Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 January 2026 which comprise the Statement of Comprehensive Income, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Changes in Equity, Statement of Cash Flows and Notes to the Statement of Cash Flows, Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 January 2026 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.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on pages three and four, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED


Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements, including fraud.

Extent to which the audit was considered capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Because of the inherent limitations of an audit, there is a risk that we will not detect all irregularities, including those leading to a material misstatement in the financial statements or non-compliance with regulation. This risk increases the more that compliance with a law or regulation is removed from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, as we will be less likely to become aware of instances of non-compliance. The risk is also greater regarding irregularities occurring due to fraud rather than error, as fraud involves intentional concealment, forgery, collusion, omission or misrepresentation.

We identify and assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to fraud or error, and then design and perform audit procedures responsive to these risks, including obtaining audit evidence that is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Identifying and assessing potential risks related to irregularities

In identifying and assessing risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we considered the following:

- the nature of the industry, control environment and business performance;
- the results of our enquiries of management about their own identification and assessments of the risks of
irregularities;
- any matters we identified having obtained and reviewed the company's policies and procedures relating to:

o identifying, evaluating and complying with laws and regulations and whether they were aware of any instances of
non-compliance;
o detecting and responding to the risks of fraud and whether they have knowledge of any actual, suspected or
alleged fraud;
o the matters discussed among the audit engagement team regarding how and where fraud might occur in the
financial statements and any potential indicators of fraud.

In common with all audits under ISAs (UK) we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override.

We also obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in, focusing on provisions of those laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, such as the Companies Act 2006.

In addition, we considered the provisions of other laws and regulations that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the Company's ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.

Audit response to risk identified

Our procedures to respond to risks identified included the following:

- Reviewing the financial statement disclosures to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and
regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements;

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED

- Performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate material
misstatement due to fraud;
- In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, the testing of the appropriateness of
journal entries and other adjustments and evaluating the business rationale of any significant transactions that are
unusual or outside the normal course of business.

We also communicated relevant identified laws and regulations and potential fraud risks to all engagement team members and remained alert to any indications of fraud or non-compliance with laws and regulations throughout the audit.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Stephen Healy (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of Miller & Co
Chartered Accountants
Statutory Auditors
5 Imperial Court
Laporte Way
Luton
Bedfordshire
LU4 8FE

7 October 2026

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

STATEMENT OF COMPREHENSIVE
INCOME
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 4 5,780,550 5,235,328

Cost of sales 2,777,754 2,413,757
GROSS PROFIT 3,002,796 2,821,571

Administrative expenses 2,694,513 2,610,426
308,283 211,145

Other operating income 322,704 170,399
OPERATING PROFIT 6 630,987 381,544

Interest receivable and similar income 18,951 16,260
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 649,938 397,804

Tax on profit 7 190,730 117,578
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 459,208 280,226

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

459,208

280,226

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

STATEMENT OF FINANCIAL POSITION
31 January 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Intangible assets 9 (549,804 ) (573,709 )
Tangible assets 10 4,913,099 4,761,884
4,363,295 4,188,175

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 11 726,720 689,339
Debtors 12 81,549 79,137
Cash at bank and in hand 1,844,115 1,265,127
2,652,384 2,033,603
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 13 1,091,613 403,408
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,560,771 1,630,195
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

5,924,066

5,818,370

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 14 134,964 162,619
NET ASSETS 5,789,102 5,655,751

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 15 1,189 1,185
Share premium 16 999,820 999,820
Retained earnings 16 4,788,093 4,654,746
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 5,789,102 5,655,751

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 7 October 2026 and were signed on its behalf by:





D J Little - Director


POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

Called up
share Retained Share Total
capital earnings premium equity
£    £    £    £   
Balance at 1 February 2024 1,184 4,561,180 999,820 5,562,184

Changes in equity
Issue of share capital 1 - - 1
Dividends - (186,660 ) - (186,660 )
Total comprehensive income - 280,226 - 280,226
Balance at 31 January 2025 1,185 4,654,746 999,820 5,655,751

Changes in equity
Issue of share capital 4 - - 4
Dividends - (325,861 ) - (325,861 )
Total comprehensive income - 459,208 - 459,208
Balance at 31 January 2026 1,189 4,788,093 999,820 5,789,102

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

2026 2025
Notes £    £   
Cash flows from operating activities
Cash generated from operations 1 1,362,002 483,886
Tax paid (20,266 ) (143,509 )
Net cash from operating activities 1,341,736 340,377

Cash flows from investing activities
Purchase of tangible fixed assets (455,842 ) (474,351 )
Interest received 18,951 16,260
Net cash from investing activities (436,891 ) (458,091 )

Cash flows from financing activities
Share issue 4 1
Equity dividends paid (325,861 ) (186,660 )
Net cash from financing activities (325,857 ) (186,659 )

Increase/(decrease) in cash and cash equivalents 578,988 (304,373 )
Cash and cash equivalents at beginning of
year

2

1,265,127

1,569,500

Cash and cash equivalents at end of year 2 1,844,115 1,265,127

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

NOTES TO THE STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

1. RECONCILIATION OF PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION TO CASH GENERATED FROM
OPERATIONS

2026 2025
£    £   
Profit before taxation 649,938 397,804
Depreciation charges 275,681 177,684
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 5,041 -
Finance income (18,951 ) (16,260 )
911,709 559,228
(Increase)/decrease in stocks (37,381 ) 57,465
Increase in trade and other debtors (2,411 ) (45,552 )
Increase/(decrease) in trade and other creditors 490,085 (87,255 )
Cash generated from operations 1,362,002 483,886

2. CASH AND CASH EQUIVALENTS

The amounts disclosed on the Statement of Cash Flows in respect of cash and cash equivalents are in respect of these Statement of Financial Position amounts:

Year ended 31 January 2026
31.1.26 1.2.25
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 1,844,115 1,265,127
Year ended 31 January 2025
31.1.25 1.2.24
£    £   
Cash and cash equivalents 1,265,127 1,569,500


3. ANALYSIS OF CHANGES IN NET FUNDS

At 1.2.25 Cash flow At 31.1.26
£    £    £   
Net cash
Cash at bank and in hand 1,265,127 578,988 1,844,115
1,265,127 578,988 1,844,115
Total 1,265,127 578,988 1,844,115

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

Poplars Nursery Garden Centre Limited is a private company, limited by shares, registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office address can be found on the Company Information page.

The presentation currency of the financial statements is the Pound Sterling, rounded to the nearest pound.

2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

The preparation of financial statements in compliance with FRS 102 requires the use of certain critical accounting estimates. It also requires management to exercise judgement in applying the company's accounting polices (see below).

Significant judgements and estimates
In applying the company's accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions in determining the carrying amounts of assets and liabilities. The directors' judgements, estimates and assumptions are based on the best and most reliable evidence available at the time when the decisions are made, and are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be applicable. Due to the inherent subjectivity involved in making such judgements, estimates and assumptions, the actual results and outcomes may differ.

The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised, if the revision affects only that period, or in the period of revision and future period, if the revision affects both current and future periods.

When considering the inventory provision, management considers the nature and the condition of inventory, as well as applying assumptions around anticipated saleability of inventory held and recent sales performance of inventory lines.

Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable and represents the amount receivable for goods supplied, net of returns and discounts allowed by the company and value added taxes.

The company operates a retail shop in the form of a garden centre. Sales of goods are recognised on sale to the customer, which is considered the point of delivery. Retail sales are usually by cash, credit or payment card. Sales are made to retail customers with a right to return within 28 days, subject to certain conditions regarding the usage.

Intangible fixed assets
Negative goodwill arose on the acquisition of the business during the year ended 29 February 2000. Under FRS 102 the negative goodwill is recognised in the income statement in the periods expected to be benefited. As the asset in question is freehold property the rate of amortisation of the negative goodwill is 2% straight line, to equate the amortisation rate to that of the depreciation charge on freehold property.

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3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life.
Freehold property - at varying rates on cost
Plant and machinery - 25% on reducing balance
Motor vehicles - 25% on reducing balance
Computer equipment - 25% on cost

Tangible fixed assets are carried at historic purchase cost less accumulated depreciation.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

Cost is determined with reference to the most recent purchase price. Cost includes the purchase price, including taxes and duties and transport and handling directly attributable to bringing the inventory to its present location and condition.

Financial instruments
The company only enters into basic financial instrument transactions that result in the recognition of financial assets and liabilities including cash and bank balances, trade and other accounts receivable and payable and loans from banks and other third parties.

Basic financial assets and liabilities are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction or debt instrument is measured at the present value of future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Such assets and debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income.

If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Statement of Comprehensive Income, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the statement of financial position date.


POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

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for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the statement of financial position date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. Contributions payable to the company's pension scheme are charged to profit or loss in the period to which they relate.

Other operating income
Other operating income consists of income from concession partners, marketing support and employment allowance.

4. TURNOVER

The turnover and profit before taxation are attributable to the one principal activity of the company.

An analysis of turnover by class of business is given below:

2026 2025
£    £   
Sale of goods 5,780,550 5,235,328
5,780,550 5,235,328

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

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for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

5. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS

20262025
£   £   
Office & management salaries313,316306,883
Other staff wages1,201,3281,156,751
Office & management social security40,16531,112
Other staff social security105,09570,282
Office & management pension costs85,80985,540
Other staff pension costs31,37332,164
1,777,0861,682,732

The average monthly number of employees during the year was as follows:
20262025

Office & management1212
Other staff8184
9396

2026 2025
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 45,987 41,615
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 78,000 77,978

The number of directors to whom retirement benefits were accruing was as follows:

Money purchase schemes 3 3

6. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

2026 2025
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 21,678 22,508
Depreciation - owned assets 299,586 201,589
Loss on disposal of fixed assets 5,041 -
Goodwill amortisation (23,905 ) (23,905 )
Auditors' remuneration 5,775 5,500
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work 18,223 17,394

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

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for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

7. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
2026 2025
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 218,384 20,266

Deferred tax (27,654 ) 97,312
Tax on profit 190,730 117,578

UK corporation tax was charged at 25%) in 2025.

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

2026 2025
£    £   
Profit before tax 649,938 397,804
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2025 - 25%)

162,485

99,451

Effects of:
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation - (97,312 )
Depreciation in excess of capital allowances 27,655 -
Movement in deferred tax provision (27,655 ) 97,312
Depreciation on freehold property 34,221 26,467
Amortisation on negative goodwill (5,976 ) (5,976 )
Marginal relief - (2,390 )

Add back disallowed entertaining - 26
Total tax charge 190,730 117,578

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

8. DIVIDENDS
2026 2025
£    £   
Ordinary 'A' shares of £1 each
Interim 100,000 -
Ordinary 'B' share of £1
Interim 34,000 26,800
Ordinary 'C' share of £1
Interim 48,333 45,000
Ordinary 'D' share of £1
Interim 34,680 34,680
Ordinary 'E' share of £1
Interim 34,680 34,680
Ordinary 'F' share of £1
Interim 46,333 45,500
Ordinary 'G' share of £1
Interim 1,500 -
Ordinary 'H' share of £1
Interim 9,418 -
Ordinary 'I' share of £1
Interim 13,750 -
Ordinary 'J' share of £1
Interim 3,167 -
325,861 186,660

9. INTANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Goodwill
£   
COST
At 1 February 2025
and 31 January 2026 (1,099,999 )
AMORTISATION
At 1 February 2025 (526,290 )
Amortisation for year (23,905 )
At 31 January 2026 (550,195 )
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2026 (549,804 )
At 31 January 2025 (573,709 )

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Freehold Plant and Motor Computer
property machinery vehicles equipment Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 February 2025 6,098,598 1,529,569 44,830 21,263 7,694,260
Additions 310,146 23,359 119,227 3,110 455,842
Disposals - (91,670 ) - (523 ) (92,193 )
At 31 January 2026 6,408,744 1,461,258 164,057 23,850 8,057,909
DEPRECIATION
At 1 February 2025 1,932,417 953,595 32,651 13,713 2,932,376
Charge for year 141,074 147,197 6,771 4,544 299,586
Eliminated on disposal - (86,890 ) - (262 ) (87,152 )
At 31 January 2026 2,073,491 1,013,902 39,422 17,995 3,144,810
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 January 2026 4,335,253 447,356 124,635 5,855 4,913,099
At 31 January 2025 4,166,181 575,974 12,179 7,550 4,761,884

Included in freehold property is land valued at £596,000 which is not depreciated.

11. STOCKS
2026 2025
£    £   
Stocks 726,720 689,339

12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2026 2025
£    £   
Trade debtors 2,410 1,602
Other debtors 1,535 -
Prepayments 77,604 77,535
81,549 79,137

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
2026 2025
£    £   
Trade creditors 488,728 109,837
Tax 218,384 20,266
Social security and other taxes 54,450 18,486
VAT 112,552 178,074
Other creditors 177,895 36,981
Accrued expenses 39,604 39,764
1,091,613 403,408

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

14. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
2026 2025
£    £   
Deferred tax 134,964 162,619

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 February 2025 162,619
Provided during year (27,655 )
Balance at 31 January 2026 134,964

15. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 2026 2025
value: £    £   
1,180 Ordinary 'A' £1 1,180 1,180
1 Ordinary 'B' £1 1 1
1 Ordinary 'C' £1 1 1
1 Ordinary 'D' £1 1 1
1 Ordinary 'E' £1 1 1
1 Ordinary 'F' £1 1 1
1 Ordinary 'G' £1 1 -
1 Ordinary 'H' £1 1 -
1 Ordinary 'I' £1 1 -
1 Ordinary 'J' £1 1 -
1,189 1,185

The following shares were issued during the year for cash at par :

1 Ordinary 'G' share of £1
1 Ordinary 'H' share of £1
1 Ordinary 'I' share of £1
1 Ordinary 'J' share of £1

16. RESERVES
Retained Share
earnings premium Totals
£    £    £   

At 1 February 2025 4,654,746 999,820 5,654,566
Profit for the year 459,208 459,208
Dividends (325,861 ) (325,861 )
At 31 January 2026 4,788,093 999,820 5,787,913

POPLARS NURSERY GARDEN CENTRE LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 03688204)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
for the Year Ended 31 January 2026

17. CAPITAL COMMITMENTS
2026 2025
£    £   
Contracted but not provided for in the
financial statements 120,602 -

18. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is the board of directors.