OTTER NURSERIES LIMITED

Active
Company number 01512823Private limited companyIncorporated 1980

Key figures

£29,567,300+5.9%
Net assets 2025
+31.0%
Average annual growth 2020/21–2025
010 m20 m30 m2020/2120242025

† OTTER NURSERIES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 47190

Where the company stands among the 28,260 active companies whose first SIC code is 47190 (Other retail sale in non-specialised stores).

Turnover£37,784,441
Higher than 91% · median £182,552 among 521 that publish turnover
Net assets£29,567,300
Higher than 99% · median £3,877
Total assets£41,589,045
Higher than 99% · median £37,440
Employees28
Higher than 97% · median 1
Company age46.2 years
Older than 98% · median 3.5 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. MARKS AND SPENCER P.L.C.£5.2bn
  2. MARKS AND SPENCER GROUP P.L.C.£3.2bn
  3. JOHN LEWIS PLC£1.8bn
  4. T. J. MORRIS LIMITED£1.5bn
  5. SELFRIDGES RETAIL LIMITED£921.6m
  6. SREL RETAIL EUROPE LIMITED£520.9m
  7. ARGOS LIMITED£503.5m
  8. CARD FACTORY PLC£354.5m
  9. BOING ACQUISITIONS LIMITED£320m
  10. FENWICK,LIMITED£314.8m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 28,260. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: OTTER NURSERIES LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

OTTER NURSERIES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 01512823. It was incorporated on 18 Aug 1980. Its status is active. The registered office is in Devon (EX11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is other retail sale in non-specialised stores (47190).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 28 Dec 2025); the company files group accounts. Turnover was £37,784,441. Net assets were £29,567,300, up 5.9% on the previous year. Total assets were £41,589,045 and total liabilities £11,371,271. The company had an average of 28 employees. Figures are available for 3 financial years (2020/21–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 28,260 active companies whose first SIC code is 47190: By turnover it ranks higher than 91% of the 521 that publish turnover (median £182,552). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £3,877). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £37,440). By number of employees it ranks higher than 97% of them (median 1). It is older than 98% of them (median age 3.5 years).

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly live plants and flowers, furniture and lighting, plastics. Its gender pay gap report for 2020/21 shows median hourly pay for women 1.2% lower than for men.

Who runs and controls the company?

The company has 2 current directors. 2 persons with significant control are registered. 8 of 15 registered charges are outstanding.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 23 Nov 2026.

Filed accounts2020/21–2025
2020/212024 †2025 †
Turnover—33,951,08837,784,441
Profit for the year1,391,537——
Cash at bank and in hand4,751,74814,100,138—
Total assets28,575,39839,361,92941,589,045
Total liabilities11,165,71510,802,15111,371,271
Net assets / total equity17,231,00727,911,27329,567,300
Average number of employees293—28

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Statutory reporting

Gender pay gap2020/21
Median hourly pay
women 1.2% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 0.6% lower
Median bonus pay
women 25% lower
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter53.2% womenLower middle72.4% womenUpper middle59.2% womenUpper pay quarter47.4% women
Earlier years (3)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2019/20
women 0.4% lower
women 1.8% lower
2018/19
women 2.2% lower
women 0.5% lower
2017/18
women 2.3% lower
women 3% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: live plants and flowers, furniture and lighting, plastics, other textile articles and toys, games and sports goods.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

16 events
  1. Malcolm John WHITE resignedDirector
  2. Marilyn Sylvia WHITE resignedDirector
  3. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £37.8m, net assets £29.6m, 28 employees
  4. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £34m, net assets £27.9m
  5. Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £17.2m, 293 employees
  6. Miss Catherine White registered as a person with significant control
  7. Mr Malcolm John White ceased to be a person with significant control
  8. Mrs Marilyn Sylvia White ceased to be a person with significant control
Earlier events (8)
  1. Mrs Jacqueline Taylor registered as a person with significant control
  2. Mr Malcolm John White registered as a person with significant control
  3. Mrs Marilyn Sylvia White registered as a person with significant control
  4. William Robert CASELY resignedDirector
  5. Jacqueline TAYLOR appointedDirector
  6. Catherine WHITE appointedDirector
  7. William Robert CASELY appointedDirector
  8. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current and former persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database.