Company · Wiltshire
Townsend Garden Centres Limited
Townsend Garden Centres Limited is an active UK company (number 04160017), incorporated 2001, with 5 current directors including Elizabeth Watchorn and Nicolas Townsend. Source: Companies House, updated 25th October 2026.
Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores
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Who leads it
Previous officers 1
- Gerald Roderick Townsend 2001-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Retail sale of flowers, plants, seeds, fertilizers, pet animals and pet food in specialised stores
- Incorporated
- 14/02/2001
- Registered office
- Wiltshire
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Frances Elizabeth Townsend ceased 2018-07-19
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Gerald Roderick Townsend ceased 2018-07-19
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Townsend Garden Centres Limited on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
Ownership paths are calculated from the active Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings that show a majority (more than 50% of shares or voting rights, or the right to appoint or remove a majority of the directors). Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates. Holdings of 25-50% are significant influence or control, not majority control, and are not used to build a group.
Financials
- Net assets
- £2,707,289
- Total assets
- £2,724,538
- Cash
- £1,695,287
- Employees
- 15
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Five-year trend
| Period ending | Turnover | Net assets |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | Not reported | £2,707,289 |
| 2025-09-30 | Not reported | £2,707,289 |
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-09-30. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £24,075 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Work and Pensions · £24,075
Most recent
- Department for Work and Pensions
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
5 directors on the board
- Elizabeth Watchorn Director · appointed 2017
- Nicolas Townsend Director · appointed 2017
- Luke Townsend Director · appointed 2017
- Frances Elizabeth Townsend Director · appointed 2001
- Abigail Mcdonald Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Elizabeth Watchorn Director · appointed 2017
- Nicolas Townsend Director · appointed 2017
- Luke Townsend Director · appointed 2017
- Frances Elizabeth Townsend Director · appointed 2001
- Abigail Mcdonald Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (5)
- Elizabeth Watchorn Director · appointed 2017
- Nicolas Townsend Director · appointed 2017
- Luke Townsend Director · appointed 2017
- Frances Elizabeth Townsend Director · appointed 2001
- Abigail Mcdonald Director · appointed 2017
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04160017
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/06/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 25th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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