DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES LIMITED
Company number SC010975 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Dobbies is a national-scale, heritage-rich UK garden-centre operator with clear brand and purchasing advantages, but it sits in a weather-sensitive, fixed-cost-heavy and increasingly competitive specialised retail sector. The limited filed data prevents a precise margin or leverage comparison, yet the full-account filing profile, concentrated Bidco ownership and recent board changes point to a business in active private-ownership management rather than a passive independent. Its competitive position is leader-like in garden retail but exposed to discretionary spend, lease costs and the need for strong spring trading and destination-store productivity.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1920-02-18
- Registered office
- Melville Nurseries, Lasswade, Midlothian, Scotland, EH18 1AZ
- Postcode
- EH18 1AZ
- Capital
- 1,703,851 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-02-23
- Next due by
- 2027-11-30
- Financial year end
- 28 February
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-23
- Next due by
- 2027-07-07
Nature of business (SIC)
- 47789 Other retail sale of new goods in specialised stores (not commercial art galleries and opticians)
Officers 3 current · 43 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by DANATAUGUSTA BIDCO LIMITED — since 2016-07-19
-
JOHNSONS GARDEN CENTRE (BOSTON) LTD. Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2021-02-28).
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9918197 (Tier 3), registered since 2007.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
0.53%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Contact details
- Website
- dobbies.com
- Phone
- 03031231113
For 160 years Dobbies has been helping British gardeners to grow. Explore our range of quality plants, garden furniture, tools and more online.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| DOBBIES GARDEN CENTRES PLC | 2011-09-27 |
| DOBBIE & CO. LIMITED | 1997-02-26 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| MELVILLE NURSERIES MELVILLE NURSERIES, LASSWADE, MIDLOTHIAN, EH18 1AZ, SCOTLAND | 2019-08-21 |
| MELVILLE NURSERIES, LASSWADE, MIDLOTHAIN, EH18 1AZ | 2019-08-15 |
Among its peers
The oldest
of 126 similar companies in EH, trading since 1920
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Property in England & Wales 48 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 44
- Most recent registration
- 2026-09-18
- Price paid, where recorded
- £16,056,977
- Where
- Staffordshire (4), Lincolnshire (3), Cornwall (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CL396923 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2026-09-18 | — |
| CL396154 | Cornwall | Leasehold | 2025-10-09 | — |
| NK529284 | Norfolk | Leasehold | 2023-06-16 | — |
| GR466884 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2022-08-04 | — |
| LL159235 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-01-05 | — |
| LL173663 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-01-05 | — |
| LL211757 | Lincolnshire | Freehold | 2022-01-05 | — |
| MAN262688 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2019-09-19 | £16,725 |
| SL262300 | Shropshire | Leasehold | 2019-09-19 | — |
| CE242589 | Stockton-On-Tees | Leasehold | 2019-07-05 | — |
| BK501375 | West Berkshire | Leasehold | 2019-07-03 | — |
| SGL804968 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-07-03 | — |
| DT448544 | Dorset | Leasehold | 2019-07-01 | — |
| ESX177396 | Brighton And Hove | Leasehold | 2019-07-01 | £6,572,672 |
| GR365735 | South Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2019-07-01 | £244,023 |
| HP834525 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2019-07-01 | — |
| SL93469 | Wrekin | Leasehold | 2019-07-01 | £973,964 |
| WK485375 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2019-07-01 | £840,787 |
| SK394936 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2019-06-26 | — |
| MAN341345 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2019-06-25 | — |
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