The nursery was still trading as the "Executors of R C Notcutt". Stephen Abbott Notcutt(IV), Maud's nephew and a solicitor in Ipswich, advised in 1946 that a limited company should be formed with Maud as Chairman and SAN (IV) and Gareth Salisbury, a local accountant, as External Directors. Frank Knight became the Managing Director. Ernest Bilney was the Company Secretary for the first year, being succeeded by George Green, who remained so for 32 years. This was the team that Maud Notcutt had with her to face the immediate post war years.

On a regular basis, and often on a Sunday, FPK would report to Maud on the activities of the nursery. She remembered her late husband's management style and would ask older members of staff to come and have a chat, telling her exactly what was going on. On FPK's next visit he would have to explain why! Thus Maud, known affectionately as "The Old Lady", continued to guide the nursery, although increasingly blind.

In 1954, when aged 80, she was heartened to hear that her grandson Charles had started his horticultural training following National Service as an officer in the Royal Artillery.

1955 was another critical year. In January FPK left to become the Director of the R H S gardens at Wisley, and Maud died in August, aged 81. SAN (IV) was appointed Chairman, a position from which he could oversee the training of Charles who joined the company in 1958.

Charles initially assisted Johnny Crane and tackled the unending task of stock control. He became responsible for field production and in 1963 passed this on to Brian Mortimer. Brian retired at the start of the Centenary year in 1997, after 46 years service, 34 years of them in charge of the nursery fields.

In 1964 Charles married and became Managing Director. His daughter Caroline Jane was born the following year and in 1967 his first son Roger William was born.

Realising that he needed other young management assistance, Charles asked a fellow ex Pershore Horticulture College student, David Clark, to join him and run the Garden Centres, by then numbering three.

As the company expanded its operations, so the management team grew. In 1972 Michael Bizzey joined as Management Accountant, later becoming Financial Director and Company Secretary. Michael retired in 2001.

In 1974 SAN (IV) retired as Chairman, being succeeded by Charles. David Clark became Nursery Production Director and Stuart Veitch succeeded him as Garden Centre Director

In 1975, Andrew Charles, the last of the fourth generation was born.

Charles has been involved in many aspects of the horticultural industry especially research and education. In 1977 he was awarded the Pearson Gold Medal by the Horticultural Trades Association. In 1986, he became the first Treasurer of the newly formed Institute of Horticulture, and President in 1988/89. He has been a member of the council of the RHS since 1989. In 1993 he received an OBE for Services to Horticulture and the RHS awarded him the Victoria Medal of Honour in 1997, the Centenary Year of both Notcutts and of the VMH.

David Clark was UK President of the International Plant Propagators Society in 1972 and has served on the Joint National Farmers Union and Horticultural Trades Association committee for many years. In Notcutts Centenary Year the company won the 1997 Nursery Stock Grower of the Year award. David retired from Notcutts in 2001. In 2003 the company again won the Nursery Stock Grower of the Year award.

Caroline gained a joint Honours degree in Economics and Philosophy and has a second degree in Landscape Architecture. Despite having her hands full looking after Samuel, Alice and Matthew she joined the board of Notcutts Ltd in 2008 as a Non Executive Director and makes a valuable contribution to the governance of the business and in ensuring that the values of the family are transmitted down through the organisation. She also chairs the Notcutt Family Council, composed of all 6 members of the 4th generation descended from RCN.

Andrew graduated with an honours degree in Politics and International Relations from The University of Southampton in 1997. He works in marketing for a multinational corporation, based in London. He is married with two children, Charlie and Lucy.

William graduated with an Honours degree in Horticulture. He joined the nursery in 1993 as a Management Trainee after several years as an officer in the Royal Navy. His first responsibility was at Waterers Nurseries on stock and quality control, 36 years after his father tackled a similar task at Woodbridge. William returned to Woodbridge at the start of the Centenary Year and was appointed Group Managing Director in July 1999 and Landscape Managing Director the same year. From 2003-2005 William was also directly responsible for the nursery business.

In April 2007 William was promoted into the position of Deputy Chairman and as part of a strategic review of the business a non-family Chief Executive Officer was appointed. This review led to the focusing of Notcutts activities onto the operation of garden centres. William remains responsible for the Notcutts farming, forestry and property management activities.

In August 2007, 110 years after purchasing the nursery business from the estate of John Woods, the Notcutt family decided to sell the business to the management team of the nursery and so started a new phase in the history of the nursery. During the 110 years of Notcutts ownership Notcutts Nurseries had grown into the largest wholesale production nursery in the country.