KINGSCLERE NURSERIES LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2026-08-30 (in 3mo)

Last made up 2025-08-16

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£370K

-21.9% vs 2023

Net assets

£7M

+6.8% vs 2023

Employees

129

-25% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£485K

+201.9% first positive since 2023

Net assets

10-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median

KINGSCLERE NURSERIES LIMITED·Consumer Discretionary median · n=21268

Accounts

10-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Turnover	£4,413,637	—	£3,312,594	—	£4,536,049	—	£5,555,898	—	£6,146,122	£6,394,572
Operating profit	£607,334	—	£525,921	—	£761,498	—	-£1,506,868	—	-£476,197	£482,899
Profit before tax	£607,386	—	£525,927	—	£761,498	—	-£1,506,868	—	-£476,197	£485,328
Net profit	£513,349	—	£423,754	—	£622,205	—	-£1,367,575	—	-£476,240	£439,346
Cash	£165,959	—	£217,702	—	£175,249	—	£240,303	—	£474,145	£370,235
Total assets less current liabilities	£7,235,645	—	£7,659,399	—	£8,281,604	—	£6,914,029	—	£6,437,789	£6,877,135
Net assets	£7,235,645	—	£7,659,399	—	£8,281,604	—	£6,914,029	—	£6,437,789	£6,877,135
Equity	£7,235,645	£7,235,645	£7,659,399	£7,659,399	£8,281,604	£8,281,604	£6,914,029	£6,914,029	£6,437,789	£6,877,135
Average employees	138	—	134	—	128	—	152	—	172	129
Wages	£2,438,149	—	£2,299,050	—	£2,582,919	—	£2,952,218	—	£3,628,953	£3,455,422
Directors' remuneration	£128,000	—	£128,000	—	£288,000	—	£128,000	—	£128,000	£128,000

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Year-on-year

FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31

Turnover

+4%

£6,146,122 £6,394,572

highest in 6 filed years
Cash

-21.9%

£474,145 £370,235
Net assets

+6.8%

£6,437,789 £6,877,135
Employees

-25%

172 129
Operating profit

+201.4%

-£476,197 £482,899

first positive since 2023
Profit before tax

+201.9%

-£476,197 £485,328

first positive since 2023
Wages

-4.8%

£3,628,953 £3,455,422

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2019-12-31	2020-01-01	2020-12-31	2021-01-01	2021-12-31	2022-01-01	2022-12-31	2023-01-01	2023-12-31	2024-12-31
Operating margin	13.8%	—	15.9%	—	16.8%	—	-27.1%	—	-7.7%	7.6%
Net margin	11.6%	—	12.8%	—	13.7%	—	-24.6%	—	-7.7%	6.9%
Return on capital employed	8.4%	—	6.9%	—	9.2%	—	-21.8%	—	-7.4%	7.0%
Current ratio	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	1.20x	1.39x

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Standalone (parent only)
Auditor: James Cowper Kreston Audit
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“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.”

Group structure

KINGSCLERE NURSERIES LIMITED · parent
1. Yellow Brick House Nursery Limited 100% · England and Wales
2. Yellow Brick Nursery Limited 100% · England and Wales
3. H A B Kindergartens Limited 100% · England and Wales
4. Saltway Day Nursery Limited 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

“Combined headwinds of skills shortages, extra-inflationary input cost increases and continued high background inflation severely limited our ability to grow in 2024. Instead we focused on optimising our operations to gain margin uplift and to consolidate our financial position. Nonetheless a double digit fee uplift was also achieved. The revenue plan was impacted by skill shortages in the main putting capacity constraints on nurseries which otherwise would have higher occupancy.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

2 active · 9 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
HODSON, Alec	Director	2009-01-30	Nov 1964	British
HODSON, Nicola, Dr	Director	2020-05-05	Dec 1966	British

Show 9 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
COX, Sylvia	Secretary	1995-08-17	2009-01-30
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Secretary	1995-08-17	1995-08-17
COX, Adrian Neil	Director	2005-10-20	2009-01-30
COX, Hughie	Director	1996-08-27	2009-01-30
COX, Julia	Director	1995-08-17	2009-01-30
COX, Sylvia	Director	1995-08-17	2009-01-30
HENNESSY, Philip John	Director	2009-01-30	2017-07-17
COMBINED NOMINEES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1995-08-17	1995-08-17
COMBINED SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED	Corporate Nominee Director	1995-08-17	1995-08-17

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Crossco (1135) Limited	Corporate entity	Shares 75–100%	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 111 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2025-10-30	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-10-30	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2025-08-27	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2025-08-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2025-06-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-12-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2024-08-19	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-20	MR01	mortgage	Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date	PDF
2023-08-30	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-08-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2022-09-02	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-07-20	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2021-08-26	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2021-08-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-09-11	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2020-08-27	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2020-05-11	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date
2019-08-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2019-05-17	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2018-09-05	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 5
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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