CHILDCARE AND BUSINESS CONSULTANCY SERVICES
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-12 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-29
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£757K
+23% vs 2024
Net assets
£717K
+41.6% vs 2024
Employees
87
-2.2% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£211K
+541% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £2,128,388 | £2,454,911 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£47,780 | £210,732 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£47,780 | £210,732 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £615,367 | £756,639 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £506,311 | £717,043 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £506,311 | £717,043 | |
| Equity | — | — | — | — | £506,311 | £717,043 | |
| Average employees | 80 | 65 | 58 | 67 | 89 | 87 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £1,330,018 | £1,407,996 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £40,404 | £45,714 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+15.3%
£2,128,388 £2,454,911
-
Cash
+23%
£615,367 £756,639
-
Net assets
+41.6%
£506,311 £717,043
-
Employees
-2.2%
89 87
-
Profit before tax
+541%
-£47,780 £210,732
-
Wages
+5.9%
£1,330,018 £1,407,996
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 | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -2.2% | 8.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 23.9% | 15.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 4.15x | 6.34x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CHILDCARE AND BUSINESS CONSULTANCY SERVICES 2012-03-14 → present
- WANDSWORTH PRIMARY PLAY ASSOCIATION 2000-08-29 → 2012-03-14
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kirk Rice LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on current plans and financial information, the accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CHILDCARE AND BUSINESS CONSULTANCY SERVICES · parent
- Childcare Answered Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “We lost two successful outofschool care (OSC) services due to the government's national wraparound programme, as schools chose not to renew premises hire contracts.”
- “In response to rising minimum wage pressures, we have implemented modest staff pay increases through careful financial planning.”
- “This year, we introduced a Long Service Recognition Programme to honour staff dedication and commitment.”
- “Our trading arm, Childcare Answered, continues to make a meaningful financial contribution to the charity. We are actively exploring new venues to expand our services... we are preparing to open another termtime childcare provision in the coming months.”
- “Effective 24th July, 2024, the management of Allfarthing OSC has been transitioned in-house by the school... Additionally, a small playgroup has ceased operations due to financial difficulties... effective July 24, 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 28 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHALID, Robina | Secretary | 2021-03-19 | — | — |
| JENKINS, Huw Richard | Director | 2017-08-23 | Mar 1960 | British |
| PARKER, Robert John | Director | 2017-03-01 | Nov 1990 | British |
| SELLEY, Peter Frederick | Director | 2025-05-09 | May 1947 | British |
| THURGOOD, Carol Jacqueline | Director | 2000-08-29 | Nov 1947 | British |
Show 28 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWARD, Jacqueline | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | 2021-03-19 |
| CROWLEY, Jean | Secretary | 2000-08-29 | 2008-06-27 |
| FARLEY, Sue | Secretary | 2008-06-27 | 2019-07-01 |
| BARKER, Shirley | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2002-08-01 |
| BOLSTER, Joan Maragret | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2011-07-04 |
| BUSHELL, Frances Elizabeth | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2006-03-10 |
| CROSS, Maxine Jacqueline | Director | 2001-06-14 | 2011-07-04 |
| DITROIA, Frances Therese | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2015-08-31 |
| EDWARDS, Catherine Mary | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2020-09-02 |
| GLANCY, Amanda | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2017-03-01 |
| GOULD, Sandra Margaret | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2019-08-16 |
| HANKS, Clive | Director | 2018-09-25 | 2023-09-10 |
| HONEYWOOD, Janice | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2013-11-30 |
| HUDSON, Shirley Ann | Director | 2001-06-14 | 2003-10-02 |
| HUTCHINSON, Carol Janet | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2013-05-09 |
| JENKINS, Huw Richard | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2017-07-20 |
| KIRRAGE, Nicola | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2017-12-31 |
| KIRRAGE, Nicola | Director | 2004-01-07 | 2008-06-27 |
| LAWRENCE, Mavis Dorothy | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2010-07-13 |
| LAWRENCE, Susan | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2005-12-05 |
| LINEHAM, Daniel John | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2012-12-04 |
| O'BRIAN, Geraldine | Director | 2008-06-26 | 2012-12-04 |
| O'BRIEN, Geraldine | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2004-06-21 |
| ROBINSON, Pauline Valerie | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2018-04-25 |
| STEPHEN, Graeme Colville | Director | 2017-01-31 | 2024-11-26 |
| WRIGHT, Angela | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2002-01-01 |
| YALA HUTCHINSON, Carol Janet | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2019-07-09 |
| YALA-HUTCHINSON, Carol Janet | Director | 2019-10-11 | 2020-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Robina Khalid | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2021-03-19 | Active |
| Mrs Jacquline Coward | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 2019-07-20 | Ceased 2021-03-19 |
| Mrs Sue Farley | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2019-07-19 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-20 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-19 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2024-04-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-19 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2021-03-19 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-03-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.