THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION LIMITED

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

• Turnover

  +19.8%

  £45,498,000 → £54,500,000

  highest in 4 filed years

• Cash

  +208.8%

  £614,000 → £1,896,000

• Net assets

  +2.6%

  £22,886,000 → £23,472,000

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  +12.6%

  1,348 → 1,518

  highest in 4 filed years

• Operating profit

  +113.1%

  £1,915,000 → £4,080,000

  highest in 4 filed years

• Profit before tax

  +654.3%

  -£258,000 → £1,430,000

  first positive since 2023

• Wages

  +21.5%

  £24,691,473 → £30,001,526

  highest in 4 filed years

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

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.

1. THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION LIMITED 2015-03-25 → present
2. THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION PLC 2006-11-09 → 2015-03-25
3. THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION 4 PLC 2001-01-16 → 2006-11-09
4. THE CHILDCARE CORPORATION NO. 4 PLC 2000-12-11 → 2001-01-16

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“In assessing the appropriateness of the going concern assumption, the directors have reviewed detailed profit and loss forecasts and cash flow forecasts, considering all reasonably foreseeable potential scenarios and uncertainties in relation to revenue and expenditure for a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements have been signed. Both the Group's immediate parent undertaking LPCR Groupe SAS and the ultimate holding company's subsidiary which finances group acquisitions (The Education Group SAS) has confirmed it will provide financial support to Grandir UK limited and its subsidiaries and therefore the business to the extent required to allow the company to meet its liabilities for a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements were signed. The ultimate parent undertaking and the ultimate holding companies subsidiary confirmed that they will not call upon repayment of loans from their respective companies for at least 12 months from the date these financial statements have been approved. Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Significant events

• “The company continues to look for further acquisitions to complement and expand its existing portfolio.”
• “The company is pursuing a strategic growth trajectory that combines organic expansion with targeted future acquisitions to enhance its market presence and long-term value.”
• “As at 31 December 2024, the Company had contracted to refurbishment works across its nurseries amounting to £1,064,730 (2023: £nil). The amount due for payment as at the year end date was £378,625 (2023: £nil).”

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

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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