HARLEQUIN CHILDCARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
Cash
£7K
-88.1% lowest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£1M
+44.6% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
22
-12% lowest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£328K
+36.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
As the Company has ceased to trade, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than a going concern. No adjustments to the financial statements arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.
Net assets
8-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
8-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,074,000 | £1,166,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | £240,000 | £328,000 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £241,000 | £329,000 | |
| Cash | — | £25,444 | — | £48,159 | £16,844 | — | £59,000 | £7,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £238,788 | — | £247,331 | £430,048 | — | £745,000 | £1,073,000 | |
| Net assets | — | £141,093 | — | £123,188 | £351,521 | — | £737,000 | £1,066,000 | |
| Equity | — | £141,093 | — | £123,188 | £351,521 | £496,000 | £737,000 | £1,066,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 32 | — | 32 | 34 | — | 25 | 22 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
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
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Turnover
+8.6%
£1,074,000 £1,166,000
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Cash
-88.1%
£59,000 £7,000
lowest in 5 filed years
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Net assets
+44.6%
£737,000 £1,066,000
highest in 5 filed years
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Employees
-12%
25 22
lowest in 5 filed years
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Profit before tax
+36.7%
£240,000 £328,000
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 | 2019-01-01 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-01-01 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22.4% | 28.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.26x | 1.47x |
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 §1A
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“As the Company has ceased to trade, the directors have prepared the financial statements on a basis other than a going concern. No adjustments to the financial statements arose as a result of ceasing to apply the going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 1 January 2025, the trade and assets of the company were transferred at book value to Busy Bees Nurseries Limited, a fellow Group company.”
- “Following declaration and payment of a dividend to its parent company in order to realise the profit and loss reserves accumulated, the entity does not expect to enter into any transactions. It is expected that this company will eventually be dissolved, therefore all activities have been marked as discontinued.”
- “Following the year end on 31 March 2025 the company reduced its share capital to a nominal value of £2 through a capital reduction.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Matthew Gordon Philip | Director | 2022-03-01 | Feb 1974 | British |
| MULLER, Matthew Peter | Director | 2022-03-01 | Jun 1975 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAPMAN, Jayne Louise | Secretary | 2003-06-25 | 2022-03-01 |
| CHAPMAN, Jayne Louise | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2022-03-01 |
| CREASER, Cheryl Jayne | Director | 2022-10-12 | 2025-09-03 |
| THOMASSEN, Thor Hjalmar | Director | 2003-06-25 | 2022-03-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busy Bees Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-03-01 | Active |
| Mrs Jayne Louise Chapman | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-01 |
| Mr Thor Thomassen | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-03-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 97 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-04-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-22 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-22 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-04-22 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2024-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-06-28 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2022-04-01 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2022-04-01 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2022-04-01 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2022-04-01 | AR01 | annual-return | Annual return company with made up date full list shareholders | |
| 2022-03-30 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.