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Next accounts due

2026-09-30 (in 4mo)

Last filed for 2024-12-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-03-31 (in 10mo)

Last made up 2026-03-17

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£112K

-52.7% vs 2023

Net assets

£5M

+22.1% vs 2023

Employees

96

-20.7% vs 2023

Profit before tax

£1M

+6.1% vs 2023

Accounts

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

Metric Trend 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Turnover £5,363,000£5,472,000
Operating profit £1,299,000£1,386,000
Profit before tax £1,299,000£1,378,000
Net profit £896,000£858,000
Cash £237,000£112,000
Total assets less current liabilities £3,882,000£4,739,000
Net assets £3,877,000£4,735,000
Equity £2,981,000£3,877,000£4,735,000
Average employees 12196
Wages £2,178,000£2,123,000
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

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 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 24.2%25.3%
Net margin 16.7%15.7%
Return on capital employed 33.5%29.2%
Current ratio 1.35x3.43x
Interest cover 173.25x

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 3 times since incorporation

  1. POLARIS CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED 2021-06-30 → present
  2. CORE ASSETS CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED 2013-02-06 → 2021-06-30
  3. CORE CHILDREN'S SERVICES LIMITED 2010-05-11 → 2013-02-06
  4. CORE CHILDCARE LIMITED 2008-03-18 → 2010-05-11

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
KPMG LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“The Directors have prepared cash flow information in order to assess going concern over a period of at least 12 months from the date of the approval of the financial statements, the going concern assessment period. The forecasts indicate that the Ursae Group and therefore the Company has sufficient facilities and covenant headroom to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of the financial statements, even in severe but plausible downside scenarios. On this basis the Directors consider it appropriate to adopt the going concern basis in preparing these financial statements.”

Significant events

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

People

3 active · 7 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
HARRISON CLARK (SECRETARIAL) LTD Corporate Secretary 2010-01-31
AUGUST, Joanne Director 2019-07-02 Jun 1971 British
CLARK, Jonathan David Director 2008-03-18 Oct 1977 British
Show 7 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
LEWIS, Martin Secretary 2008-03-18 2010-01-31
COCKBURN, Martin James Stuart Director 2010-08-27 2018-10-31
COSTELLO, Mark Richard Director 2018-10-31 2019-07-31
GROSVENOR, Stephen John Director 2010-08-19 2014-07-31
MELBOURNE, Sally Director 2010-08-19 2017-05-31
OLDHAM, David John Director 2008-03-18 2016-12-31
REES, Janet Director 2009-05-21 2018-10-31

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Nutrius Central Services Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 112 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-03-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-03-19 CH04 officers Change corporate secretary company with change date PDF
2026-03-10 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-09-18 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-04-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-08-05 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2024-08-05 PARENT_ACC accounts Legacy
2024-08-05 GUARANTEE2 other Legacy
2024-08-05 AGREEMENT2 other Legacy
2024-03-19 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-26 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2023-07-26 PARENT_ACC accounts Legacy
2023-07-26 AGREEMENT2 other Legacy
2023-07-26 GUARANTEE2 other Legacy
2023-03-30 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-11-09 PARENT_ACC accounts Legacy
2022-10-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type total exemption full
2022-10-12 AGREEMENT2 other Legacy
2022-10-12 GUARANTEE2 other Legacy
2022-04-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

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.

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