LITTLE BARN OWLS 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

  +47.6%

  £4,329,121 → £6,389,525

• Cash

  +96.7%

  £235,941 → £464,013

• Net assets

  +35.3%

  £471,402 → £638,040

• Employees

  +20.7%

  135 → 163

  highest in 5 filed years

• Operating profit

  +412%

  £176,767 → £905,105

• Profit before tax

  +644.2%

  -£104,540 → £568,954

  highest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  +38.3%

  £2,433,205 → £3,364,002

  highest in 3 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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Richard Place Dobson Services Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The director has a strong expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue its operational existence for the foreseeable future, and thus continues to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”

Group structure

1. LITTLE BARN OWLS LIMITED · parent
   1. Brookfield Day Nursery Ltd 100% · England and Wales

Significant events

• “Disposal of share capital On 30 July 2025, subsequent to the year end, Miss H Peacock sold 50% of the share capital of the company to EMD LBO Limited.”
• “Freehold Property Purchase On 19 December 2025, the company exchanged contracts to purchase the freehold of a nursery property for £812,500. A deposit of £81,250 was paid from cash resources. Completion is expected in early 2026.”
• “Loan Facility Negotiations The company is in advanced discussions with a lender for a circa £6 million loan facility. This will replace the existing circa £4 million loan and provide additional funding for property acquisitions and expansion projects.”
• “New Lease Agreement On 3 December 2025, the company entered into a 15-year lease for a newly constructed nursery property. A deposit of £22,500 was paid. The lease includes stepped annual rent starting at £45,000 in 2026 and increasing to £85,750 by 2034, with subsequent rent reviews as per the lease agreement.”

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

Filings

20

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

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.