GRANDIR UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-19 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+307.7% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
-£29M
-52.1% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
2,328
+18.4% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£9M
+28.1% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £75,277,000 | £89,208,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£6,500,000 | -£1,983,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£12,345,000 | -£8,880,000 | |
| Net profit | — | -£439,000 | -£238,000 | -£12,693,000 | -£10,090,000 | |
| Cash | £142,000 | £83,000 | £3,000 | £852,000 | £3,474,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £30,867,000 | £30,729,000 | £3,907,000 | -£6,799,000 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | -£19,349,000 | -£29,439,000 | |
| Equity | — | — | £30,729,000 | -£19,349,000 | -£29,439,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 2 | 2 | 1,966 | 2,328 | |
| Wages | — | £0 | £0 | £43,952,000 | £49,091,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £577,000 | £531,000 |
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
-
Turnover
+18.5%
£75,277,000 £89,208,000
-
Cash
+307.7%
£852,000 £3,474,000
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-52.1%
-£19,349,000 -£29,439,000
-
Employees
+18.4%
1,966 2,328
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+69.5%
-£6,500,000 -£1,983,000
-
Profit before tax
+28.1%
-£12,345,000 -£8,880,000
-
Wages
+11.7%
£43,952,000 £49,091,000
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2018-12-31 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | -8.6% | -2.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | -16.9% | -11.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -166.4% | 29.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 120.4% | 130.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.05x | 0.06x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | -1.11x | -0.28x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- 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 Group 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 Group 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.”
Group structure
- GRANDIR UK LIMITED · parent
- The Childcare Corporation Limited 100%
- Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries Limited 100%
- Toad Hall Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Rushcliffe Day Nurseries Limited 100%
- Day Dream Nurseries Limited 100%
- RA Topco Ltd 100%
- 3LB Panters Ltd 100%
- 3LB Properties Ltd 100%
- Three Little Birds Nuseries Holdings Ltd 100%
- Three Little Birds LPS Limited 100%
- Three Little Birds Nuseries Limited 100%
- The Wandsworth Preschool Limited 100%
- The Muswell Hill Preschool Limited 100%
- The West Finchley Preschool Limited 100%
- The Winchmore Hill Preschool Limited 100%
- The London Preschool Limited 100%
- Crystal Childcare Limited 100%
- Elan Nurseries Limited 100%
- Little Monkeys (Horsham) Limited 100%
- Puddleduck Preschool Limited 100%
- College Town Montessori Nursery School Limited 100%
- Kingsmead Day Nursery Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Grandir UK Limited completed the acquisition of 3 nurseries resulting in a total of 85 nurseries at the end of the year.”
- “Acquisition of Puddleduck Preschool Limited - 2nd February 2024.”
- “Acquisition of College Town Montessori Nursery School Limited - 1st March 2024.”
- “Acquisition of Kingsmead Day Nursery Limited - 1st June 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPPER, Lydia Joy | Director | 2020-07-17 | Oct 1974 | British |
| LE SOURD, Gregoire Charles Louis | Director | 2017-08-03 | Jan 1978 | French |
| MOORE, Matthew Jon | Director | 2023-02-23 | Nov 1978 | British |
| RODOCANACHI, Jean-Emmanuel | Director | 2016-12-12 | Oct 1969 | French |
| YOUNG, Heather | Director | 2023-02-23 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-12-12 | 2017-11-14 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-11-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| LAWSON, Colin James | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| MOORE, Adrian Richard | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2020-07-17 |
| VERDIER, Louis | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2017-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jean-Emmanuel Rodocanachi | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2016-12-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 72 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.