THE DAY NURSERY GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-08-31 (in 3mo)
Last filed for 2024-11-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-25 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-11
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+4.6% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-2.3% first positive since 2020
Employees
174
-1.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£636K
+73% vs 2023
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2024-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £5,716,350 | £6,206,204 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | -£235,465 | £888,290 | £1,041,556 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £367,485 | £635,763 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £240,949 | £616,384 | £71,941 | |
| Cash | £21,561 | £9,719 | — | £899,537 | £1,402,525 | £1,467,589 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,929,850 | £1,675,759 | — | £4,927,996 | £9,141,416 | £9,091,915 | |
| Net assets | -£91,150 | -£154,996 | — | £27,996 | £4,241,416 | £4,143,357 | |
| Equity | -£91,150 | -£154,996 | -£212,959 | £27,996 | £4,241,416 | £4,143,357 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 176 | 174 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,130,365 | £3,229,011 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £178,212 | £63,247 |
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 2024-11-30 vs 2023-11-30
-
Turnover
+8.6%
£5,716,350 £6,206,204
-
Cash
+4.6%
£1,402,525 £1,467,589
highest in 5 filed years
-
Net assets
-2.3%
£4,241,416 £4,143,357
first positive since 2020
-
Employees
-1.1%
176 174
-
Operating profit
+17.3%
£888,290 £1,041,556
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+73%
£367,485 £635,763
-
Wages
+3.2%
£3,130,365 £3,229,011
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 | 2019-11-30 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2022-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 15.5% | 16.8% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 10.8% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | -4.8% | 9.7% | 11.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 2.79x | 2.01x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1.69x | 2.57x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- THE DAY NURSERY GROUP LIMITED 2026-02-16 → present
- BOYS & GIRLS NURSERY HOLDINGS LIMITED 2022-06-01 → 2026-02-16
- BOYS & GIRLS NURSERY PROPERTY LIMITED 2018-12-12 → 2022-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Pritchard Fellows & Co Ltd
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- THE DAY NURSERY GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Boys & Girls Nursery Limited 100%
- Boys & Girls Nursery (Croxley Green) Limited 100%
- Boys & Girls Nursery (Rickmansworth) Limited 100%
- Boys & Girls Nursery (Stanmore) Limited 100%
- Boys & Girls Nursery (Watford) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KIRBY, Jonathan Edward | Director | 2018-12-12 | Nov 1978 | British |
| KIRBY, Natasha Jane | Director | 2018-12-12 | Mar 1984 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Edward Kirby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-12 | Active |
| Mrs Natasha Jane Kirby | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2018-12-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-16 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-04-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-16 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-02-12 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-31 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- 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.