Breedon House Nurseries Limited
Registered name: BREEDON HOUSE NURSERIES LIMITED
Part of Fledge Topco Limited groupBreedon House Nurseries Limited made £25.5m revenue and a £516k loss in the year to 31 Jul 2023. read from filing text
Breedon House Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £25.5m in the year to 31 Jul 2023, with a loss of £516k and 731 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.2m | £25.5m |
| Cost of sales | £12.1m | £14.2m |
| Gross profit | £11.1m | £11.3m |
| Operating profit | £4.7m | £4.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.5m | £462k |
| Profit after tax | £3.3m | −£516k |
| Profit (best available) | £3.3m | −£516k |
| Staff costs | — | £14m |
| Employees (average) | 713 | 731 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 14.4% | −2% |
| Gross margin | 47.9% | 44.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £32.6k | £34.8k |
| Profit per employee | £4.7k | −£705 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼115.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3.2m | £4.5m |
| Net assets | £14.5m | £11m |
| Fixed assets | £7.4m | £7.3m |
| Current assets | £12m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £54.9k | £31.2k |
| Deferred income | £701k | £500k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £34.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£705
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼24%
- Now £11m
- Cash at bank
- ▲43%
- Now £4.5m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 731
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £500k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fledge Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Fledge Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- Fledge Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- Fledge Midco 3 Limited75–100%
- Fledge Bidco Limited75–100%
- Storal Learning Ltd75–100%
- Chipmunks Limited75–100%
- Storal Nurseries Limited75–100%
- Bhcf4 Limited75–100%
- Bhcf3 Limited75–100%
- Breedon House Nurseries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Bhcf2 LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £2.9m
- Breedon House Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit £12.1m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2023 (profit −£516k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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