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Company No. 03454787 · Incorporated 24 Oct 1997

Busy Bees Nurseries Limited

Registered name: BUSY BEES NURSERIES LIMITED

Part of Eagle Superco Limited group

Busy Bees Nurseries Limited made £378m revenue and £70.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Busy Bees Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £378m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £70.4m profit and 6,059 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Burntwood; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection P · EducationSIC 85100Pre-primary education
Status
Active
Location
Burntwood, West Midlands
Age
28 yrs · since 1997
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. From the filing: “Busy Bees Holdings Limited”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Operating leverage
Revenue
£378m
Growth ▲19.8%
Profit
£70.4m
Growth ▲54.3%
Profit margin
18.6%
Gross 41.1%
Employees
6,059
Change ▲6.1%
Profit / employee
£11.6k
Revenue/employee £62.5k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202331 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£280m£316m£378m
Cost of sales£173m£193m£223m
Gross profit£107m£123m£156m
Operating profit£30.1m£58.6m£82.8m
Profit before tax£20.5m£48.7m£72.5m
Profit after tax£18.4m£45.6m£70.4m
Profit (best available)£18.4m£45.6m£70.4m
Staff costs£154m£172m£199m
Employees (average)5,6915,7096,059
Ratios
Profit margin6.6%14.4%18.6%
Gross margin38.1%39%41.1%
Revenue per employee£49.2k£55.4k£62.5k
Profit per employee£3.2k£8k£11.6k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲12.8%▲19.8%
Profit growth—▲147.4%▲54.3%
Headcount growth—▲0.3%▲6.1%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.2m£2.4m£2.3m
Net assets£154m£200m£270m
Fixed assets£350m£404m£491m
Current assets£8.1m£7.8m£14.1m
Debtors£1.5m£538k£5.3m
Deferred income£18.9m£20.5m£28.2m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
18.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
41.1%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£62.5k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£11.6k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
129.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
7.4%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
1.4%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲35%
Now £270m
Cash at bank
▼1%
Now £2.3m
Headcount
▲6%
Now 6,059
Deferred income
▲38%
Now £28.2m
Fixed assets
▲21%
Now £491m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Eagle Superco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Eagle Topco Limited75–100%
  3. Eagle Holdco Limited75–100%
  4. Eagle Newco Limited75–100%
  5. Eagle Midco Limited75–100%
  6. Eagle Bidco Limited75–100%
  7. Eagle Target Limited75–100%
  8. Busy Bees Holdings Limited75–100%
  9. Busy Bees Nurseries Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (36)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £70.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026

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