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Company No. 04330463 · Incorporated 28 Nov 2001

Happy Days Day Nurseries Limited

Registered name: HAPPY DAYS DAY NURSERIES LIMITED

Part of Pittshanger Holdco Ltd group

Happy Days Day Nurseries Limited made £463k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023 (revenue not disclosed).

Happy Days Day Nurseries Limited reported £463k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023, down 12% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 334 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Newquay; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Profit onlySection P · EducationSIC 85100Pre-primary education
Status
Active
Location
Newquay, South West
Age
24 yrs · since 2001
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: “The immediate parent company is Happy Days Consultancy Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Happy Days Nurseries Chapel Town Business Park, Summercourt, Newquay”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2023

Key figures

Revenue
—
Not disclosed in filing
Profit
£463k
Growth ▼12%
Profit margin
—
 
Employees
334
Change ▲28.5%
Profit / employee
£1.4k
 
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202231 Dec 2023
DisclosureProfit onlyProfit only
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)——
Cost of sales£8.1m£10.2m
Profit before tax£526k£463k
Profit after tax£526k£463k
Profit (best available)£526k£463k
Staff costs£5.9m£6.4m
Employees (average)260334
Ratios
Profit margin——
Profit per employee£2k£1.4k
Growth (year on year)
Profit growth—▼12%
Headcount growth—▲28.5%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£815k£739k
Net assets£5.2m£5.6m
Fixed assets£4.7m£8.4m
Current assets£8.2m£9.5m
Debtors£21.5k£30.3k
Deferred income£1.4m£774k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
—
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
—
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£1.4k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
—
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
—
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
—
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
▲9%
Now £5.6m
Cash at bank
▼9%
Now £739k
Headcount
▲28%
Now 334
Deferred income
▼46%
Now £774k
Fixed assets
▲79%
Now £8.4m

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. Pittshanger Holdco Ltdultimate parent75–100%
  2. Pittshanger Bidco Limited75–100%
  3. H. Days Holdings Limited75–100%
  4. Happy Days Consultancy Limited75–100%
  5. Happy Days Day Nurseries Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (12)

Sister companies (1)

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

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2023 (profit £463k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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