Castle Daycare and Preschool Ltd.
Registered name: CASTLE DAYCARE AND PRESCHOOL LTD.
Part of Childcare and Learning (Holdings) Limited groupCastle Daycare and Preschool Ltd. made £3.2m revenue and £866k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
Castle Daycare and Preschool Ltd.’s revenue grew 13% to £3.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £866k profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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 Company's immediate parent undertaking is Childcare and Learning Group Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.9m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £110k | £130k | £129k | £150k |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.8m | £2.7m | £3m |
| Profit before tax | £868k | £935k | £832k | £910k |
| Profit after tax | £834k | £899k | £789k | £866k |
| Profit (best available) | £834k | £899k | £789k | £866k |
| Staff costs | £982k | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 72 | 57 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 33.5% | 30.6% | 27.8% | 27.1% |
| Gross margin | 95.6% | 95.6% | 95.4% | 95.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £43.7k | £40.8k | £49.8k | £58.1k |
| Profit per employee | £14.6k | £12.5k | £13.8k | £15.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲17.9% | ▼3.4% | ▲12.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.7% | ▼12.3% | ▲9.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲26.3% | ▼20.8% | ▼3.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £258k | £542k | £91k | £46.4k |
| Net assets | £6.7m | £7.6m | £8.4m | £9.3m |
| Fixed assets | £321k | £302k | £296k | £661k |
| Current assets | £6.8m | £7.8m | £8.6m | £9.3m |
| Debtors | £12.8k | £7.7k | £2.6k | £5k |
| Deferred income | £122k | £138k | £198k | £262k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 27.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £58.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £9.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼49%
- Now £46.4k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲32%
- Now £262k
- Fixed assets
- ▲123%
- Now £661k
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
- Childcare and Learning (Holdings) Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Childcare and Learning Group Limited75–100%
- Castle Daycare and Preschool Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- South West London Nursery Company LimitedRev. £5.5m · Profit £1.1m
- Childcare and Learning (Cranbrook) LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £1.3m
- Anglo Spanish Nursery School LimitedRev. — · Profit £86.4k
- Ceres Nursery LimitedRev. — · Profit £908k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £866k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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