Sunshine Day Care Limited
Registered name: SUNSHINE DAY CARE LIMITED
Part of Eagle Superco Limited groupSunshine Day Care Limited made £1.2m revenue and a £397k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Sunshine Day Care Limited’s revenue was £1.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £397k and 35 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Burntwood; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Burntwood, West Midlands
- Age
- 20 yrs · since 2006
- 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”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 20 Jun 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | £2.2m | £1.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | — | £1.6m | £641k |
| Gross profit | — | — | — | £625k | £541k |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £360k | −£279k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £258k | −£278k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | — | £249k | −£397k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | — | £249k | −£397k |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 47 | 48 | 48 | 35 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | 11.4% | −33.6% |
| Gross margin | — | — | — | 28.7% | 45.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | — | £45.4k | £33.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | — | £5.2k | −£11.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.8% | ▲2.1% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £324k | £17.4k | £8 | £253k | £250k |
| Net assets | £220k | £373k | £426k | £585k | £189k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £371k | £25k | £5k | £259k | £807k |
| Debtors | £46.5k | £7.6k | £5k | £6.2k | £2k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £58k | £73k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −33.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 45.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £33.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£11.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 147.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- 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
- —
- Now £189k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £250k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 35
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £73k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £1.7m
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
- Eagle Superco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eagle Topco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Holdco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Newco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Midco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Bidco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Target Limited75–100%
- Busy Bees Holdings Limited75–100%
- Sunshine Day Care Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (36)
- Busy Bees Nurseries LimitedRev. £378m · Profit £70.4m
- Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) LimitedRev. £48.3m · Profit £10.2m
- Busy Bees Nurseries (Scotland) LimitedRev. £21.1m · Profit £3m
- Eagle Leasing LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £5.2m
- Busy Bees Education & Training LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £652k
- Newbyres Nursery LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £704k
- Oakwood Nurseries LimitedRev. £1.7m · Profit £344k
- Harlequin Childcare LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £329k
- Goldstar Nursery LimitedRev. £880k · Profit £164k
- Alderley Day Nursery LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Brunton Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bushbabies Childrens Nurseries (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Busy Bees Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Countryside Day Nurseries Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Daisy and Jake Day Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DRS Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit −£19k
- Eagle Target 5 LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
- Egg Childcare Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Great Little Childcare Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Happy Child LimitedFigures not disclosed
- I Can Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Just Learning Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Kids First Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kids Multiverse LtdFigures not disclosed
- Les Enfants Nursery (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Bear's Daycare Holdco 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LVN Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Mace Montessori Schools LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nu Nu LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oak Tree Nursery Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paintkey LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Positive Steps Childrens Day Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Razain Enterprises LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rosevale Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Squiggles Childcare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST Pauls Lettings LtdRev. — · Profit −£2k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£397k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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