Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres
Registered name: DINGLEY FAMILY AND SPECIALIST EARLY YEARS CENTRES
Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres made £2.5m revenue and £168k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Dingley Family and Specialist Early Years Centres’s revenue grew 61% to £2.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £168k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Newbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newbury, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Non-profit. It is limited by guarantee (typically an association, club or management company), so it isn't run for profit. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £991k | £1.6m | £2.5m |
| Operating profit | −£29.6k | −£24.7k | £168k |
| Profit after tax | −£29.6k | −£24.7k | £168k |
| Profit (best available) | −£29.6k | −£24.7k | £168k |
| Staff costs | £714k | £1.1m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 12 | 15 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −3% | −1.6% | 6.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £110k | £131k | £169k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.3k | −£2.1k | £11.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 92.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲59% | ▲60.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £304k | £204k | £315k |
| Net assets | £243k | £218k | £386k |
| Fixed assets | £43.5k | £39.1k | £68.2k |
| Current assets | £428k | £378k | £601k |
| Debtors | — | £174k | £286k |
| Deferred income | £188k | £147k | £183k |
| Cash from operations | £50k | −£82.1k | £154k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £169k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 92.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.3%
- 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
- ▲77%
- Now £386k
- Cash at bank
- ▲55%
- Now £315k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- ▲25%
- Now £183k
- Fixed assets
- ▲75%
- Now £68.2k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £168k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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