South West London Nursery Company Limited
Registered name: SOUTH WEST LONDON NURSERY COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Childcare and Learning (Holdings) Limited groupSouth West London Nursery Company Limited made £5.5m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text
South West London Nursery Company Limited’s revenue grew 19% to £5.5m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £1.1m profit and 77 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
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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) | £5.2m | £4.4m | £4.6m | £5.5m |
| Cost of sales | £219k | £238k | £193k | £253k |
| Gross profit | £5m | £4.2m | £4.4m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | £1.8m | £794k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £791k | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | £1.5m | £710k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.5m | £710k | £1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £2.1m | £2.3m | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 100 | 107 | 80 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 28.1% | 16% | 22.2% | 19.4% |
| Gross margin | 95.8% | 94.7% | 95.8% | 95.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £52.4k | £41.6k | £57.3k | £70.9k |
| Profit per employee | £14.7k | £6.6k | £12.7k | £13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.2% | ▲3.1% | ▲19.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼51.7% | ▲43.2% | ▲4.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7% | ▼25.2% | ▼3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £217k | £569k | £83.3k | £59.9k |
| Net assets | £5.7m | £6.4m | £7.4m | £8.5m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £5.8m | £6.5m | £7.9m | £9.7m |
| Debtors | £43k | £26.2k | £13.7k | £17.9k |
| Deferred income | £186k | £185k | £260k | £487k |
| 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
- 19.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 95.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £70.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 8.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- 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
- ▲14%
- Now £8.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼28%
- Now £59.9k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- ▲87%
- Now £487k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.3m
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%
- South West London Nursery Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Childcare and Learning (Cranbrook) LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit £1.3m
- Castle Daycare and Preschool Ltd.Rev. £3.2m · Profit £866k
- Anglo Spanish Nursery School LimitedRev. — · Profit £86.4k
- Ceres Nursery LimitedRev. — · Profit £908k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Similar profitable businesses
- Inspired Learning Group (UK) LimitedStanmore · Pre-primary education
- Revenue
- £4.8m
- Profit
- £1.6m
- Staff
- 138
- Little Barn Owls LimitedCrawley · Pre-primary education
- Revenue
- £6.4m
- Profit
- £368k
- Staff
- 134
- Kingsclere Nurseries LimitedReading · Pre-primary education
- Revenue
- £6.4m
- Profit
- £439k
- Staff
- 129
- Dean Close Nurseries LimitedCheltenham · Pre-primary education
- Revenue
- £6.4m
- Profit
- £1.2m
- Staff
- 178
- The Girls' Day School TrustLondon · Pre-primary education
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £1.9m
- Staff
- —
- Childcare and Learning (Cranbrook) LimitedLondon · Pre-primary education
- Revenue
- £3.6m
- Profit
- £1.3m
- Staff
- 58
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.