Berkhampstead School (Day Care Nursery) Limited
Registered name: BERKHAMPSTEAD SCHOOL (DAY CARE NURSERY) LIMITED
Part of Berkhampstead School (Cheltenham) Trust Limited groupBerkhampstead School (Day Care Nursery) Limited made £2.1m revenue and £41.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Berkhampstead School (Day Care Nursery) Limited’s revenue grew 43% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £41.4k profit and 57 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Cheltenham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cheltenham, South West
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.5m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | — | £105k | £53.6k |
| Profit before tax | £21.1k | £105k | £53.6k |
| Profit after tax | £21.1k | £105k | £41.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £21.1k | £105k | £41.4k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 47 | 57 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £29.7k | £31.5k | £37.3k |
| Profit per employee | £491 | £2.2k | £726 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲16% | ▲43.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲396.8% | ▼60.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.3% | ▲21.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £334k | £175k | — |
| Net assets | −£2.2k | £100 | — |
| Fixed assets | £67.4k | £59.4k | — |
| Current assets | £363k | £204k | — |
| Debtors | £8.3k | £78 | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £37.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £726
- 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.
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 —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲21%
- Now 57
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Berkhampstead School (Cheltenham) Trust Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Berkhampstead School (Day Care Nursery) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £41.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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