Safe and Sound Childcare CIC
Registered name: SAFE AND SOUND CHILDCARE CIC
Safe and Sound Childcare CIC made £517k revenue and £5.7k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Safe and Sound Childcare CIC’s revenue grew 18% to £517k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £5.7k profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Bournemouth; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bournemouth, South West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Community Interest Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £323k | £343k | £437k | £517k |
| Cost of sales | £31.4k | £36.1k | £41.7k | £67.6k |
| Gross profit | £291k | £307k | £395k | £449k |
| Operating profit | −£10.6k | −£2.8k | £10.1k | £6.6k |
| Profit before tax | −£10.6k | −£2.8k | £10.1k | £6.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£8.4k | −£978 | £8.1k | £5.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£8.4k | −£978 | £8.1k | £5.7k |
| Employees (average) | 21 | 22 | 25 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.6% | −0.3% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 90.3% | 89.5% | 90.5% | 86.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £15.4k | £15.6k | £17.5k | £23.5k |
| Profit per employee | −£401 | −£44 | £322 | £258 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲27.4% | ▲18.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼29.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▲13.6% | ▼12% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6 | £13.9k | £17k | £81.7k |
| Net assets | −£9.3k | −£10.3k | −£2.2k | £3k |
| Fixed assets | £4.7k | £4.1k | £7.7k | £11.7k |
| Current assets | £13.1k | £20.3k | £37.3k | £92.9k |
| Debtors | £6.3k | £0 | £0 | £11.2k |
| Deferred income | £10.5k | £12.3k | £14.7k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 86.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £258
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.2%
- 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 £3k
- Cash at bank
- ▲382%
- Now £81.7k
- Headcount
- ▼12%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲51%
- Now £11.7k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £5.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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