Parbold Douglas Nursery Limited
Registered name: PARBOLD DOUGLAS NURSERY LIMITED
Parbold Douglas Nursery Limited made £440k revenue and £24.4k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2023.
Parbold Douglas Nursery Limited’s revenue grew 38% to £440k in the year to 31 Aug 2023, with £24.4k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Wigan; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £318k | £440k |
| Cost of sales | £166k | £279k |
| Gross profit | £152k | £161k |
| Operating profit | £67.5k | £24.4k |
| Profit before tax | £67.5k | £24.4k |
| Profit after tax | £67.5k | £24.4k |
| Profit (best available) | £67.5k | £24.4k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 21.2% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 47.9% | 36.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £21.2k | £22k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £84.4k | £55.9k |
| Net assets | £12k | £12k |
| Current assets | £87.4k | £62.4k |
| Debtors | £671 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £2k | £4.5k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 36.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £22k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.2k
- 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
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- 0%
- Now £12k
- Cash at bank
- ▼34%
- Now £55.9k
- Headcount
- ▲33%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- ▲125%
- Now £4.5k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2023 (profit £24.4k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2023. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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