First Friends Childcare Ltd.
Registered name: FIRST FRIENDS CHILDCARE LTD.
First Friends Childcare Ltd. made £142k revenue and a £14k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2024.
First Friends Childcare Ltd.’s revenue grew 13% to £142k in the year to 31 Aug 2024, with a loss of £14k and 6 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Liverpool; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Liverpool, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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 | 31 Aug 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £151k | £126k | £142k |
| Profit after tax | £22.1k | £4.8k | −£14k |
| Profit (best available) | £22.1k | £4.8k | −£14k |
| Staff costs | £113k | £102k | £117k |
| Employees (average) | — | 7 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 14.7% | 3.8% | −9.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £18k | £23.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £687 | −£2.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼16.5% | ▲13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼78.3% | ▼390.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | £103k | £108k | £94.2k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Current assets | £111k | £110k | £94.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £23.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now £94.2k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £0
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2024 (profit −£14k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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