Pumpkin Pie Childcare Ltd
Registered name: PUMPKIN PIE CHILDCARE LTD
Pumpkin Pie Childcare Ltd made £1.4m revenue and £140k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2026.
Pumpkin Pie Childcare Ltd’s revenue grew 3% to £1.4m in the year to 31 Aug 2026, with £140k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “child day-care activities” and is based in Morpeth; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Morpeth, North East
- 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 | 31 Aug 2025 | 31 Aug 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £725k | £874k | — | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Cost of sales | £481k | £642k | — | £809k | £837k |
| Gross profit | £244k | £233k | — | £536k | £554k |
| Operating profit | £90k | £29k | — | £142k | £191k |
| Profit after tax | £70.6k | £21.6k | — | £117k | £140k |
| Profit (best available) | £70.6k | £21.6k | — | £117k | £140k |
| Employees (average) | — | 29 | 34 | 35 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 9.7% | 2.5% | — | 8.7% | 10.1% |
| Gross margin | 33.7% | 26.6% | — | 39.8% | 39.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £30.2k | — | £38.4k | £46.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | £746 | — | £3.4k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.6% | — | — | ▲3.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.4% | — | — | ▲19.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲17.2% | ▲2.9% | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £110k | £139k | £136k | £266k | £447k |
| Net assets | £125k | £142k | £138k | £253k | £388k |
| Fixed assets | £46.3k | £33.8k | £30.8k | £59.6k | £38.1k |
| Debtors | £53k | £53.9k | £51.6k | £41.5k | £40.4k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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
- ▲53%
- Now £388k
- Cash at bank
- ▲68%
- Now £447k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼36%
- Now £38.1k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2026 (profit £140k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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