First for Childcare 3 Limited
Registered name: FIRST FOR CHILDCARE 3 LIMITED
First for Childcare 3 Limited made £2.7m revenue and a £21.5k loss in the year to 30 Aug 2025.
First for Childcare 3 Limited’s revenue grew 17% to £2.7m in the year to 30 Aug 2025, with a loss of £21.5k and 62 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Northampton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Northampton, East Midlands
- Age
- 9 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 | 30 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.3m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.2m | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £858k | £934k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £505k | £331k | £450k | £267k |
| Profit before tax | £385k | £81.6k | £150k | £8.6k |
| Profit after tax | £271k | £36.7k | £73.8k | −£21.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £271k | £36.7k | £73.8k | −£21.5k |
| Staff costs | £1.1m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.5m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 70 | 58 | 62 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 12% | 1.6% | 3.2% | −0.8% |
| Gross margin | 45.9% | 36.9% | 40% | 43% |
| Revenue per employee | £35.2k | £33.3k | £40.3k | £44.3k |
| Profit per employee | £4.2k | £524 | £1.3k | −£346 |
| Cash conversion | −147.6% | −147.7% | −142.3% | −285.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲3.3% | ▲0.4% | ▲17.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86.4% | ▲101.2% | ▼129.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.4% | ▼17.1% | ▲6.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £984k | £838k | £699k |
| Net assets | £890k | £843k | £440k | £399k |
| Fixed assets | £4.8m | £4.6m | £4.5m | £4.3m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.3m | £937k | £1.1m |
| Debtors | £58.1k | £86.7k | £40.1k | £60.9k |
| Deferred income | £175k | £210k | £178k | £188k |
| Cash from operations | −£745k | −£489k | −£641k | −£763k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 43%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £44.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£346
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −285.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 157.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.9%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £399k
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £699k
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 62
- Deferred income
- ▲6%
- Now £188k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £4.3m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Aug 2025 (profit −£21.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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