Bright Little Stars Stratford Limited
Registered name: BRIGHT LITTLE STARS STRATFORD LIMITED
Part of Bright Little Stars Group Limited groupBright Little Stars Stratford Limited made £311k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Bright Little Stars Stratford Limited reported £311k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025, up 220% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 41 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Stratford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stratford, London
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2018
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The parent company of Bright Little Stars Stratford Limited is Bright Little Stars Group Limited and the registered office is Kinetic Business Centre, Theobald Street, Elstree, Hertfordshire, WD6 4PJ.”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2023 | 30 Jun 2024 | 30 Jun 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £117k | £128k | £344k |
| Profit after tax | £102k | £97.2k | £311k |
| Profit (best available) | £102k | £97.2k | £311k |
| Employees (average) | 41 | 45 | 41 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £2.5k | £2.2k | £7.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | ▼5.1% | ▲219.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲9.8% | ▼8.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £35.5k | £75.9k | £83.6k |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.7m |
| Current assets | £587k | £704k | £988k |
| Debtors | £552k | £628k | £905k |
| Deferred income | £4.6k | £17.6k | £19.7k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.6k
- 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
- —
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £1.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▲10%
- Now £83.6k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 41
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £19.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £3.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bright Little Stars Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Bright Little Stars Stratford Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (6)
- BLS Forest Hill LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.7k
- Bright Little Stars Barnet LimitedRev. — · Profit £581k
- Bright Little Stars Enfield LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bright Little Stars Head Office LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.2m
- Bright Little Stars Hornsey LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bright Little Stars Stanmore LimitedRev. — · Profit £300k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £311k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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