Somerset Nursery Services Ltd.
Registered name: SOMERSET NURSERY SERVICES LTD.
Somerset Nursery Services Ltd. made £925k revenue and £309k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Somerset Nursery Services Ltd.’s revenue fell 13% to £925k in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £309k profit and 29 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education”; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Scotland
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.1m | £925k |
| Cost of sales | £82.9k | £77.2k |
| Gross profit | £982k | £848k |
| Operating profit | −£44.6k | £162k |
| Profit before tax | £94.9k | £309k |
| Profit after tax | £97.3k | £309k |
| Profit (best available) | £97.3k | £309k |
| Employees (average) | 34 | 29 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 9.1% | 33.4% |
| Gross margin | 92.2% | 91.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £31.3k | £31.9k |
| Profit per employee | £2.9k | £10.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼13.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲217.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £6.9k | £401k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £1.9m | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £14k | £411k |
| Debtors | £7.1k | £9.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 33.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 91.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £31.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 157.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1%
- 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
- ▲15%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▲5694%
- Now £401k
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 29
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼24%
- Now £1.5m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Mid Gavin Nursery LimitedRev. £693k · Profit £117k
- J.R. Kinder Ltd.Rev. £215k · Profit −£101k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £309k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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