Oakwood Nurseries Limited
Registered name: OAKWOOD NURSERIES LIMITED
Part of Eagle Superco Limited groupOakwood Nurseries Limited made £1.7m revenue and £344k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Oakwood Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £1.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £344k profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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: “Busy Bees Holdings Limited”
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 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Cost of sales | £941k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Gross profit | £709k | £501k | £646k |
| Operating profit | — | £212k | £340k |
| Profit before tax | £470k | £205k | £340k |
| Profit after tax | £454k | £205k | £344k |
| Profit (best available) | £454k | £205k | £344k |
| Employees (average) | 32 | 33 | 30 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 27.5% | 12.9% | 19.9% |
| Gross margin | 43% | 31.6% | 37.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £51.6k | £48k | £57.8k |
| Profit per employee | £14.2k | £6.2k | £11.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼54.9% | ▲67.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼9.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £18k | £27k | £4k |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Fixed assets | £805k | £725k | £561k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.7m |
| Debtors | £7k | £2k | £3k |
| Deferred income | £80k | £55k | £79k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 19.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 37.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £57.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 32.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- 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
- ▲22%
- Now £1.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼85%
- Now £4k
- Headcount
- ▼9%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- ▲44%
- Now £79k
- Fixed assets
- ▼23%
- Now £561k
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
- Eagle Superco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eagle Topco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Holdco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Newco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Midco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Bidco Limited75–100%
- Eagle Target Limited75–100%
- Busy Bees Holdings Limited75–100%
- Oakwood Nurseries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (36)
- Busy Bees Nurseries LimitedRev. £378m · Profit £70.4m
- Busy Bees Day Nurseries (Trading) LimitedRev. £48.3m · Profit £10.2m
- Busy Bees Nurseries (Scotland) LimitedRev. £21.1m · Profit £3m
- Eagle Leasing LimitedRev. £9.4m · Profit £5.2m
- Busy Bees Education & Training LimitedRev. £4.5m · Profit £652k
- Newbyres Nursery LimitedRev. £2.3m · Profit £704k
- Sunshine Day Care LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit −£397k
- Harlequin Childcare LimitedRev. £1.2m · Profit £329k
- Goldstar Nursery LimitedRev. £880k · Profit £164k
- Alderley Day Nursery LimitedRev. £0 · Profit £0
- Brunton Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Bushbabies Childrens Nurseries (Holdings) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Busy Bees Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Countryside Day Nurseries Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Daisy and Jake Day Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- DRS Properties LimitedRev. — · Profit −£19k
- Eagle Target 5 LimitedRev. — · Profit £1.5m
- Egg Childcare Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Great Little Childcare Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Happy Child LimitedFigures not disclosed
- I Can Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Just Learning Ltd.Figures not disclosed
- Kids First Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kids Multiverse LtdFigures not disclosed
- Les Enfants Nursery (Scotland) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Bear's Daycare Holdco 2 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LVN Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Mace Montessori Schools LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Nu Nu LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Oak Tree Nursery Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paintkey LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Positive Steps Childrens Day Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Razain Enterprises LtdFigures not disclosed
- Rosevale Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Squiggles Childcare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- ST Pauls Lettings LtdRev. — · Profit −£2k
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 2025 (profit £344k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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