BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-27 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
+300.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£62M
-8.9% vs 2023
Employees
6,235
+2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£4M
+85% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS LIMITED 2003-09-01 → present
- KINDERQUEST LIMITED 1988-12-15 → 2003-09-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £198,278,000 | £239,167,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£27,801,000 | -£4,538,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£27,521,000 | -£4,115,000 | |
| Net profit | -£24,483,000 | -£6,020,000 | |
| Cash | £1,625,000 | £6,504,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £74,431,000 | £71,110,000 | |
| Net assets | £67,960,000 | £61,940,000 | |
| Equity | £67,960,000 | £61,940,000 | |
| Average employees | 6,106 | 6,235 | |
| Wages | £113,952,000 | £135,528,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -14.0% | -1.9% | |
| Net margin | -12.3% | -2.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -37.4% | -6.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.74x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors, having reviewed current performance and forecasts, and the factors listed above, have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue its operations for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- BRIGHT HORIZONS FAMILY SOLUTIONS LIMITED · parent
- Kidsunlimited Limited 1%
Significant events
- “During the year ended 31 December 2024, the Company saw solid growth in back-up care and other services (refer to note 4).”
- “From April 2024, the government expanded the 15 hours of funded childcare to include children from 9 months old.”
- “Launch of new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system”
- “Enhanced parental leave”
- “Launch of the Thrive Approach”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, John Francis | Secretary | 2025-04-02 | — | — |
| BOLAND, Elizabeth | Director | 2002-06-14 | Aug 1959 | American |
| BUTLER, John Francis | Director | 2022-05-02 | Nov 1967 | Irish |
| CASAGRANDE, John Guy | Director | 2020-04-16 | Sep 1958 | American |
| SMITH, Philip John | Director | 2025-04-02 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KRAMER, Stephen | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2025-04-02 |
| STOCKS, Ian Jeremy Marland | Secretary | 2003-08-29 | 2007-12-31 |
| WRENN, Richard Jenner, Mr. | Secretary | — | 2002-06-14 |
| HILLGATE SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2002-06-14 | 2003-08-29 |
| BROWN, Roger Henry | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2003-08-29 |
| DAVY, Marie Lavinia | Director | — | 1995-05-04 |
| DREIER, Stephen | Director | 2003-08-29 | 2020-04-13 |
| FEE, Gary Ryan | Director | 2020-04-13 | 2022-04-29 |
| HAY, Susan Caroline | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2006-06-30 |
| LISSY, Dave | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2020-04-13 |
| MARSHALL, Rosamund Margaret | Director | 2020-04-13 | 2025-04-02 |
| STOCKS, Ian Jeremy Marland | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2002-06-14 |
| THURSBY, Deborah Frances | Director | — | 2002-06-14 |
| TOCIO, Mary Ann | Director | 2002-06-14 | 2015-06-01 |
| TUGENDHAT, James Walter | Director | 2016-11-14 | 2020-04-13 |
| WRENN, Denise Andrea | Director | — | 2002-06-14 |
| WRENN, Richard Jenner, Mr. | Director | — | 2002-06-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bhfs Two Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-06-21 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 159 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-01-21 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-06 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+20.6%
£198,278,000 £239,167,000
-
Cash
+300.2%
£1,625,000 £6,504,000
-
Net assets
-8.9%
£67,960,000 £61,940,000
-
Employees
+2.1%
6,106 6,235
-
Operating profit
+83.7%
-£27,801,000 -£4,538,000
-
Profit before tax
+85%
-£27,521,000 -£4,115,000
-
Wages
+18.9%
£113,952,000 £135,528,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers