TOPS DAY NURSERY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-09-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
+152.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£551K
+308.4% vs 2024
Employees
845
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+91.9% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £19,604,562 | £23,686,449 | |
| Operating profit | £528,501 | £971,575 | |
| Profit before tax | £535,454 | £1,027,546 | |
| Net profit | £388,950 | £746,033 | |
| Cash | £1,482,626 | £3,744,687 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £492,455 | £880,030 | |
| Net assets | £134,907 | £550,940 | |
| Equity | £134,907 | £550,940 | |
| Average employees | 834 | 845 | |
| Wages | £12,746,673 | £15,154,327 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.7% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 3.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 107.3% | 110.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.74x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | 35.44x | 145.45x |
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
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we-have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- TOPS DAY NURSERY LIMITED · parent
- Tops Day Nurseries Limited (i) 100%
Significant events
- “In April 2024 we became an Employee-Owned Business, further empowering our people and ensuring their voices are integral to our growth and decisions for our future.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FAURE, Micah Chimuntu | Secretary | 2016-11-29 | — | — |
| DEARSLEY, Andrew James | Director | 2019-12-09 | Jan 1975 | British |
| FAURE, Micah Chimuntu | Director | 2019-05-30 | Sep 1986 | British |
| HADLAND, Cheryl Lael | Director | 1998-03-16 | Aug 1960 | British |
| KING, Samantha Jane, Dr | Director | 2021-08-20 | Mar 1966 | British |
| WYCHERLEY, Diane Marie | Director | 2023-04-01 | Apr 1982 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAILEY, John Kingsley | Secretary | 2004-06-18 | 2016-09-30 |
| CHARLES, Beckie | Secretary | 2002-04-11 | 2003-05-09 |
| DUNCAN, William Murray | Secretary | 2003-05-13 | 2003-06-09 |
| GERRARD, Martin Joseph | Secretary | 2003-06-09 | 2004-01-30 |
| HADLAND, Cheryl | Secretary | 1998-03-16 | 2000-02-28 |
| LYNTON, Helen | Secretary | 2000-02-28 | 2002-04-11 |
| PERCIVAL, Charlotte Louise | Secretary | 2015-08-06 | 2015-08-31 |
| PHILLIPS, Theresa Anne | Secretary | 2004-02-06 | 2004-06-18 |
| THOMAS-LUKER, Maria | Secretary | 2016-09-30 | 2016-11-29 |
| CHETTLEBURGH INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-03-16 | 1998-03-16 |
| ADAMSON, Natalie | Director | 2013-01-14 | 2013-12-11 |
| ADAMSON, Natallie | Director | 2008-01-16 | 2012-09-11 |
| ALDERSON, Amy Elizabeth | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2020-07-02 |
| ALDERSON, Amy | Director | 2014-09-29 | 2015-09-18 |
| GRANEY, Colin | Director | 1998-03-16 | 2000-01-11 |
| KING, Samantha Jane, Dr | Director | 2021-02-01 | 2021-07-20 |
| LORD, Paul Dennis | Director | 2019-06-17 | 2019-12-19 |
| PACEY, Harriet Amy | Director | 2019-05-16 | 2026-02-10 |
| PERCIVAL, Charlotte | Director | 2019-05-30 | 2024-03-25 |
| PHILLIPS, Paula Louise | Director | 2023-04-04 | 2023-12-10 |
| THOMAS- LUKER, Maria | Director | 2008-12-31 | 2012-07-14 |
| THOMAS-LUKER, Maria | Director | 2019-05-30 | 2020-07-02 |
| CHETTLEBURGH'S LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-03-16 | 1998-03-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hadland Sustainable Education Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-15 | Active |
| Calypso Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-12 | Ceased 2024-03-15 |
| Hadland Care Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-09-20 | Ceased 2024-03-12 |
| Ms Cheryl Lael Hadland | Individual | Appoints directors | 2017-01-01 | Ceased 2018-09-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 136 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-16 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+20.8%
£19,604,562 £23,686,449
-
Cash
+152.6%
£1,482,626 £3,744,687
-
Net assets
+308.4%
£134,907 £550,940
-
Employees
+1.3%
834 845
-
Operating profit
+83.8%
£528,501 £971,575
-
Profit before tax
+91.9%
£535,454 £1,027,546
-
Wages
+18.9%
£12,746,673 £15,154,327
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