MATCHBOX DAY NURSERY LIMITED

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on the assumption that the charity is able to continue as a going concern, which the trustees consider appropriate having regard to the current level of unrestricted reserves, the financial position, plans and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. There are no material uncertainties about the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Significant events

• “We opened our second nursery, Matchbox Aberfeldy at Aberfeldy Village in September 2023 providing an additional 48 places for young children.”
• “Recruitment of staff continues to be a challenge as we compete with not just other nurseries but other sectors who are also trying to attract staff.”
• “Later this year (September 2025) the funding available to working parents extends to all children from 9 months old and all will be eligible for the 30 hours childcare and education funding. We always encourage parents to apply for this funding and will help as much as possible with the process. We also advise parents to register for Tax Free Childcare. All of these schemes make childcare more affordable which is good for all parents. The result of this is that both our nurseries are full and we have had our busiest year ever and have waiting lists for September.”
• “This coming year we would like to refurbish our outside area at Burdett Nursery. It is well used by the children and is a large area and in need of some TLC. We will work with our landlords (Poplar Harca) to hopefully achieve this during the coming year. We have received initial estimates from two companies for the grassed area; as at the 31 March 2025 approval has been granted for this work and the budgeted expenditure for this project amounts to £77,000.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

4

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +46.1%

  £1,443,327 → £2,108,979

• Cash

  +182.9%

  £252,570 → £714,532

• Net assets

  +46.8%

  £715,403 → £1,050,439

• Employees

  +6.7%

  45 → 48

• Wages

  +12.2%

  £989,407 → £1,110,064

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