JUST CHILDCARE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-24 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+172.9% vs 2023
Net assets
-£19M
-90.9% vs 2023
Employees
695
+1.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£9M
-75.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- JUST CHILDCARE LIMITED 2004-05-13 → present
- SIMPLY CHILDCARE LIMITED 2004-04-05 → 2004-05-13
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 | £18,905,000 | £22,081,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£4,114,000 | -£7,488,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,148,000 | -£9,019,000 | |
| Net profit | -£5,505,000 | -£9,066,000 | |
| Cash | £495,000 | £1,351,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,636,000 | -£2,816,000 | |
| Net assets | -£9,977,000 | -£19,043,000 | |
| Equity | -£9,977,000 | -£19,043,000 | |
| Average employees | 686 | 695 | |
| Wages | £13,614,000 | £15,673,000 |
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 | -21.8% | -33.9% | |
| Net margin | -29.1% | -41.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -88.7% | 265.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.16x | 0.17x | |
| Interest cover | -3.98x | -4.89x |
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
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared a forecast for a period in excess of twelve months from the date of signing the financial statements and have obtained confirmation from their parent company that they will not seek repayment of the intercompany debt during the twelve months following approval of these financial statements Accordingly, the Directors have concluded, that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from approval of these financial statements and therefore they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- JUST CHILDCARE LIMITED · parent
- 100 Acre Wood Limited 100%
- Abbeywood Tots Day Nursery Ltd 100%
- Acorns in Adel Limited 100%
- All About Children Limited - Previously Chicken Run Limited 100%
- Brambley Hedge Nursery Limited 100%
- Buttons and Bows Ltd 100%
- Cetrolinear Limited 100%
- Cherubs Holdings Limited 100%
- FCCC Holdings Limited 100%
- Footprints (Atherton) Ltd 100%
- Funcare Limited 100%
- Giggles of Lytham (Day Nursery) Ltd 100%
- JWDW Limited 100%
- Kiddy Factory Limited 100%
- Kiddy Factory Rentals Limited 100%
- Kids Corner Nursery and Pre-School Limited 100%
- Ladybirds Private Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Little Acorns (South West) Limited 100%
- Little Darlings Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Little Manor Day Nursery Ltd 100%
- Lytham Academy FC Limited 100%
- Magellan Holdings Limited 100%
- Marjorie Monk Limited 100%
- Park Wood Day Nurseries Limited 100%
- Playdays Daycare Nursery Ltd 100%
- Safehands Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Small World Day Nursery Limited 100%
- The Chestnuts Day Nursery Limited 100%
- The Village Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Wirral Nurseries Limited 100%
- Woodlands Park Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Cherubs Day Nursery (Sale) Limited 100%
- Chestnuts Quedgeley Ltd 100%
- First Class Child Care Limited 100%
- Pebbles Nursery Ltd 100%
- Primley Park Children's Nurseries Limited 100%
- The Chestnuts Nursery Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “During the year, the group which this company is part of has undertaken a corporate restructure”
- “This restructure involved the sale of ("Hive Down") the shares owned in Just Childcare Holdings Limited (Co No 09287055) and SJE Nurseries Limited (Co No 11496269) to its wholly owned subsidiary Partou UK Limited (previously named All About Children Limited) (Co No 07223697) Just Childcare Limited is an indirect subsidiary of Just Childcare Holdings Limited”
- “The corporate restructuring was approved by the board of directors on 14 November 2024 The decision has been communicated to all relevant stakeholders”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SMITH, Richard Henry | Secretary | 2022-01-27 | — | — |
| ELTON, Richard James | Director | 2025-10-23 | Nov 1973 | British |
| JACKSON, Kirsty Joanna | Director | 2026-01-28 | Sep 1984 | British |
| RHODES, Samantha Jane | Director | 2022-10-17 | Dec 1966 | British |
| SMITH, Richard Henry | Director | 2022-07-13 | Nov 1960 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, David William | Secretary | 2005-06-29 | 2021-11-08 |
| JOHNSON, Sheila | Secretary | 2004-04-05 | 2005-06-29 |
| SMITH, Richard Henry | Secretary | 2021-11-08 | 2021-12-17 |
| CARROLL, Elizabeth Mary Ellen | Director | 2019-02-11 | 2024-02-09 |
| JOHNSON, David William | Director | 2004-04-05 | 2022-09-30 |
| JOHNSON, Jacqueline Ann | Director | 2005-06-29 | 2022-10-11 |
| KENDALL-MCGUIRE, Michelle Heather | Director | 2024-02-28 | 2025-12-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Just Childcare Consultancy Services Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 154 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-24 | RP04AP01 | officers | Second filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2022-10-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-28 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+16.8%
£18,905,000 £22,081,000
-
Cash
+172.9%
£495,000 £1,351,000
-
Net assets
-90.9%
-£9,977,000 -£19,043,000
-
Employees
+1.3%
686 695
-
Operating profit
-82%
-£4,114,000 -£7,488,000
-
Profit before tax
-75.2%
-£5,148,000 -£9,019,000
-
Wages
+15.1%
£13,614,000 £15,673,000
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