ASQUITH NURSERIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-18 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£38K
+280% vs 2023
Net assets
£11M
+1.7% vs 2023
Employees
1,343
+6.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£338K
+108.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ASQUITH NURSERIES LIMITED 2004-08-02 → present
- LANTERNLAND LIMITED 2004-05-20 → 2004-08-02
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 | £47,059,000 | £50,979,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | -£3,826,000 | £338,000 | |
| Net profit | -£4,141,000 | £182,000 | |
| Cash | £10,000 | £38,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,013,000 | £12,809,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,441,000 | £10,623,000 | |
| Equity | £10,441,000 | £10,623,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,260 | 1,343 | |
| Wages | £23,823,000 | £26,290,000 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | -8.8% | 0.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 90.9% | 90.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.95x | 0.96x |
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
- ASQUITH NURSERIES LIMITED · parent
- Allgold Investments Limited 100%
- Asquith Nurseries Developments Limited 100%
- Bobby's Playhouse Limited 100%
- Hickory House Children's Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Kids 2 Us Limited 100%
- Kinderstart Day Nurseries Limited 100%
- Muddy Puddles Childcare Limited 100%
- Norfolk Lodge School Limited 100%
- Pegasus Childcare Limited 100%
- Four Seasons at Skypark Limited 100%
- Four Seasons at Spectrum Limited 100%
- Four Seasons Nurseries (Scotland) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Launch of new Customer Relationship Management (CRM) system: The new CRM introduces key updates to streamline processes. Enhancements include an improved tour booking system, a new website-based Open Day booking feature that supports future webinars and events, and a nursery fee calculator to help families estimate costs while capturing more interest.”
- “Enhanced parental leave: In Spring 2024, the Board took a decision to enhance the financial aspects of our maternity leave offering; In addition, we have also introduced Paternity/Partner leave for eligible employees.”
- “Launch of the Thrive Approach: In 2024, The Board, as supported by the Early Childhood team at Bright Horizons launched the Thrive Approach. Our mission is for children to feel safe and loved, so that they will enjoy learning.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BUTLER, John Francis | Secretary | 2025-04-02 | — | — |
| BUTLER, John Francis | Director | 2022-05-02 | Nov 1967 | Irish |
| SMITH, Philip John | Director | 2025-04-02 | Apr 1968 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HENDRIE, Neal Malcolm | Secretary | 2004-10-31 | 2008-02-01 |
| KRAMER, Stephen | Secretary | 2016-11-10 | 2025-04-02 |
| RING, Ronald Arthur | Secretary | 2004-07-13 | 2004-10-31 |
| SAGE, Adam David | Secretary | 2010-02-01 | 2016-11-10 |
| YARROW, Nicholas John | Secretary | 2008-02-01 | 2010-01-31 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-05-20 | 2004-07-13 |
| BOLAND, Elizabeth | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2025-04-02 |
| CASAGRANDE, John Guy | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2025-04-02 |
| CROSS, Jean | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2005-12-31 |
| DREIER, Stephen | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2020-04-13 |
| FEE, Gary Ryan | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2022-04-29 |
| FORD, Russell Mark | Director | 2005-11-17 | 2008-11-27 |
| HENDRIE, Neal Malcolm | Director | 2004-07-13 | 2007-08-01 |
| LAYTON, Matthew Robert | Nominee Director | 2004-05-20 | 2004-07-13 |
| LISSY, Dave | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2020-04-13 |
| MARSHALL, Rosamund Margaret | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2025-04-02 |
| MORRIS, Andrew Terry | Director | 2006-03-29 | 2016-12-01 |
| PUDGE, David John | Nominee Director | 2004-05-20 | 2004-07-13 |
| RHODES, Phillip Baverstock | Director | 2004-07-13 | 2006-04-07 |
| SAGE, Adam David | Director | 2011-09-05 | 2011-10-14 |
| TUGENDHAT, James Walter | Director | 2016-11-10 | 2020-04-13 |
| YARROW, Nicholas John | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2010-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asquith Court Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2017-05-08 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 129 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2025-05-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2022-05-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+8.3%
£47,059,000 £50,979,000
-
Cash
+280%
£10,000 £38,000
-
Net assets
+1.7%
£10,441,000 £10,623,000
-
Employees
+6.6%
1,260 1,343
-
Profit before tax
+108.8%
-£3,826,000 £338,000
-
Wages
+10.4%
£23,823,000 £26,290,000
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