WHITEHOUSE DAY NURSERY LIMITED
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Cash
£1.3m
+153% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£2.8m
-13.2% vs 2024
Employees
176
+16.6% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £4,019,996 | £4,834,459 | £5,601,770 | +15.9% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £484,811 | £719,311 | £672,590 | -6.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £327,055 | £609,027 | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £239,088 | £465,918 | — | — | |
| Cash | £708,644 | £418,183 | £186,870 | £202,754 | £528,132 | £1,336,379 | +153% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,551,875 | £3,954,991 | £4,024,630 | £4,758,900 | £5,071,055 | £4,564,803 | -10% | |
| Net assets | £2,789,107 | £2,407,783 | £2,624,804 | £2,905,995 | £3,281,413 | £2,847,958 | -13.2% | |
| Equity | £2,789,107 | £2,407,783 | £2,624,804 | £2,905,995 | £3,281,413 | £2,847,958 | -13.2% | |
| Average employees | 154 | 160 | 158 | 161 | 151 | 176 | +16.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £2,680,294 | £2,952,317 | £3,300,128 | +11.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £24,675 | £24,998 | £30,112 | +20.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | — | — | £1,129 | £1,129 | £221,129 | +19,486.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 12.1% | 14.9% | 12.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 5.9% | 9.6% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 10.2% | 14.2% | 14.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 44.3% | 46.0% | 38.7% | 48.4% | 45.2% | 48.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 2.04x | 2.33x | 2.81x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 3.49x | 4.83x | 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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WHITEHOUSE DAY NURSERY LIMITED 1988-06-01 → present
- CHANGEPOISE LIMITED 1988-02-29 → 1988-06-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Dains Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group and parent company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting.”
Group structure
- WHITEHOUSE DAY NURSERY LIMITED · parent
- Morgan Pidcock Properties Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Morgan Pidcock Properties Ltd was guarantor of a mortgage owed by its related entity Pidcock Motor Cycles Limited to Barclays Bank PLC. ... the guarantee crystallised resulting in Morgan Pidcock Properties Ltd being liable to settle liabilities totaling £662,708.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, Lynne Patricia | Secretary | 2015-10-15 | — | — |
| MORGAN, Lynne Patricia | Director | — | Feb 1961 | British |
| MORGAN, Michael Clifton | Director | 2021-10-08 | Mar 1991 | British |
| WOOD, Laura Marie | Director | 2015-04-01 | Oct 1977 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MORGAN, David Clifton | Secretary | — | 2015-10-15 |
| MENZIES, Alison Jane | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-03-31 |
| MORGAN, David Clifton | Director | — | 2013-10-16 |
| THOMPSON, Laura | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2013-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Lynne Patricia Morgan | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-03-13 | Active |
| Mrs Laura Marie Wood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-01 | Ceased 2016-08-02 |
| Mr David Clifton Morgan | Individual | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-02-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-10-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-06-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-12-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-21 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-14 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-25 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-04-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-20 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2022-10-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-04-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.