DICKY BIRDS PRE SCHOOL NURSERIES LIMITED
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Cash
£4m
+728.9% highest in 5 filed years
Net assets
£5.5m
-46.8% lowest in 5 filed years
Employees
487
+57.1% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.5m
+465.4% first positive since 2024
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,841,000 | £12,633,000 | £14,276,000 | £16,106,000 | £26,688,000 | +65.7% | |
| Operating profit | £3,282,000 | £3,160,000 | £1,173,000 | -£700,000 | £2,496,000 | +456.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,281,000 | £3,160,000 | £1,175,000 | -£690,000 | £2,521,000 | +465.4% | |
| Net profit | £2,718,000 | £2,578,000 | £968,000 | -£1,209,000 | £3,160,000 | +361.4% | |
| Cash | £702,000 | £330,000 | £62,000 | £485,000 | £4,020,000 | +728.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,108,000 | £10,683,000 | £11,631,000 | £10,396,000 | £5,678,000 | -45.4% | |
| Net assets | £8,011,000 | £10,589,000 | £11,557,000 | £10,348,000 | £5,508,000 | -46.8% | |
| Equity | £8,011,000 | £10,589,000 | £11,557,000 | £10,348,000 | £5,508,000 | -46.8% | |
| Average employees | 286 | 251 | 263 | 310 | 487 | +57.1% | |
| Wages | £4,340,000 | — | £5,209,000 | £6,582,000 | £12,055,000 | +83.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £96,000 | £77,000 | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 33.4% | 25.0% | 8.2% | -4.3% | 9.4% | |
| Net margin | 27.6% | 20.4% | 6.8% | -7.5% | 11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.5% | 29.6% | 10.1% | -6.7% | 44.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 50.2% | 84.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.48x | 0.27x | 0.32x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- DICKY BIRDS PRE SCHOOL NURSERIES LIMITED 2000-10-04 → present
- BRETBY HOUSE SCHOOL LIMITED 1998-05-01 → 2000-10-04
- DYNHAM LIMITED 1998-04-16 → 1998-05-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPPER, Lydia Joy | Director | 2020-07-17 | Oct 1974 | British |
| MOORE, Matthew Jon | Director | 2023-02-23 | Nov 1978 | British |
| YOUNG, Heather | Director | 2023-02-23 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERRY, Rachel Sylvia | Secretary | 1998-04-17 | 2019-10-31 |
| DMCS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-04-16 | 1998-04-17 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-08-14 | 2024-02-29 |
| BERRY, Christopher | Director | 1998-04-17 | 2019-10-31 |
| BERRY, Rachel Sylvia | Director | 1998-04-17 | 2019-10-31 |
| LAWSON, Colin James | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2024-06-30 |
| MOORE, Adrian Richard | Director | 2019-10-31 | 2020-07-17 |
| SMALL, Helen Anne | Director | 2019-04-09 | 2022-09-12 |
| DMCS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-04-16 | 1998-04-17 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grandir Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-03-31 | Active |
| Berry Holdings (London) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 143 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-03-25 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-03-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.