THE OLD STATION NURSERY LIMITED
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Cash
£3.7m
+19.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£69m
-10.6% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,043
+9.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£5.7m
+65.8% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,021,193 | £63,958,294 | £75,269,264 | +17.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£15,523,050 | -£8,160,479 | £2,761,534 | +133.8% | |
| Profit before tax | -£23,643,840 | -£16,778,388 | -£5,745,596 | +65.8% | |
| Net profit | -£24,099,424 | -£17,645,158 | -£6,581,279 | +62.7% | |
| Cash | £2,447,026 | £3,132,893 | £3,736,721 | +19.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £56,846,245 | £42,192,053 | £33,434,670 | -20.8% | |
| Net assets | -£44,654,853 | -£62,300,011 | -£68,881,290 | -10.6% | |
| Equity | -£44,654,853 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 1,733 | 1,870 | 2,043 | +9.3% | |
| Wages | £31,706,446 | £34,771,705 | £40,606,105 | +16.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £174,838 | £627,740 | £660,941 | +5.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £19,875 | £45,558 | £56,453 | +23.9% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £360,000 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -28.2% | -12.8% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | -43.8% | -27.6% | -8.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | -27.3% | -19.3% | 8.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 166.7% | 214.3% | 252.9% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.50x | 0.66x | |
| Interest cover | -1.91x | -0.95x | 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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Bishop Fleming Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The accounts have been drawn up on the going concern basis. The Company is dependent on the continued support of the Parent Company, who have confirmed their financial support. The amount owed to the Parent Company at the 31 December 2025 was £96,667,585. As a result, the directors have considered the going concern of the Company and concluded that there is no material uncertainty.”
Group structure
- THE OLD STATION NURSERY LIMITED · parent
- Old Station Nursery Limited 100%
- Little Green Rascals Organic Day Nurseries Limited 100%
- LGR Nurseries Group Limited 100%
- My First Friends Holdings Limited 100%
- HDC Holdings Limited 100%
- Bambino Limited 100%
- Premier Nursery Limited 100%
- Sandhills Limited 100%
- Sixpenny Limited 100%
- Small Friends Limited 100%
- Sunhill Daycare (Europe) Limited 100%
- Townsend Montessori Nurseries Ltd 100%
- Polkadot Day Nurseries 100%
- Dr Arora Enterprises Limited 100%
- Buds Limited 100%
- Good Manors Day Nurseries Limited 100%
- LODN Limited 100%
- My First Friends Bromsgrove Limited 100%
- My First Friends Droitwich Limited 100%
- Emric Limited 100%
- Kids Out Of Hours Limited 100%
- Little Hands Nursery Limited 100%
- Little Mice 2 Day Nursery (UK) Ltd 100%
- Little Mice Day Nursery Limited 100%
- St Nicholas Nursery Limited 100%
- Sunhill Early Learning Ltd 100%
- Wylde Green Nursery Limited 100%
- Humpty Dumpty Childcare Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2025, the Group was recognised as one of the Top 20 Large Nursery Groups in the UK by Daynurseries.co.uk.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the group entered into a security agreement granting a fixed charge over certain of its assets in favour of Atalante SAS in respect of funding arrangements entered into by its parent undertaking. The company has no direct liability under these arrangements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HIGGS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-05-28 | — | — |
| STEEL, Sarah Jane | Director | 2002-05-02 | Nov 1969 | British |
| TAYLOR, Adelle Louise | Director | 2024-06-01 | Nov 1986 | British |
| THOMAS, Andrew David | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jan 1981 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOYNS, Claire Alexandra | Secretary | 2002-05-02 | 2018-04-27 |
| RM REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-02 |
| BOYNS, Claire Alexandra | Director | 2002-05-02 | 2018-04-27 |
| FORESTIER, Sylvain | Director | 2019-02-06 | 2025-12-10 |
| STEEL, Kirk | Director | 2018-03-07 | 2019-02-06 |
| SYMES, Susan Denise | Director | 2002-05-10 | 2018-04-27 |
| RM NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2002-05-02 | 2002-05-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Sylvain Forestier | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2024-02-23 | Ceased 2026-01-30 |
| La Maison Bleue Sas | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-02-06 | Ceased 2024-02-23 |
| Ms Sarah Jane Steel | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2017-04-06 | Ceased 2019-02-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 113 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-06-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-04-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-10 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2026-04-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-26 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2026-03-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-24 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-06-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.