GRANDIR UK LIMITED
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Cash
£7.8m
+125.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£31m
-5.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
2,352
+1% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.2m
+114% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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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 | £75,277,000 | £89,208,000 | £106,600,000 | +19.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£6,500,000 | -£1,983,000 | £7,045,000 | +455.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£12,345,000 | -£8,880,000 | £1,240,000 | +114% | |
| Net profit | -£12,693,000 | -£10,090,000 | -£1,593,000 | +84.2% | |
| Cash | £852,000 | £3,474,000 | £7,836,000 | +125.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,907,000 | -£6,799,000 | -£8,314,000 | -22.3% | |
| Net assets | -£19,349,000 | -£29,439,000 | -£31,032,000 | -5.4% | |
| Equity | -£19,349,000 | -£29,439,000 | -£31,032,000 | -5.4% | |
| Average employees | 1,966 | 2,328 | 2,352 | +1% | |
| Wages | £43,952,000 | £49,091,000 | £55,389,000 | +12.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £577,000 | £531,000 | £838,000 | +57.8% |
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 | -8.6% | -2.2% | 6.6% | |
| Net margin | -16.9% | -11.3% | -1.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | -166.4% | — | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 120.4% | 130.9% | 131.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.06x | 0.11x | |
| Interest cover | -1.11x | -0.28x | 1.20x |
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
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the group has adequate resources to enable it to continue to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date these financial statements have been approved. Thus, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GRANDIR UK LIMITED · parent
- The Childcare Corporation Limited 100%
- Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries Limited 100%
- Toad Hall Day Nursery Limited 100%
- Rushcliffe Day Nurseries Limited 100%
- Day Dream Nurseries Limited 100%
- RA Topco Ltd 100%
- 3LB Parnters Ltd 100%
- 3LB Properties Ltd 100%
- Three Little Birds Nuseries Holdings Ltd 100%
- Three Little Birds LPS Limited 100%
- Three Little Birds Nuseries Limited 100%
- The Wandsworth Preschool Limited 100%
- The Muswell Hill Preschool Limited 100%
- The West Finchley Preschool Limited 100%
- The Winchmore Hill Preschool Limited 100%
- The London Preschool Limited 100%
- Crystal Childcare Limited 100%
- Elan Nurseries Limited 100%
- Little Monkeys (Horsham) Limited 100%
- Puddleduck Preschool Limited 100%
- College Town Montesson Nursery School Limited 100%
- Kingsmead Day Nursery Limited 100%
- EYFS Limited 100%
- Little Cubs Academy Limited 100%
- Little Cubs Academy Greenwich Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPPER, Lydia Joy | Director | 2020-07-17 | Oct 1974 | British |
| LE SOURD, Gregoire Charles Louis | Director | 2017-08-03 | Jan 1978 | French |
| MOORE, Matthew Jon | Director | 2023-02-23 | Nov 1978 | British |
| RODOCANACHI, Jean-Emmanuel | Director | 2016-12-12 | Oct 1969 | French |
| YOUNG, Heather | Director | 2023-02-23 | Oct 1975 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-12-12 | 2017-11-14 |
| PRISM COSEC LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2017-11-01 | 2024-02-29 |
| LAWSON, Colin James | Director | 2017-11-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| MOORE, Adrian Richard | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2020-07-17 |
| VERDIER, Louis | Director | 2017-07-25 | 2017-08-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jean-Emmanuel Rodocanachi | Individual | Voting 50–75% | 2016-12-12 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 73 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-23 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-12-05 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2022-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2022-04-07 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
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.