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Cash

£4.7m

+22.1% vs 2024

Net assets

-£28m

-51.1% lowest in 3 filed years

Employees

1,653

+27.2% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

-£17m

+8.9% vs 2024

Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £40,956,106£57,573,333£80,348,550 +39.6%
Operating profit -£7,390,969-£4,268,206£943,552 +122.1%
Profit before tax -£12,082,013-£18,552,608-£16,902,358 +8.9%
Net profit -£13,001,151-£19,193,571-£9,329,917 +51.4%
Cash £11,779,229£3,822,106£4,668,294 +22.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £61,853,698£60,889,267£86,643,576 +42.3%
Net assets £910,690-£18,240,380-£27,568,535 -51.1%
Equity £910,690-£18,240,380-£27,568,535 -51.1%
Average employees 1,0561,3001,653 +27.2%
Wages £22,542,603£29,298,314£38,816,716 +32.5%
Directors' remuneration £554,663£757,334£903,502 +19.3%
Directors' pension contributions £5,275£14,068£14,068 0%
Highest paid director £225,272£254,439£303,870 +19.4%

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 2023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -18.0%-7.4%1.2%
Net margin -31.7%-33.3%-11.6%
Return on capital employed -11.9%-7.0%1.1%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 98.9%121.9%125.3%
Current ratio 0.97x0.41x0.86x
Interest cover -1.58x-0.30x0.05x

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
Hazlewoods LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After reviewing the company's forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”

Group structure

  1. N FAMILY HOLDINGS LTD · parent
    1. N is for Nursery Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Provision of early years education.
    2. N Family Tulse Hill Road Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Provision of early years education.
    3. N Family Woodchurch Road Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Provision of early years education.
    4. N Family Church Street Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Provision of early years education.
    5. Red Balloon Cobham Ltd 100% · United Kingdom · Provision of early years education.
    6. N Family Team Support doo Beograd 100% · Serbia · Central head office function for the group.
    7. N Family Club Inc 100% · United States · Dormant company.

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

7 active · 5 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
BACHMANN, Peter George Ka-Yin Director 2022-04-14 Mar 1977 British
BALTA, Andrei Director 2019-08-14 Sep 1979 Romanian
CARTER, Simone Director 2022-03-16 Feb 1975 British
KIRTSER, Gene Director 2026-05-01 Jan 1970 American
MEYER, Konrad Fano Director 2026-07-07 Feb 1980 German
SUNDERLAND, Philip Director 2019-05-09 Jul 1985 British
TEMPLE, Jonathan Paul Edward Director 2022-03-31 Sep 1973 British
Show 5 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
EDMOND, Carole Ann Director 2022-09-01 2026-07-07
MACKENZIE, Sarah Cosette Vera Director 2019-08-14 2022-03-03
MCGOOHAN, Hannah Elizabeth Katherine Director 2019-05-09 2020-07-21
MORGAN, Alan Director 2020-07-22 2022-03-03
VALENTINE, Kenneth Alexander Director 2019-08-14 2022-04-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Gresham House British Sustainable Infrastructure Fund Ii Lp Acting By Its Custodian Gresham House (Nominees) Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2022-04-14 Ceased 2022-04-14
Gresham House (Nominees) Limited Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2022-04-14 Active
Pennyworth Education Holdings Ltd Corporate entity Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2020-07-31 Ceased 2022-04-14
Mr Philip Sunderland Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2019-06-27 Ceased 2020-08-21
Mr Philip Sunderland Individual Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2019-05-09 Ceased 2019-06-27

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 127 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-07-31 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
  • 2025-07-29 RP04SH01 Legacy PDF
  • 2025-04-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2026-07-13 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-07-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2026-07-07 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2026-06-30 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2026-06-30 PSC02 persons-with-significant-control Notification of a person with significant control PDF
2025-11-21 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-11-20 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-11-20 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-11-20 MR01 mortgage Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date PDF
2025-10-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-10-09 SH08 capital Capital name of class of shares
2025-09-29 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type group PDF
2025-07-31 RP04SH01 change-of-name Legacy PDF
2025-07-29 RP04SH01 change-of-name Legacy PDF
2025-07-08 RP04SH01 capital Second filing capital allotment shares PDF
2025-04-11 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-03-27 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2025-02-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF
2025-02-10 MR04 mortgage Mortgage satisfy charge full PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
12

last 12 months

Capital events
3

last 24 months

Officers appointed
2

last 12 months

Officers resigned
1

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Official Companies House page