Kingsclere Nurseries Limited
Registered name: KINGSCLERE NURSERIES LIMITED
Part of Eqt Ab groupKingsclere Nurseries Limited made £7m revenue and £445k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Kingsclere Nurseries Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £445k profit and 145 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Reading; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Reading, South East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Moebius One Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.6m | £6.1m | £6.4m | £7m |
| Cost of sales | £3.2m | £4m | £3.6m | −£3.7m |
| Gross profit | £2.3m | £2.2m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£476k | £483k | £550k |
| Profit before tax | −£1.5m | −£476k | £485k | £550k |
| Profit after tax | −£1.4m | −£476k | £439k | £445k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.4m | −£476k | £439k | £445k |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £4.7m | £4.5m | — |
| Employees (average) | 152 | 172 | 129 | 145 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −24.6% | −7.8% | 6.9% | 6.3% |
| Gross margin | 42.2% | 35.5% | 43.2% | 46.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £36.6k | £35.7k | £49.6k | £48.4k |
| Profit per employee | −£9k | −£2.8k | £3.4k | £3.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.6% | ▲4% | ▲9.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲1.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.2% | ▼25% | ▲12.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £240k | £474k | £370k | — |
| Net assets | £6.9m | £6.4m | £6.9m | — |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £5.7m | £5.7m | — |
| Current assets | £4.3m | £4.2m | £4.3m | — |
| Debtors | £68.3k | £58.6k | £68.9k | — |
| Deferred income | £271k | £508k | £459k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £48.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲12%
- Now 145
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Eqt Ab (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Vistra Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
- Vistra (UK) Limited75–100%
- Vistra Trust Corporation (UK) Limited75–100%
- Moebius One Limited75–100%
- Moebius Two Limited75–100%
- Kingsclere Nurseries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- H a B Kindergartens LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Saltway Day Nursery LtdFigures not disclosed
- Yellow Brick House Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yellow Brick Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Crossco (1135) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Redplexus LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £445k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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