First Place Nurseries Limited
Registered name: FIRST PLACE NURSERIES LIMITED
Part of Grandir UK Limited groupFirst Place Nurseries Limited made £354k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
First Place Nurseries Limited reported £354k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025, up 176% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 79 employees. The company is classified under “primary education” and is based in Basingstoke; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Basingstoke, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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.
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | £169k | £128k | £354k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £169k | £128k | £354k |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 76 | 79 | 79 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | £2.2k | £1.6k | £4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼24.2% | ▲176.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.6% | ▲4% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £882k | £225k | £347k | £479k |
| Net assets | £911k | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £2.9m | £2.9m | £2.9m |
| Current assets | £1m | £395k | £476k | £553k |
| Debtors | £120k | £0 | £152 | £8.2k |
| Deferred income | — | £71k | £74.1k | £32.2k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.5k
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲38%
- Now £479k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- ▼56%
- Now £32.2k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £2.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Grandir UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- First Place Nurseries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- First Place Developments LimitedRev. — · Profit −£1.1k
Sister companies (15)
- 3LB Partners LtdFigures not disclosed
- College Town Montessori Nursery School LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Day Dream Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dicky Birds Pre School Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Elan Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Frog Creek LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kingsmead Day Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Little Cubs Academy LtdFigures not disclosed
- Little Monkeys (Horsham) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Puddleduck Preschool LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ra Topco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rushcliffe Day Nurseries LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sweetmile LimitedFigures not disclosed
- The Childcare Corporation LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Toad Hall Day Nursery LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £354k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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