Parbold Douglas Nursery Limited
Registered name: PARBOLD DOUGLAS NURSERY LIMITED
Parbold Douglas Nursery Limited made £806k revenue and £210k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Parbold Douglas Nursery Limited’s revenue grew 31% to £806k in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £210k profit and 20 employees. The company is classified under “pre-primary education” and is based in Wigan; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Wigan, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £318k | £440k | £614k | £806k |
| Cost of sales | £166k | £279k | −£369k | −£446k |
| Gross profit | £152k | £161k | £245k | £360k |
| Operating profit | £67.5k | £24.4k | £104k | £206k |
| Profit before tax | £67.5k | £24.4k | £104k | £210k |
| Profit after tax | £67.5k | £24.4k | £104k | £210k |
| Profit (best available) | £67.5k | £24.4k | £104k | £210k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 20 | 20 | 20 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 21.2% | 5.5% | 16.9% | 26% |
| Gross margin | 47.9% | 36.5% | 39.9% | 44.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £21.2k | £22k | £30.7k | £40.3k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | £1.2k | £5.2k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲38.3% | ▲39.6% | ▲31.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼63.8% | ▲324.9% | ▲102.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £84.4k | £55.9k | — | — |
| Net assets | £12k | £12k | — | — |
| Current assets | £87.4k | £62.4k | — | — |
| Debtors | £671 | £0 | — | — |
| Deferred income | £2k | £4.5k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 26%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 44.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £40.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 20
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £210k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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