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Registration number: 14841319

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2

Directors' Report

3

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

4

Independent Auditor's Report

5 to 7

Profit and Loss Account

8

Balance Sheet

9

Statement of Changes in Equity

10

Notes to the Financial Statements

11 to 18

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Company Information

Directors

S Blyth

E H P David

Registered office

Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

Auditors

Hazlewoods LLP
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Strategic Report for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

The directors present their strategic report for the period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is that of a head office company.

Fair review of the business

The results for the period, which are set out in the profit and loss account, show an operating loss of £353,908. At 30 September 2024, the company had net liabilities of £1,031,462.

Details of future developments, principal risks and uncertainties and key performance indicators are disclosed in the group financial statements of the company's ultimate parent company, Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited.

Approved by the Board on 28 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:


S Blyth
Director

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Directors' Report for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

The directors present their report and the financial statements for the period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024.

Incorporation

The company was incorporated on 2 May 2023.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the period were as follows:

S Blyth (appointed 2 November 2023)

E H P David (appointed 2 May 2023)

Going concern

Notwithstanding the net liability position shown on the balance sheet, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have considered the forecast cash flows and the cash requirements of the business in their assessment of going concern. As a result of this assessment it was concluded that the cash requirements of the business for the 12 months from signing will be met through a combination of operational cash flows and intergroup loans and thus the business is deemed to operate as a going concern.

Financial instruments

Objectives and policies

The board constantly monitors the company’s trading results and revises the projections as appropriate to ensure that the company can continue to meet its future obligations as they fall due.

Price risk, credit risk, liquidity risk and cash flow risk

Credit risk in respect of bank balances is safeguarded by using banks with high credit ratings.

The company’s bank debts are subject to price and liquidity risk as detailed in note 13 to the financial statements.

Disclosure of information to the auditors

Each director has taken steps that they ought to have taken as a director in order to make themselves aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The directors confirm that there is no relevant information that they know of and of which they know the auditors are unaware.

Appointment of auditors

Hazlewoods LLP were appointed as auditors to the company during the period and have expressed their willingness to continue in office.

Approved by the Board on 28 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:


S Blyth
Director

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Statement of Directors' Responsibilities

The directors acknowledge their responsibilities for preparing the Strategic Report, Directors' Report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

select suitable accounting policies and apply them consistently;

make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;

state whether applicable United Kingdom Accounting Standards have been followed, subject to any material departures disclosed and explained in the financial statements; and

prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited (the 'company') for the period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024, which comprise the Profit and Loss Account, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 30 September 2024 and of its loss for the period then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the auditor responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Opinion on other matter prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Directors' Report for the financial period for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Directors' Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Directors' Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors

As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page 4, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

Extent to which the audit was capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

We considered the nature of the company’s industry and its control environment and reviewed the company’s documentation of their policies and procedures relating to fraud and compliance with laws and regulations. We also enquired of management about their own identification and assessment of the risks of irregularities.

We obtained an understanding of the legal and regulatory framework that the company operates in and identified the key laws and regulations that had a direct effect on the determination of material amounts and disclosures in the financial statements, including the UK Companies Act and tax legislation, and, those that do not have a direct effect on the financial statements but compliance with which may be fundamental to the company’s ability to operate or to avoid a material penalty.

We discussed among the audit engagement team regarding the opportunities and incentives that may exist within the organisation for fraud and how and where fraud might occur in the financial statements.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

In common with all audits conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK), we are also required to perform specific procedures to respond to the risk of management override of controls. In addressing the risk of fraud through management override of controls, we tested the appropriateness of journal entries and other adjustments; assessed whether the judgements made in accounting estimates are indicative of a potential bias; and evaluated the business rationale of any significant transactions that are unusual or outside the normal course of business.

In addition to the above, our procedures to respond to the risks identified included the following:

reviewing financial statement disclosures by testing to supporting documentation to assess compliance with provisions of relevant laws and regulations described as having a direct effect on the financial statements;

performing analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships that may indicate risks of material misstatements due to fraud;

enquiring of management concerning actual and potential litigation and claims and instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations; and

reading minutes of meetings of those charged with governance.

Our audit procedures were designed to respond to risks of material misstatement in the financial statements, recognising that the risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment by, for example, forgery, misrepresentations or through collusion. There are inherent limitations in the audit procedures performed and the further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events and transactions reflected in the financial statements, the less likely we are to become aware of it.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.





Simon Worsley (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of Hazlewoods LLP, Statutory Auditor

Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

28 March 2025

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Profit and Loss Account for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

Note

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
£

Turnover

-

Administrative expenses

 

(353,908)

Operating loss

3

(353,908)

Interest payable and similar expenses

4

(875,556)

Loss before tax

 

(1,229,464)

Tax on loss

8

-

Loss for the financial period

 

(1,229,464)

The above results were derived from continuing operations.

The company has no other comprehensive income for the period.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

(Registration number: 14841319)
Balance Sheet as at 30 September 2024

Note

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

9

1,915

Investments

10

15,844,055

 

15,845,970

Current assets

 

Debtors

11

389,701

Cash at bank and in hand

 

375,960

 

765,661

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

12

(9,994,310)

Net current liabilities

 

(9,228,649)

Total assets less current liabilities

 

6,617,321

Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year

12

(7,648,783)

Net liabilities

 

(1,031,462)

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

4

Merger relief reserve

206,998

Retained earnings

(1,238,464)

Shareholders' deficit

 

(1,031,462)

Approved and authorised by the Board on 28 March 2025 and signed on its behalf by:
 


S Blyth
Director

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Statement of Changes in Equity for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

Share capital
£

Merger relief reserve
£

Retained earnings
£

Total
£

Loss for the period

-

-

(1,229,464)

(1,229,464)

New share capital subscribed

4

206,998

(9,000)

198,002

At 30 September 2024

4

206,998

(1,238,464)

(1,031,462)

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

 

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Windsor House
Bayshill Road
Cheltenham
GL50 3AT

 

2

Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the United Kingdom and Republic of Ireland and the Companies Act 2006'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except for, where disclosed in these accounting policies, certain items that are shown at fair value.

The presentational currency of the financial statements is Pounds Sterling, being the functional currency of the primary economic environment in which the company operates. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest Pound.

Summary of disclosure exemptions

The company has not presented a cash flow statement on the grounds that the company is a wholly owned subsidiary and a group cash flow statement is included in the financial statements of the ultimate parent company.

Name of parent of group

These financial statements are consolidated in the financial statements of Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited.

The financial statements of Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited may be obtained from Companies House.

Group accounts not prepared

The financial statements present information about the company as an individual undertaking and not about its group. The company has not prepared group accounts as it is exempt from the requirements to do so by section 400 of the Companies Act 2006 as it is a subsidiary undertaking of Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales, and is included in the consolidated accounts of that company.

Disclosure of long or short period

The financial statements cover a period of 518 days. This is to bring the year end in line with that of its ultimate parent undertaking, Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited.

Going concern

Notwithstanding the net liability position shown on the balance sheet, the financial statements have been prepared on the going concern basis. The directors have considered the forecast cash flows and the cash requirements of the business in their assessment of going concern. As a result of this assessment it was concluded that the cash requirements of the business for the 12 months from signing will be met through a combination of operational cash flows and intergroup loans and thus the business is deemed to operate as a going concern.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

Judgements and estimation uncertainty

These financial statements do not contain any significant judgements or estimation uncertainty.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the balance sheet at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Computer equipment

25% reducing balance

Business combinations

Business combinations are accounted for using the purchase method. The consideration for each acquisition is measured at the aggregate of the fair values at acquisition date of assets given, liabilities incurred or assumed, and equity instruments issued by the group in exchange for control of the acquired, plus any costs directly attributable to the business combination. When a business combination agreement provides for an adjustment to the cost of the combination contingent on future events, the group includes the estimated amount of that adjustment in the cost of the combination at the acquisition date if the adjustment is probable and can be measured reliably.

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Trade creditors

Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if the company does not have an unconditional right, at the end of the reporting period, to defer settlement of the creditor for at least twelve months after the reporting date. If there is an unconditional right to defer settlement for at least twelve months after the reporting date, they are presented as non-current liabilities.

Trade creditors are recognised initially at the transaction price and all are repayable within one year and hence are included at the undiscounted amount of cash expected to be paid.

Borrowings

Interest-bearing borrowings are initially recorded at fair value, net of transaction costs. Interest-bearing borrowings are subsequently carried at amortised cost, with the difference between the proceeds, net of transaction costs, and the amount due on redemption being recognised as a charge to the profit and loss account over the period of the relevant borrowing.

Interest expense is recognised on the basis of the effective interest method and is included in interest payable and similar charges.

Borrowings are classified as current liabilities unless the company has an unconditional right to defer settlement of the liability for at least twelve months after the reporting date.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

Share capital

Ordinary shares are classified as equity. Equity instruments are measured at the fair value of the cash or other resources received or receivable, net of the direct costs of issuing the equity instruments. If payment is deferred and the time value of money is material, the initial measurement is on a present value basis.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

Financial instruments


Classification
Financial instruments are classified and accounted for according to the substance of the contractual arrangement, as financial assets, financial liabilities or equity instruments. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities. Where shares are issued, any component that creates a financial liability of the company is presented as a liability on the balance sheet. The corresponding dividends relating to the liability component are charged as interest expenses in the profit and loss account.

 Recognition and measurement
All financial assets and liabilities are initially measured at transaction price (including transaction costs), except for those financial assets classified as at fair value through profit or loss, which are initially measured at fair value (which is normally the transaction price excluding transaction costs), unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction. If an arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, the financial asset or financial liability is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest for a similar debt instrument.

 Impairment
Assets, other than those measured at fair value, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each balance sheet date. If there is objective evidence of impairment, an impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss as described below.

A non financial asset is impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after initial recognition, the estimated recoverable value of the asset has been reduced. The recoverable amount of an asset is the higher of its fair value less costs to sell and its value in use.

The recoverable amount of goodwill is derived from measurement of the present value of the future cash flows of the cash-generating units ('CGUs') of which the goodwill is a part. Any impairment loss in respect of a CGU is allocated first to the goodwill attached to that CGU, and then to other assets within that CGU on a pro-rata basis.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised. Where a reversal of impairment occurs in respect of a CGU, the reversal is applied first to the assets (other than goodwill) of the CGU on a pro-rata basis and then to any goodwill allocated to that CGU.

For financial assets carried at amortised cost, the amount of an impairment is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the present value of estimated future cash flows, discounted at the financial asset’s original effective interest rate.

For financial assets carried at cost less impairment, the impairment loss is the difference between the asset’s carrying amount and the best estimate of the amount that would be received for the asset if it were to be sold at the reporting date.

Where indicators exist for a decrease in impairment loss, and the decrease can be related objectively to an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the prior impairment loss is tested to determine reversal. An impairment loss is reversed on an individual impaired financial asset to the extent that the revised recoverable value does not lead to a revised carrying amount higher than the carrying value had no impairment been recognised.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

 

3

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
£

Depreciation expense

228

 

4

Interest payable and similar expenses

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
£

Interest on bank overdrafts and borrowings

539,642

Finance costs adjacent to interest

335,914

875,556

 

5

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs (including directors' remuneration) were as follows:

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
£

Wages and salaries

250,813

Social security costs

31,129

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

3,208

285,150

The average number of persons employed by the company (including directors) during the period, analysed by category was as follows:

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
No.

Directors

2

Other

1

3

 

6

Directors' remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the period was as follows:

2024
£

Remuneration

85,388

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

1,199

86,587

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

 

7

Auditors' remuneration

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
£

Audit of the financial statements

2,700

 

8

Taxation

The tax on profit before tax for the period is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%.

The differences are reconciled below:

2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024
£

Loss before tax

(1,229,464)

Corporation tax at standard rate

(307,366)

Tax increase arising from group relief

307,366

Total tax charge/(credit)

-

 

9

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Cost

Additions and at 30 September 2024

2,143

Depreciation

Charge for the period and at 30 September 2024

228

Carrying amount

At 30 September 2024

1,915

 

10

Investments

2024
£

Investments in subsidiaries

15,844,055

Subsidiaries

£

Cost and carrying amount

Additions and at September 2024

15,844,055

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments (including principal place of business of unincorporated entities) in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

Undertaking

Registered office

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

2024

Subsidiary undertakings

Moorside Stars Nursery Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Saddleworth Nursery Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Toots Day Nursery Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Tiny Acorns Nursery Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Broughton (Sevenoaks) Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Longwood School and Nursery Ltd

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

First Class Day Nursery Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Tiny Treasures Day Nursery Limited

England and Wales

Ordinary

100%

Subsidiary undertakings

Moorside Stars Nursery Limited

The principal activity of Moorside Stars Nursery Limited is the provision of early years education.

Saddleworth Nursery Limited

The principal activity of Saddleworth Nursery Limited is the provision of early years education.

Toots Day Nursery Limited

The principal activity of Toots Day Nursery Limited is the provision of early years education.

Tiny Acorns Nursery Limited

The principal activity of Tiny Acorns Nursery Limited is the provision of early years education.

Broughton (Sevenoaks) Limited

The principal activity of Broughton (Sevenoaks) Limited is the provision of early years education.

Longwood School and Nursery Ltd

The principal activity of Longwood School and Nursery Ltd is the provision of early years education.

First Class Day Nursery Limited

The principal activity of First Class Day Nursery Limited is the provision of early years education.

Tiny Treasures Day Nursery Limited

The principal activity of Tiny Treasures Day Nursery Limited is the provision of early years education.

The registered office of all subsidiaries is the same as Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited.

 

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Debtors

2024
£

Amounts owed by group undertakings

379,426

Other debtors

8,286

Prepayments

1,989

389,701

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

 

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Creditors

Note

2024
£

Due within one year

 

Loans and borrowings

13

78,824

Trade creditors

 

4,891

Amounts due to group undertakings

 

9,539,677

Social security and other taxes

 

14,530

Outstanding defined contribution pension costs

 

1,388

Other creditors

 

300,000

Accruals

 

55,000

 

9,994,310

Due after one year

 

Loans and borrowings

13

7,648,783

Other creditors includes deferred consideration of £300,000.

 

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Loans and borrowings

Current loans and borrowings

2024
£

Bank borrowings

78,824

Non-current loans and borrowings

2024
£

Bank borrowings

7,648,783

During the year, the company was advanced a bank loan with a principal amount of £7,850,000. The loan attracts interest of 3.5% or 3.25% over SONIA which is payable quarterly. The principal is repayable in full in October 2026. The loan is secured on the assets of the nurseries within the group.

The loan is stated after deducting £201,217 of costs associated with the raising of this finance, which are being released to the profit or loss account over the term of the loan in accordance with FRS102.

 

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Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the period represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £3,208.

Contributions totalling £1,388 were payable to the scheme at the end of the period and are included in creditors.

 

Toots Day Nursery Opco Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Period from 2 May 2023 to 30 September 2024

 

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Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

2024

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

4

4

   

New shares allotted

During the period 2 Ordinary shares having an aggregate nominal value of £2 were allotted for an aggregate consideration of . The shares were issued on incorporation of the company.

During the period 2 Ordinary shares having an aggregate nominal value of £2 were allotted for an aggregate consideration of . The shares were issued as part of a share for share exchange in exchange for the shares in Toots Day Nursery Limited.

 

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Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with key management

Key management personnel are considered to be the directors of the company and key management personnel compensation is disclosed in note 6 to the financial statements.

Summary of transactions with parent

During the period, the company's ultimate controlling party charged the company £155,620 of monitoring fees. At 30 September 2024, the company was owed £115,282 from its ultimate controlling party in relation to expenses paid on their behalf.
 

 

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Parent and ultimate parent undertaking

The company's immediate parent is Toots Day Nursery Investments Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

The ultimate parent is Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited, incorporated in England and Wales.

The ultimate controlling party is Melrose Row Limited.

The most senior parent entity producing publicly available financial statements is Toots Day Nursery Holdings Limited. These financial statements are available upon request from Companies House.