Egg Childcare Limited
The Company’s principal activity was the provision of childcare services under the Busy Bees brand, until 1 January 2025 following the year end, when as part of a Group reorganisation exercise, the Company transferred its entire trade and assets to another Group subsidiary, Busy Bees Nurseries Limited. The Company is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Eagle Superco Limited. Eagle Superco Limited and its subsidiaries, including this Company, are collectively referred to as the Busy Bees Group of companies ('the Group').
Revenue
£2.3m
No comparable prior period
Profit after tax
£476k
Margin 20.2%
Employees
40
— vs prior ~12m period
Net assets
£2.0m
Total assets £3.8m
Financial history
Revenue by accounting period
5 periods available · ▲ growth ▼ decline
| Period end | Revenue | Growth | Profit before tax | Employees | Net assets |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2024 | £2.3m | ▼ -23.6% | £475k | 40 | £2.0m |
| 31 Dec 2023 | £3.1m | — | £582k | 40 | £1.6m |
| 23 Aug 2022 | — | — | — | — | £1.1m |
| 31 Dec 2021 | — | — | — | 75 | £722k |
| 31 Dec 2020 | — | — | — | 75 | £584k |
Some periods are not about 12 months apart, usually because the company changed its year end or the register holds more than one set of accounts for a year. Growth is shown only against a prior period roughly 12 months earlier.
Latest available figures
Period ending 31 Dec 2024. “Not available” means the figure is not in the accounts we hold. We do not estimate missing figures.
Profit & loss
- Revenue
- £2.3m
- Gross profit
- £1.0m
- Operating profit
- Not available
- Profit before tax
- £475k
- Profit after tax
- £476k
Balance sheet
- Total assets
- £3.8m
- Cash
- £22k
- Total liabilities
- £1.7m
- Net assets
- £2.0m
- Revenue per employee
- £59k
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