BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED
Company number SC118818 · Monitor this company
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What it does
The Company’s principal activity is the provision of childcare services under the Busy Bees brand in Scotland. The Company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Eagle Superco Limited and, the Company with fellow subsidiaries, is collectively referred to as the Busy Bees group of companies (‘the Group’). The principal activity of the Group is the provision of childcare services.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-06-28
- Employees
- 382 (2025 accounts · was 391 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 1 Lochside Place, Edinburgh, EH12 9DF
- Postcode
- EH12 9DF
- Capital
- 297,194 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 15 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-19
- Next due by
- 2027-07-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85100 Pre-primary education
Officers 3 current · 25 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by BUSY BEES HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2020-10-07
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA226780 (Tier 2), registered since 2017.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Care Inspectorate (Scotland) 19 services
Registered care provider in Scotland — most recent grades between 1 (unsatisfactory) and 5 (very good) on the Inspectorate's 6-point scale.
Source: Care Inspectorate Care Services Open Datastore, Open Government Licence — inspection reports on careinspectorate.scot.
Gender pay gap
1.8%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CARESHARE LIMITED | 2012-12-20 |
| CARESHARE HOLDINGS LIMITED | 1998-09-01 |
| DUNWILCO (173) LIMITED | 1989-09-18 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 15 YORK PLACE, EDINBURGH, EH1 3EB | 2007-12-20 |
| BELL & SCOTT, 16 HILL STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 3LD | 2004-10-18 |
| 11 WALKER STREET, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN EH3 7NE | 2003-08-04 |
| 10 MAGDALA CRESCENT, EDINBURGH, EH12 5BE | 2003-04-10 |
| 8 MANOR PLACE, EDINBURGH, MIDLOTHIAN, EH3 7DD | 2001-04-24 |
| 8 MANOR PLACE, EDINBURGH, EH3 7DD | 1996-09-18 |
| 13 YOUNG STREET, EDINBURGH, EH2 4HU | 1995-11-24 |
| 25 CHARLOTTE SQUARE, EDINBURGH, EH2 4EZ | 1991-09-12 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 65 similar companies in EH, with 382 staff. 3rd oldest of its local peers.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.