CHILDBASE PARTNERSHIP LIMITED
Company number 02418535 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Childbase Partnership is a well-positioned premium nursery operator whose employee-ownership model and regulatory excellence create genuine competitive differentiation, but whose growth trajectory is increasingly constrained by a sector-wide workforce crisis and balance sheet risk from a £25 million variable-rate EOT loan. The pathway to sustained value creation requires addressing interest rate exposure, innovating on workforce supply beyond the Academy model, and carefully managing the transition to higher-volume, lower-margin funded hours without sacrificing the quality positioning that underpins the brand.
Shareholders' funds
£4,964,161
Balance sheet as at 2023-10-31
What it does
The company's principal activity is the provision of nursery care. The company had 44 nurseries in operation
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-08-31
- Employees
- 2325 (2023 accounts · was 2171 in 2022)
- Registered office
- Kingston House, Northampton Road, Newport Pagnell, Buckinghamshire, MK16 8NJ
- Postcode
- MK16 8NJ
- Capital
- 394,718 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 11 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-21
- Next due by
- 2027-08-04
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85100 Pre-primary education
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
Officers 6 current · 25 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by CHILDBASE EMPLOYEE OWNERSHIP TRUSTEE LIMITED — since 2017-05-26
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2026 (period to 2025-10-31) — 3 years on the registry.
Read the statement summary on the government modern slavery statement registry. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
0%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · in the top 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- childbasepartnership.com
- Phone
- 01525850200
Childbase Partnership is a leading provider of early years care and education across 44 nurseries. Find your nearest Childbase nursery today.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CHILD BASE LIMITED | 2013-03-12 |
| KELBROOK LIMITED | 1989-11-07 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| TICKFORD HOUSE, SILVER STREET, NEWPORT PAGNELL, BUCKS MK16 0EX | 2002-03-28 |
| TICKFORD HOUSE, SILVER STREET, NEWPORT PAGNELL, BUCKS MK16 0EX | 2002-03-28 |
| THE LODGE, 1 HIGH STREET, SHERINGTON, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE MK16 9NA | 1991-02-11 |
| VICTORIA HOUSE, 3 VICTORIA STREET, NORTHAMPTON, NN1 3NR | 1990-12-06 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 43 similar companies in MK
The largest employer among its local peers (2325 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1989.
No.1 of the largest pre-primary education companies in Milton Keynes →
Competitors Milton Keynes
This company ranks 1 among pre-primary education in Milton Keynes.
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.
Property in England & Wales 59 titles
- Freehold
- 11
- Leasehold
- 48
- Most recent registration
- 2025-03-10
- Price paid, where recorded
- £212,000
- Where
- West Midlands (7), Hertfordshire (7), Buckinghamshire (6)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SY907881 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2025-03-10 | — |
| BM476621 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-24 | — |
| NN398039 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2024-01-04 | — |
| BM470336 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2023-10-20 | — |
| MM188787 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2023-09-21 | — |
| BM466580 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2023-04-14 | — |
| BK520626 | Wokingham | Leasehold | 2022-03-25 | — |
| HD600600 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2021-06-11 | — |
| BM445455 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2020-12-11 | — |
| BD166577 | Bedford | Leasehold | 2020-11-11 | £212,000 |
| HD593051 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2020-06-16 | — |
| WT450594 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2020-01-20 | — |
| NT552978 | Nottinghamshire | Leasehold | 2019-11-22 | — |
| NT552979 | Nottinghamshire | Leasehold | 2019-11-22 | — |
| MM132850 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2019-10-24 | — |
| AGL491249 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-10-21 | — |
| BM431097 | Buckinghamshire | Freehold | 2019-03-07 | — |
| MM117622 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2019-01-08 | — |
| WK497121 | Warwickshire | Leasehold | 2018-05-08 | — |
| BM422628 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2018-04-18 | — |
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