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.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8393106 (Tier 3), registered since 2004.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
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 44 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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