KIDS PLAY LTD.
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Shareholders' funds
£363,443
Balance sheet as at 2022-07-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of providing childcare services within the United Kingdom.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1999-04-21
- Employees
- 168 (2022 accounts · was 157 in 2021)
- Registered office
- Suite 3 Wentworth Lodge, Great North Road, Welwyn Garden City, England, AL8 7SR
- Postcode
- AL8 7SR
- Capital
- 2 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-18
- Next due by
- 2027-05-02
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85100 Pre-primary education
Officers 2 current · 14 resigned
Group structure 6 subsidiaries
Controlled by KIDS PLAY CHILDCARE LIMITED — since 2018-07-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| ACTIVITY WORLD PLAYCENTRES LIMITED | 2003-05-28 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 11 ROEBUCK WAY, KNOWLHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK5 8HL | 2018-06-11 |
| KIDS PLAY ROEBUCK WAY, KNOWLHILL, MILTON KEYNES, MK5 8HL, ENGLAND | 2012-06-22 |
| STATION HILL, BURY ST EDMUNDS, SUFFOLK, IP32 6AD | 2010-07-05 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 58 similar companies in AL
3rd largest employer among its local peers (168 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 1999.
No.8 of the largest pre-primary education companies in St. Albans →
Competitors St. Albans
This company ranks 8 among pre-primary education in St. Albans.
The class of 1999
43%
of the 64,736 companies incorporated in 1999 are still active today; 55% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2023-05-10
- Where
- Milton Keynes (3), Suffolk (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM467146 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2023-05-10 | — |
| SK423286 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2023-05-10 | — |
| BM382036 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2013-08-02 | — |
| BM370708 | Milton Keynes | Leasehold | 2012-06-07 | — |
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Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.