BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED Financials
- Company number
- SC118818CopyCopy
- Registered office
- 1 Lochside Place, Edinburgh, EH12 9DF
- Incorporated
- 28/06/1989
Company snapshot
- Status
- Active
- Employees
- 382 (2025)
- Latest financial data
- 2025
- Accounts type
- Full
Financial highlights
Latest reported figures. Okredo holds filed data for 2023–2025.
Net Assets
8.71%vs 20242024: £34.38M
Total Assets
10.81%vs 20242024: £84.16M
Cash in Bank
11.32%vs 20242024: £53.00K
Total Liabilities
12.26%vs 20242024: £49.79M
Employees
-9vs 20242024: 391
In 2025, BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED reported net assets of £37.37M. The same filing shows total assets of £93.26M, cash in bank of £59.00K and total liabilities of £55.89M. Reported headcount was 382 in 2025. Total Assets rose from £84.16M in 2024 to £93.26M in 2025 (10.81%). Okredo holds filed figures for 2023–2025; the table below lists every reported indicator by year. See every reported indicator by year.
Financial performance
Pick a measure to see how it has moved across the reported years, with the year-on-year change beneath it.
Net Assets
8.71%from £34.38M in 2024Year-on-year change
Net Assets as filed for 2023–2025. Every figure in this chart is also in the financial history table.
3-year financial trend (2023–2025)
How the figures BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED filed moved across the three reported years 2023, 2024 and 2025 — measured end to end rather than year on year.
Net Assets
+16.4%vs 2023+7.9% a year compound (CAGR)
Cash in Bank
+119%vs 2023+47.8% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Assets
+24.3%vs 2023+11.5% a year compound (CAGR)
Total Liabilities
+30.3%vs 2023+14.1% a year compound (CAGR)
Employees
-1%vs 2023-4Biggest increase
Cash in Bank+119%
£27.00K in 2023 to £59.00K in 2025
Biggest decrease
Employees-1%
386 in 2023 to 382 in 2025
BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED's filings pull in both directions between 2023 and 2025. The steepest rise came in cash in bank, pointing to a more liquid cash position, set against a fall in employee numbers, pointing to a smaller workforce. See the full year-by-year figures.
Ratios from the filed figures
Calculated from BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from — nothing here is estimated or industry-averaged.
- Net assets to total assets
- 40.07%2025
- Reported net assets divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much of the asset base is not financed by liabilities.
- Liabilities to total assets
- 59.93%2025
- Total liabilities divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were available. Shows how much of the asset base is funded by obligations.
- Cash to liabilities
- 0.11%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by total liabilities for the same year. Shows what share of outstanding obligations the reported cash balance would cover.
- Cash to total assets
- 0.06%2025
- Reported cash in bank divided by reported total assets, for the latest year both were filed.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.20K2025
- Reported turnover divided by the reported average number of employees, for the latest year both were filed. Shows how much revenue the business generates per employee.
Financial history
Every indicator Okredo tracks, year by year.
Reported financial indicators for BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED by year. Amounts are as filed; a dash means the figure was not reported for that year.
| Indicator | 2023 | 2024 | 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net Assets£ | 32.12M | 34.38M | 37.37M |
| Total Assets£ | 75.02M | 84.16M | 93.26M |
| Cash in Bank£ | 27.00K | 53.00K | 59.00K |
| Total Liabilities£ | 42.91M | 49.79M | 55.89M |
| Employees | 386 | 391 | 382 |
BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED financials: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own filed figures.
Yes. Okredo holds filed figures for BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED covering 2023–2025, across 5 reported indicators. The most recent reported year is 2025.
BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED reported net assets of £37.37M for 2025. That compares with £34.38M in 2024, a change of 8.71%.
BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED reported total assets of £93.26M for 2025. That compares with £84.16M in 2024, a change of 10.81%.
BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED reported cash in bank of £59.00K for 2025. That compares with £53.00K in 2024, a change of 11.32%.
BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED reported 382 employees in 2025, compared with 391 in 2024.
Between 2023 and 2025, BUSY BEES NURSERIES (SCOTLAND) LIMITED's net assets rose by 16.4%, cash in bank rose by 119%, total assets rose by 24.3% and total liabilities rose by 30.3%. Net assets compounded at 7.9% a year across the two years to 2025, from £32.12M to £37.37M. Reported headcount went from 386 in 2023 to 382 in 2025 (-4).
Okredo holds reported figures for the years 2023, 2024, 2025. Where an indicator was not reported for a given year, the financial history table shows a dash rather than a value.