Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- 2 Bailey Hill, Castle Cary BA7 7AD
- Classification (SIC)
- Pre-primary education (85.10 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 19/12/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 17/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-16 with no updates
- 18/12/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 29/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-16 with no updates
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What Pre-Score will tell you
- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
- Whether this company files on time, and how often its record changes.
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
30/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 16/11/2025Due 30/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 16/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 16/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£120.38K2025
87.99%vs 20242024: £64.04K
Total Assets
£434.10K2025
16.87%vs 20242024: £371.45K
Cash in Bank
£148.10K2025
100.71%vs 20242024: £73.79K
Total Liabilities
£180.42K2025
8.33%vs 20242024: £166.55K
Employees
152025
+1vs 20242024: 14
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Cash in bank moved furthest, up 100.71% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +14.5% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 15 | +1 |
| 2024 | 14 | 0 |
| 2023 | 14 | 0 |
| 2022 | 14 | -3 |
| 2021 | 17 | – |
Reported employee count decreased from 17 in 2021 to 15 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
- Company potential
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- Past performance
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Officers
7Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nominee Director | 04/12/1996–04/12/1996 | 181 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 04/12/1996–04/12/1996 | 182 | |
| Director | 01/08/2000–Present | 7 | |
| Director | 06/03/2019–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 04/12/1996–01/08/2000 | 2 | |
| Secretary | 29/11/2001–06/03/2019 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 04/12/1996–29/11/2001 | 8 |
Persons with significant control
2Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/03/2019–Present | 0 | |
| 01/06/2016–Present | 7 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 7
- Since 25/11/2022
- Last 12 months
- 2
- Same as the year before (2)
- Most recent filing
- 19/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 19/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 17/11/2025
Filing timeline
- 19/12/2025View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 17/11/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-16 with no updates
- 18/12/2024View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 29/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-16 with no updates
- 21/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-16 with no updates
- 12/07/2023View PDF (7 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 25/11/2022View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-11-16 with no updates
See when the next accounts and confirmation statement are due
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About FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in 2 Bailey Hill, Castle Cary BA7 7AD. Companies House classifies its business as Pre-primary education. It has been on the register for 29 years 9 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £120.38K and 15 employees.
FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED under one registered business activity: Pre-primary education (85.10 - SIC 2007).
FIRST STEPS CHILDCARE LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 04/12/1996.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £120.38K, total assets of £434.10K, cash in bank of £148.10K and total liabilities of £180.42K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 19/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 30/11/2026.
Companies House lists 7 officers (2 currently in post) and 2 people with significant control.