# Windmill Childcare Limited

## Details

- **Company number:** [05516416](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05516416)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 22 Jul 2005
- **Registered office:** 3, CENTRAL PARK, OHIO AVENUE, SALFORD, M50 2GT
- **Nature of business:** [85100](/sic/85100) Pre-primary education
- **Corporate group:** [Apiary Capital LLP](/group/108853) (108 companies)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LLOYD, Marie | director | 29 Sep 2025 |  |
| KRYSTEK-WALTON, Ursula Jane | director | 29 Sep 2025 |  |
| DARROCH, Cheryl | director | 29 Sep 2025 |  |
| ALLEN, Claire | director | 29 Sep 2025 |  |
| BARRINGTON-FORTUNE, Laura | director | 29 Sep 2025 |  |
| DALTON, Andrew Mark | director | 30 Jun 2025 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Thrive Childcare And Education Limited | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 17 Feb 2022 |  |
| Mr Ian Lightley | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 17 Feb 2022 |
| Mrs Julie Lightley | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 17 Feb 2022 |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Dec 2020 | -£864,627 | £2 | 2 |
| 31 Dec 2019 | -£829,839 | £1,609 | 2 |
| 31 Dec 2018 | -£1,041,124 | £1,795 | 2 |
| 31 Dec 2017 | -£963,518 | £195 | 2 |
| 31 Dec 2016 | -£1,101,628 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2015 | -£1,052,818 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2014 | -£935,845 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2013 | -£879,287 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2012 | -£750,583 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2011 | -£645,171 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2010 | -£561,278 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2009 | -£212,356 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2008 | -£102,211 | £2 | - |
| 31 Dec 2007 | -£52,794 | £383 | - |



## Owned by

Windmill Childcare Limited → [Thrive Childcare And Education Limited](/company/SC192599) → [Thrive Childcare And Education Group Limited](/company/SC304774) → [Thrive Childcare And Education Holdings Limited](/company/11814801) → [Thrive Childcare And Education Topco Limited](/company/11813999) → [Apiary Capital Partners I Investment Gp LLP](/company/OC444360)



## Controls

- [The Nursery (Vng) Limited](/company/11663318) (11663318)
- [The Quays Private Day Nursery Limited](/company/06599663) (06599663)
- [The Village Nursery (Trafford) Limited](/company/05761660) (05761660)
- [The Village Nursery Group Limited](/company/09744602) (09744602)
- [Townhouse Childcare Limited](/company/04562951) (04562951)



## Directors' other companies

- [ALLEN, Claire](/person/6215919) - director at [Enchanted Forest Nursery (Bishopbriggs) Ltd](/company/SC458795)
- [ALLEN, Claire](/person/6215919) - director at [The Village Nursery Group Limited](/company/09744602)
- [ALLEN, Claire](/person/6215919) - director at [Buoys And Gulls Nursery Limited](/company/SC365612)
- [ALLEN, Claire](/person/6215919) - director at [School House Nursery (Vng) Limited](/company/12724653)
- [BARRINGTON-FORTUNE, Laura](/person/6215920) - director at [The Village Nursery Group Limited](/company/09744602)
- [BARRINGTON-FORTUNE, Laura](/person/6215920) - director at [Enchanted Forest Nursery (Bishopbriggs) Ltd](/company/SC458795)
- [BARRINGTON-FORTUNE, Laura](/person/6215920) - director at [School House Nursery (Vng) Limited](/company/12724653)
- [BARRINGTON-FORTUNE, Laura](/person/6215920) - director at [Buoys And Gulls Nursery Limited](/company/SC365612)
- [DALTON, Andrew Mark](/person/6215925) - director at [School House Nursery (Vng) Limited](/company/12724653)
- [DALTON, Andrew Mark](/person/6215925) - director at [The Village Nursery Group Limited](/company/09744602)



## Companies at the same address

- [Astbury Lane Nursery Limited](/company/10068258) (10068258)
- [Project Winston Propco Limited](/company/11815617) (11815617)
- [School House Nursery (Vng) Limited](/company/12724653) (12724653)
- [Smarties And Smartcare Limited](/company/03198532) (03198532)
- [The Nursery (Vng) Limited](/company/11663318) (11663318)
- [The Quays Private Day Nursery Limited](/company/06599663) (06599663)
- [The Village Nursery (Trafford) Limited](/company/05761660) (05761660)
- [The Village Nursery Group Limited](/company/09744602) (09744602)
- [Thrive Childcare And Education Holdings Limited](/company/11814801) (11814801)
- [Thrive Childcare And Education Topco Limited](/company/11813999) (11813999)