Head office: Egg Lane, Hixon, Stafford, Staffs ST18 0PR
Tel/fax: 01889 271051
Website: www.hornend.co.uk
Owner: Deborah Falshaw
Established: 1990
Owns 3 nurseries: Hixon (33), Rugeley (33), Stafford (59) [all in Staffs]
Places: 125
Employees: 55
Plans: Looking at other nursery sites in Staffordshire with a view to further expansion in the next five years.
*HRH Nurseries
Head office: Sycamores, Manor Lane, Hemingford Abbots, Huntingdon PE28 9AJ
Tel: 01480 380042 Fax: 01480 468 089
Directors: Glen Perrott, David Perrott
Established: 1991
Owns 4 nurseries: Hemingford Abbots (106), Hinchingbrooke (85), Ramsey (53), St Ives (100) [all in Cambs].
4 out-of-school clubs: Hemingford Abbots (25), Hinchingbrooke (25), Ramsey (25), St Ives (25)
Places: 344
Employees: 68
Plans: Currently building a 75-place nursery on the outskirts of Cambridge city.
Hungry Caterpillar Day Nurseries
Head office: 2 Princess Lane, Ruislip, Middlesex HA4 8LG
Tel: 01895 678639 Fax: 01895 625344
E-mail: oliviafoley@aol.com
Owners: Olivia Foley, Denis Foley
Established: 1999
Owns 3 nurseries: Yeading (50), Northolt (41), Northwood (40) [all in Middlesex]
2 creches: Northolt (12), Northwood (12)
1 before- and after-school club: Northwood College, Middlesex (40)
1 holiday club: New Denham, Middlesex (120)
Places: 155
Employees: 41
Plans: To extend holiday club to open throughout the school holidays.
Imagine Co-operative Childcare
Head office: 234 Botley Road, Oxford OX2 OHP Tel: 01865 256299 Fax: 01865 792057
E-mail: info@imagine.coop
Website: www.imagine.coop
General manager: Neil Homer
Established: 2003
Owns 5 nurseries: Cainscross (61), Cam (48) [both in Glos]; Oxford 1 (58), Oxford 2 (61); Swindon, Wilts (61). Childcare voucher business launched in April 2005.
Places: 289
Employees: 95
Plans: Two new nurseries planned for 2006.
Jancett Group of Day Nurseries
Head office: Jancett House, 16 Stanley Park Road, Wallington, Surrey SM6 OEU
Tel: 020 8669 1725 Fax: 020 8669 2659
Proprietors: Chris Pritchard, John Pritchard, Tracy Pritchard-Drummond
Established: 1969
Owns 6 nurseries: Carshalton (60), Merton (40), Wallington 1 (nursery) (70), Wallington 2 (baby unit) (31), Wallington 3 (55), Wallington 4 (50) [all in Surrey]
Places: 306
Employees: 158
Other: We provide apprentices in childcare with our sister arm, JACE, as well as playwork and assessor qualifications.
Just Learning
Head office: 45 High Street, West Malling, Kent ME19 6QH
Tel: 01732 846333 Fax: 01732 846444.
Scottish office: 15 York Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EB
Tel: 0131 524 6131 Fax: 0131 524 6132
E-mail: info@justlearning.co.uk
Website: www.justlearning.co.uk
Directors: Michael Fallon (managing director), Hamilton Anstead (non-executive chairman), Alan Cox (finance director), Rachel Murphy (non-executive director); Jonathan Bell (operations director)
Established: 1995
Owns 68 nurseries: Basingstoke, Hants (100); Bedford (112); Blaydon, Tyne and Wear (69); Bridgend, Glamorganshire (112); Bristol (116); Cambourne, Cambridge (100); Cardiff (100); Chafford Hundred, Essex (92); Colchester, Essex (139); Coventry, Warks (44); Croydon, Surrey (112); Darlington, Co Durham (89); Dundee, Angus (58); Dunfermline, Fife: Carnegie (100), Lauder (107); Durham (124); Eastbourne, E Sussex (100); East Kilbride, Glasgow (103); Edinburgh: Beechwood (41), Hillview (57), Lochside (44), Newhaven (55), Port Hamilton (100), Royal Infirmary (78); Gillingham, Kent (112); Glasgow: Heritage (97), Netherton (59), West of Scotland Science Park (91); Glenrothes, Fife (101); Great Notley, Essex (100); Hawick, Borders (47); Huntingdon, Cambs (100); Ingleby Barwick, Teesside (100); Inverness, Highlands (82); Ipswich, Suffolk 1 (100), Ipswich 2 (112); Kinross, Kinross-shire (86); Larkfield, Kent (48); Liverpool 1 (55), Liverpool 2 (92); Livingston, Lothian: Alba (100), Parkside (32), Riverside (36), Sunnyside (80), Woodside (48); London: Higham Hill (140), King George Hospital (124), Whipps Cross Hospital (100); Maidstone, Kent 1 (112), Maidstone 2 (50), Maidstone 3 (30); Melrose, Borders (75); Newbury, Berks (104); Newcastle (112); Norwich, Norfolk (72), Norwich Airport (112), Meridian Business Park (112); Southwell, Notts (37); Stevenage, Herts (112); Stockton, Teesside (56); Stowmarket, Suffolk (112); Sunderland, Wearside: Cleadon (115), Fulwell (82), Ryhope (124); Trowbridge, Wilts (100); Wakefield, W Yorks (112); Wellingborough, Northants (100); Wigan, Lancs (79)
Places: 6,002
Employees: 1,608
Plans: Two further nurseries under development.
Key Day Nurseries
Head office: 38-40 Lickhill Road, Calne, Wilts SN11 9DF
Tel: 01249 815307 Fax: 01249 822142
Proprietor: Gillian Key
Website: www.keydaynurseryschools.com
E-mail: gilliankey1@btinternet.com
Owns 3 nurseries: Calne 1 (39), Calne 2 (40); Chippenham (57) [all in Wilts]
Owns 1 out-of-school club (24) and 1 breakfast club (16)
Places: 136
Employees: 52
Plans: Continued expansion in Wiltshire.
Kidcare
Head office: 55 Renfrew Street, Glasgow G2 3BD
Tel: 0141 564 1150 Fax: 0141 564 1148
Established: 1990
Chief executive: Rita Hopper
Parent bodies: One Plus
Operates 6 nurseries: Bishopbriggs (31); Clydebank: Brandfield (35), Clydebank College (40); Glasgow: Glasgow University (74), Wellpark (31); Strathclyde, Strathclyde University (58)
2 out-of-school services: Hillhead After School Care, (30), SPLOSH (24) [both in Glasgow]
Also operates a mobile creche service across Scotland.
Places: 269
Employees: 98
Kids 1st Day Nurseries
Head office: HMC House, Keel Row 12, The Watermark, Metro Riverside, Gateshead NE11 9SZ
Tel: 0191 461 8877 Fax: 0191 461 8866
Website: www.kfirst.co.uk
E-mail: enquiries@kfirst.co.uk
Managing director: Mark McArdle
Established: 2003
Owns/manages 2 nurseries: Ashington, Northumberland, Wansbeck General Hospital (112); North Shields, Tyne and Wear, North Tyneside General Hospital (112) [both in partnership with Northumbria Healthcare NHS Trust]
Places: 224
Employees: 49
Plans: Opening 112-place nursery in Newcastle in April 2006; 100-place nursery in Durham in May 2006. Two further 100-place nurseries due to open later in the year.
Kids Academy Nursery Group
Head office: Grimsditch House, Grimsditch Lane, Lower Whitley, Warrington WA4 4ED
Tel: 01925 730055 Fax: 01925 730064
Proprietor: Sue Jones
Established: 2000
Owns 4 nurseries: Northwich (105), Warrington 1 (68), Warrington 2 (117), Warrington 3 (60) [all in Cheshire]
Places: 350
Employees: 77
Plans: Six-year nursery school roll-out programme. To open a training academy for nursery staff by 2006.
Kids Inc Nurseries
Head office: Crown House, 227 Aldborough Rd South, Ilford, Essex IG3 8HZ
Tel: 020 8598 2600 Fax: 020 8598 2601
Website: www.kidsincnurseries.co.uk
Established: 2003
Chairman: Sarup Kalsi
Managing director: Sav Kalsi
Financial director: Balvinder Kalsi
Owns 6 nurseries: Bluewater, Kent (119); Dartford, Kent (126); Ilford, Essex (112); Guildford, Surrey (129); Loughton, Essex (60); South Woodford, London (51)
Places: 597
Employees: 130
Plans: Further acquisitions in London and around M25.
Kidsunlimited
Head office: Kids of Wilmslow, Westhead10 West Street, Alderley Edge, Cheshire SK9 7EG
Tel: 01625 585222 Fax: 01625 583444
Website: www.kidsunlimited.co.uk
E-mail: enquiries@kidsunlimited.co.uk
Established: 1983
Managing director: Chris Winstanley
Directors: Graham Smith, Adam Holloway, Stewart Pickering
Owns 46 nurseries: Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria, Furness General Hospital (62); Basingstoke, Hants (149); Beckenham, Kent (53); Cambridge: Addenbrookes Hospital (88), Cambridge Science Park (165), Ely (120), Foxton (56), Fulbourn, (128), Long Road (140), Wolfson Court (80); Chester: Countess of Chester Hospital (60), Total Fitness (56); Crewe, Cheshire (132); Hamilton, Lanarkshire, FirstDirect (100); Harwell, Oxon (51); Leeds, Stourton, FirstDirect (237); Littlehampton, Body Shop (103); Liverpool: Broadgreen (81), Eldonians (60); London: Camden (86), Farringdon Road (73), Islington (61), Ladbroke Grove (72), Regent's Place (78); Lancaster, Lancs (62); Luton, Beds (134); Manchester: Didsbury (146), Hulme St Mary's (84), Macintosh City Centre (154), Manchester Airport (60); Oxford: Milton Park 1 (101), Milton Park 2 (146), Oxford Business Park (166); Oxford University: Bradmore (52), Jack Straw (62), Mansion House (51); Peterborough, Cambs (54); Sheffield, S Yorks 1 (46), Sheffield 2 (84); Swindon, Wilts, WH Smiths (45); Tytherington, Cheshire (92); Warrington, Cheshire 1 (77), Warrington 2 (100); Wilmslow, Cheshire: Clairmont (96), Handforth Total Fitness (57), Summerfield (143)
Places: 4,307
Employees: 1,300
Plans: Expansion plans are set to continue with more nurseries opening and being acquired over the next year.
Kindergarten (UK)
Head office: 14 Thorney Leys Park, Witney, Oxon OX28 4GE
Tel: 01993 700456 Fax: 01993 700123
E-mail: info@kindergarten-uk.co.uk
Directors: Jo Letherbarrow
Established: 1994
Owns 4 nurseries: Witney 1 (68), Witney 2 (48), Witney 3 (64), Witney 4 (100) [all in Oxon]
1 soft-play centre: Kinderkids, Witney (35)
1 indoor adventure centre: (50)
Places: 280
Employees: 75
Plans: 100-place nursery opening in Oxfordshire in 2006.
Kinder Groups
Head office: Kinder House, Solomon Road, Rainham, Kent ME8 8EB
Tel: 01634 230222 Fax: 01634 364340
Website: www.kindergroups.co.uk
Directors: Allan Bishop (managing), Janet Bishop (operations)
Established: 1990
Owns 7 nurseries and 6 out-of- school centres: East Malling (100), Gravesend (120), Maidstone (71), Meopham (98), Rainham (105), Sittingbourne (63), Tonbridge (60) [all in Kent]
1 independent school: Meredale Independent School, Rainham (140)
Places: 617
Employees: 158
Plans: New 120-place centre now under construction.
Kingsclere Nurseries
Head office: Forest Road, Wokingham, Berks RG40 5SA
Tel/fax: 01344 489328
Website: www.kingsclere-nurseries.co.uk
E-mail: mail@kingsclere-nurseries.co.uk
Directors: Hugh Cox, Julia Cox, Sylvia Cox
Established: 1986
Owns 7 nurseries: Arborfield (91), Bracknell (78), Finchampstead (33), Newbury (53), Reading (43), Wokingham 1 (18), Wokingham 2 (42) [all in Berks]
Places: 358
Employees: 130
Plans: Expansion planned at Bracknell and Wokingham sites.
*Kiwi's
Head office: Suite 1A, Alma House, Alma Road, Reigate, Surrey RH2 0AX
Tel: 01737 222485
E-mail: kiwisltd@blueyonder.co.uk
Directors: Liz Nicholls, Catherine Childs
Established: 2003
Owns 4 playgroups and pre-schools: Horley (84), Meadvale (56), Reigate (56), Woodmansterne (48) [all in Surrey]
Places: 244
Employees: 25
Plans: To purchase properties in above locations. Two additional locations planned. Build up breakfast clubs in other schools.
Lesley Bothwell Nurseries
Head office: 534 Queensferry Road, Edinburgh EH4 6EE
Tel: 0131 339 6340
Proprietor: Lesley Bothwell
Established: 1984
Owns 3 nurseries: Edinburgh 1 (63), Edinburgh 2 (35), Edinburgh 3 (21)
Places: 119
Employees: 60
Lilliput Childcare
Head office: 97 Lower Georges Street, Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, Ireland
Tel: 00 353 1 230 4211 Fax: 00 353 1 230 0944
E-mail: headoffice@lilliputchildcare.ie
Website: www.lilliputchildcare.ie
Managing directors: Colin McMullen, Alison McMullen
Childcare director: Carolyn Eglington
Established: 1987
Owns 4 nurseries: Bray, Co Wicklow (41); Foxrock, Dublin (57); Kilcoole, Co Wicklow (30); Ringsend, Dublin (27)
Places: 155
Employees: 34
Plans: Actively looking for sites and extending existing sites.
Lilliput Children's Centres
Head office: Hersham Green, Burwood Road, Walton-on-Thames KT12 4AA
Tel: 01932 252202 Fax: 01932 228989
E-mail: walton@lilliput.org.uk
Website: www.lilliput.org.uk
Partners: Tony Cunningham, Phyleen Cunningham
Established: 1992
Owns 3 nurseries: Bagshot (70), Redhill, nr Gatwick (96), Walton-on-Thames (155) [all in Surrey]
Places: 321
Employees: 80
Plans: Actively looking at suitable sites within the M25.
Lilliput Montessori Day Nurseries
Head office: Railway House, Hotel Street, Coalville, Leics LE67 3EQ
Tel: 01530 813913 Fax: 01530 817898
E-mail: samgraveling@onetel.com
Directors: Samantha Graveling, Paul Graveling
Established: 1994
Owns 4 nurseries: Anstey (55), Coalville (66), Glenfield (27), Whetstone (63) [all in Leics]
Places: 211
Employees: 64
*Little Cherubs Care and Education Services
Head office: 2a Bell Green Lane, London SE26 5TB
Tel and fax: 020 8650 3736
E-mail: little cherubss@headoffice.org
Managing director: Deborah Percy
Established: 2000
Owns 2 nurseries: Shortlands, Kent (49), Sydenham, London (45)
Places: 94
Employees: 24
Plans: Third nursery in process of refurbishment.
Little People Day Nurseries
Head office: 250a Lillie Road, Fulham, London SW6 7PX
Tel/fax: 020 7386 0006
Partners: Anne Gleasure, Jane Gleasure, David Gleasure, Bob Gleasure
Established: 1976
Owns 3 nurseries: London: Fulham (70), Shepherds Bush (35), Willow Vale (35)
Places: 140
Employees: 40
Little Sneakers Childcare
Head office: 68 Bromsgrove Road, Redditch, Worcs B97 4RN
Tel: 01527 66750
Director: Karyn Maddison
Established: 1995
Owns 4 nurseries: Redditch, Warks 1 (42), Redditch 2 (34), Redditch 3 (24); Studley, Warks (29)
11 before- and after-school clubs and 2 holiday clubs: all in Worcs and Warks
Places: 129
Employees: 65
Longacre Childcare
Head office: Broughton Cottage, London Road, Dunton Green, Sevenoaks, Kent TN13 2TD
Tel: 01732 462339 Fax: 01959 522473
E-mail: longacrechildcare@tiscali.co.uk
Website: www.longacrechildcare.co.uk
Proprietor: Sally Parson
Established: 1995
Owns 3 nurseries: Sevenoaks, Kent: Dunton Green (27), Otford (19); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (22), plus after-school and holiday clubs in each as numbers permit
Places: 68
Employees: 32
Plans: To further develop every aspect of our quality care and education.
Magic Nurseries
Acquired Pinfold Group November 2004
Head office: 1A Queen Street, Rushden, Northants NN10 0AA.
Tel: 01933 410 611
E-mail: tom@magicnurseries.com
Managing director: Tom Reed
Established: 2002
Owns 6 nurseries: Kirby Muxloe, Leics (45); Loughborough, Leics (72); Oundle, Northants (43), Rushden, Northants (96); Loughborough, Leics (72); Whitwick, Leics (71)
Places: 372
Employees: 140
Plans: to continue rapid expansion by acquiring small groups of well-run nurseries.
Magic Roundabout Nurseries
Head office: MRN House, Binfield Road, London SW4 6TB
Tel: 020 7498 1194 Fax: 020 7498 1196
Website: www.mrnnursery.co.uk
Director: Farukh Najabat
Established: 1995
Owns 5 nurseries: Bristol (92); London: Docklands (39), Kennington (106), plus after-school club (22); Stockwell (184), plus after-school club (32); Walthamstow (126), plus after-school club (40)
Places: 547
Employees: 127
Maytime Day Nurseries
Head office: 87 York Road, Ilford, Essex IG1 3AF
Tel: 020 8553 1524 Fax: 020 8518 3179
Director: Mary Mahoney
Established: 1984
Owns 3 nurseries: Goodmayes (50), Ilford 1 (47), Ilford 2 (80) [all in Essex]
Places: 177
Employees: 61
Mother Goose Nurseries
Head office: 133 Brookbank Road, London SE13 7DA
Tel: 020 8694 8700 Fax: 020 8694 1221
Website: www.mothergoosenurseries.com
E-mail: prospectus@mothergoose nurseries.com
Owners: Curtis Brown, Krish Brown
Established: 1989
Owns 5 nurseries: Camberwell (38), Dulwich (24), Lewisham (18), Peckham (24) [all in London]. Also owns Queens Road Training Centre in Peckham, catering for 20 NVQ students levels 2 and 3.
Places: 104
Employees: 28
Mulberry Bush Montessori
Head office: 12 Balfron Road, Killearn, Glasgow G63 9NJ
Tel: 01360 550916 Fax: 01360 551000
Owner: Mairi Maciver Clark
E-mail: mulberrybush@btconnect.com
Website: www.mymulberrybush.com
Established: 1992
Owns 2 nurseries: Killearn, Stirling (76), plus 1 out-of-school club; Yorkhill, Glasgow (97)
Places: 174
Employees: 50
Plans: Creating new reception area at Killearn; working towards partnership with Glasgow city council.
MY Nursery
Head office: Commerce House, Wakefield Road, Aspley, Huddersfield, W Yorks HD5 9AA
Tel: 01484 438800 Fax: 01484 514199
Manager: Martin Bradley
Established: 1989
Owns 5 nurseries: Barnsley (72), Halifax (42), Huddersfield (33), Mirfield (48), Wakefield (38) [all in Yorks]
Places: 233
Employees: 67
