Head office: 145 Wragby Road, Lincoln LN2 4PL
Tel: 01522 870111
Director: Lesley Berrington
Established: 1997
Owns 3 nurseries: Brayford Pool (44), Lincoln College (28), Wragby Road (28), [all in Lincoln]
1 out-of-school club: Top Step Kids' Club (15)
Places: 100
Employees: 40
Sunhill Daycare (Europe)
Head office: PO Box 157, Royston, Herts SG8 9WY
Tel: 01763 247474 Fax: 01763 243033
Website: www.sunhilldaycare.com
E-mail: enquiries@sunhilldaycare.com
Directors: managing director, Geoff Chapman; admin accounts manager, Lynne Danes; quality assurance manager, Tina Ewer
Established: 1991
Owns 6 nurseries: Abington, Cambs (82); Aylesbury, Bucks (94); Berkhamsted, Herts (68); Hemel Hempstead, Herts (70); Luton, Beds (55); Royston, Herts 1 (30)
Places: 399
Employees: 120
Plans: Two new-build projects under construction and two at planning stage.
Swingboat Nurseries
Head office: 147-149 Hermitage Road, Whitwick, Leics LE67 5EL
Tel: 01530 814477 Fax: 01530 814433
Website: www.swingboatnurseries.co.uk
Directors: Elaine Blunt, Graham Blunt
Established: 1996
Owns 3 nurseries: Ashby-de-la-Zouch (50), Whitwick (80) [both in Leics]; Woodville, Derbyshire (90)
3 out-of-school clubs: Ashby-de-la- Zouch (48), Whitwick (36) [both in Leics]; Woodville, Derbyshire (36)
Places: 220
Employees: 106
Plans: Looking at locations to develop further purpose-built facilities.
Tara Kindergartens
Head office: 4 Ridgemead Close, Southgate, London N14 6NW
Tel: 020 8886 8334 Fax: 020 8886 8334
Proprietor: Raj Nagendran
Established: 1992
Owns 5 nurseries: Enfield, Middlesex (50); Hatfield, Herts (60); London: Edmonton (72), Southgate (100); Uxbridge, Middlesex (60)
Places: 342
Employees: 115
Teddies Nurseries
Head office: 4 Whitton Road, Twickenham, Middlesex TW1 1BJ
Tel: 0800 980 3801 Fax: 020 8892 6711
Website: www.teddiesnurseries.co.uk
Owner: BUPA Childcare
Managing director: Carole Edmond
Established: 1991
Owns 45 nurseries: Banbury, Oxon (56); Basingstoke, Hants (90); Beckenham, Kent (52); Bedford (50); Bexleyheath, Kent (90); Bracknell, Berks (50); Brentford, Middlesex (48); Bristol (44); Cheltenham, Glos (41); Chesham Bois, Bucks (68); Coulsdon, Surrey (84); Crawley, Sussex (42); Croydon, Surrey (50); Epsom, Surrey (70); Esher, Surrey (50); Farnham, Surrey (52); Gloucester (50); Godalming, Surrey (50); Ipswich, Suffolk (50); London: Balham (55), Chiswick (50), Chiswick Park (59), Greenwich (50), New Southgate (50), Raynes Park (60), Southfields (50), Streatham (50), West Dulwich (76), West Hampstead (70); Loughton, Essex, (50); Knutsford, Cheshire (62); Maidstone, Kent (54); Market Harborough, Leics (60); Newbury, Berks (55); Northwood, Middlesex (63); Peterborough, Cambs (80); Sevenoaks, Kent (63); Southampton, Hants (81); Sutton, Surrey (50); Swindon, Wilts (65); Tonbridge, Kent (60); Tunbridge Wells, Kent (73); Twickenham, Middlesex 1 (44), Twickenham 2 (50); Woking, Surrey (60).
Runs holiday clubs through BUPA Children@work (25-80 places per club)
Places: 2,627
Employees: 800
Plans: To continue to offer high quality childcare throughout our settings.
Thomas's London Day Schools
Head office: Monmouth Court, Southampton Road, Ringwood, Hants BH24 1HE
Tel: 01425 481500 Fax: 01425 481501
Principals: Tobyn Thomas, Ben Thomas, David Thomas, Joanna Thomas
Established: 1972
Owns 2 kindergartens: Battersea (41), Pimlico (43) [both in London]
4 preparatory schools: Battersea (476), Clapham (521), Fulham (89), Kensington (310) [all in London]
Places: 84
Employees: 340
TLC (Tender Loving Childcare)
Head office: 27 Sheep Street, Rugby, Warks CV21 3BX
Tel: 01788 565156 Fax: 01788 542100
E-mail: info@tlcchildcare.org
Chief executive: Barbara Baker Established: 1989
Owns 9 childcare facilities: Coventry, Warks, Walsgrave Hospital (120); Milton Keynes, Bucks, Milton Keynes General Hospital (96); Nottingham: City Hospital (144), University of Nottingham (96); Rugby, Warks (30); St Albans, Herts, St Albans City Hospital (48); Uxbridge, Middlesex, Hillingdon Hospital (96); Warwick, Warwick Hospital (40); Watford, Herts, Watford General Hospital (46)
Places: 716
Employees: 276
Plans: To continue expansion within the NHS sites and other workplace nurseries.
Toad Hall Nursery Group
Head office: 3rd Floor, Wembley Point, 1 Harrow Road, Wembley HA9 6DE
Tel: 020 8795 0650 Fax: 020 8903 3557
Website: www.toadhall-nursery.co.uk
Director: Sarah Owen
Established: 1998
Owns 16 nurseries: Chessington, Surrey (69); Ealing, London (50); Haslemere, Surrey (79); Hitchin, Herts (75); Horley, Surrey (53); Iver, Bucks, Pinewood Film Studios (41); Langley, Berks (60); Ottershaw, Surrey (42); Ripley, Surrey (40); Shepperton Film Studios, Middlesex (42); Swindon, Wilts (176); Walton on-Thames, Surrey 1 (69), Walton-on-Thames 2 (48), Walton-on-Thames 3 (12); Watford, Herts (49); Woking, Surrey (44)
2 after-school clubs and playschemes: Swindon (50), Walton-on-Thames (24)
Places: 949
Employees: 296
Tops Day Nurseries
Head office: Unit 11, Bournemouth Central Business Park, Southcote Road, Bournemouth, Dorset BH1 3SJ
Tel: 01202 551553 Fax: 01202 551303
E-mail: admin@topsdaynurseries.co.uk
Director: Cheryl Hadland
Established: 1990
Owns 9 nurseries: Bournemouth, Dorset: Nuffield Hospital (64), Royal Bournemouth Hospital (88, plus 40 playclub); Parkstone, Dorset, Poole Hospital (105 plus 21 playclub), Poole 2 (56); Portsmouth, Hants, Queen Alexandra Hospital (99, plus 12 playclub); Taunton, Somerset, Taunton and Somerset Hospital (89, plus 33 playclub); Wareham, Dorset (47); Wimborne, Dorset (98, plus 24 playclub); Winchester, Hants, Winchester Hospital (61). Also recognised as a Beacon training centre.
Places: 707
Employees: 220
Plans: 2 more nurseries planned in Dorset.
Torridon Education Group
Head office: 23a King Street, Lossiemouth, Moray IV31 6PZ
Tel: 01343 813342
Managing director: Sharon Hayward
Established: 1994
Owns 2 nurseries: Elgin Bishopmill Pre-School Centre (60) and Torridon Pre School Nursery (60) [both in Moray]; and an accredited training centre offering SVQs in childcare and education.
Places: 120
Employees: 15
Treetops Private Day Nurseries
Head office: 1 St James' Court, Friar Gate, Derby DE1 1FN
Tel: 01332 600601 Fax: 01332 600602
E-mail: info@dunmar.co.uk
Website: www.treetopsnurseries.co.uk
Managing director: Paul Foster
Established: 1990
Owns 18 nurseries: Ashbourne (50), Barlborough (83), Belper (90), Derby (80), Duffield (58), Matlock (82), Oakwood 1 (75), Oakwood 2 (28) [all in Derbyshire]; Bromborough, Merseyside (68); Chester, Cheshire (64); Dudley, W Midlands (75); Hyde, Manchester (116); King's Heath, Birmingham (50); Leeds: Headingley (50), Pudsey (76); Neston, Merseyside (65); St Neot's, Cambs (93); Toton, Nottingham (65)
8 out-of-school clubs: Ashbourne (20); Belper (16); Chester (24); Hyde (12); Matlock (40); Oakwood (30); Pudsey (16); Toton (32)
Places: 1,268
Employees: 312
Plans: Two sites in development for early 2006, and looking to acquire further sites.
Turtles Children's Nurseries
Head office: Wolverhampton Road, Penkridge, Staffs ST19 5DR
Tel/fax: 01785 716111
Directors: Karen Laycock, Greg Laycock
Established: 1996
Owns 3 nurseries: Penkridge 1 (36), Penkridge 2 (48), Stafford (64) [all in Staffs]
5 before- and after-school clubs and 2 holiday 48-place playschemes
Places: 148
Employees: 50
Ultimate Day Care Nursery
Head office: 9 Brydges Road, Stratford, London E15 1NA
Tel/fax: 020 8519 2100
Website: www.ultimatedaycarenursery.co.uk
E-mail: ultimatedaycarenursery@ hotmail.com
Director: Bel Oomerjee
Established: 1996
Owns 6 nurseries: Chigwell, Essex (30); London: Leyton (50), Leyton, Montessori (40), Leytonstone (30), Stratford (58); Peterborough, Cambs (136)
Places: 344
Employees: 60
Plans: To double the number of nurseries
in the next two years.
*Westminster Children's Society
Head office: 121 Marsham Street, London SW1P 4LX
Tel: 020 7834 8679 Fax: 020 7233 8393
Website: www.wcs.org.uk
Chief executive: June O'Sullivan
Established: 1903
Manages 15 community childcare centres: Abbots Manor (24), The Angel (24), Bessborough (55), Carlton Hill (55), Charing Cross (20), First Steps (27), Holcroft (24), Hyde Park Barracks (20), Katherine Bruce (59), Lisson Green (39), Luton Street (40), Mickey Star (40), Queensborough (30), Queens Park (35), Warwick (39) [all in the London Borough of Westminster]
Places: 531
Employees: 134
White Horse Child Care/The Trees Day Care Nurseries
Head office: Stanley House, 65 Victoria Road, Swindon, Wilts SN1 3BB
Tel: 01793 488988 Fax: 01793 488428
Directors: Richard Lay, Lester Lay, Lloyd Lay, Peter Lay
Established: 1989
Owns 4 nurseries: Devizes, Wilts (68); Southampton: Portswood (85), Shirley, (83); Swindon, Wilts (88)
Places: 324
Employees: 84
Plans: To purchase properties suitable for nurseries for at least 48 children.
Wind in the Willows (Management)
Head office Unit 111 Imex Business Park, Kidglove Road, Golborne, Wigan WA3 3GR
Tel: 01942 270177
Fax: 01942 270169
E-mail: gail@witw. co.uk
Website: www.witw.co.uk
Directors: David Griffiths, Tom Hobbs, Robert McNichol, Brian Pearce
Established: 2001
Owns 17 Neighbourhood Nurseries: Dudley, W Midlands (80); Ipswich, Suffolk (78); Lowestoft, Suffolk (100); Manchester: Tameside 1 (54), Tameside 2 (54); Merseyside: Newton-le-Willows (54), St Helens (54), Sefton (54); Middlesbrough, Teesside (80); Milton Keynes, Bucks (54); Scunthorpe, Lincs 1 (75), Scunthorpe 2 (80), Scunthorpe 3 (54); Stockport, Teesside (54); Stoke on-Trent, Staffs 1(80), Stoke-on-Trent 2 (54), Stoke-on-Trent 3 (54). Plus partnership in 5 children's centres, creche facilities, wraparound, out-of school care and early years education. Also owns a family support centre and The Open Road Training Company, childcare and parental training, with training centres in Middlesbrough, Stoke-on-Trent and Lowestoft.
Places: 1,188
Employees: 225
Plans: Developing further nurseries, children's centres and other community based projects.
Wind in the Willows PDN
Head office: Earle Street, Newton-le-Willows, Merseyside WA12 9XD
Tel: 01925 223445 Fax: 01925 223465
Directors: Ginny Taylor, Neil Taylor
Established: 1993
Owns 2 nurseries: Earle Street (49), Pewfall (29) [both in Merseyside]
1 after-school club: Cross Lane, Merseyside (16)
Places: 78
Employees: 30
