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Active05516416Private limited companySalford

WINDMILL CHILDCARE LIMITED

Significant control: Thrive Childcare And Education Limited (75–100%)

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Summary

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WINDMILL CHILDCARE LIMITED is an active private limited company (company number 05516416) incorporated on 22 July 2005, registered in Salford. Its registered activity is pre-primary education (SIC 85100). Accounts are on file at Companies House (audit exemption subsidiary) but not yet parsed into this record.

There are 439 companies in pre-primary education in Manchester with filed accounts; the median reports net assets of £31k and is 12 years old.

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Ownership and control

1 active · 2 other
  • Thrive Childcare And Education Limited
    corporate entity, Scotland · since 17 February 2022
    • owns 75–100% of shares
    • holds 75–100% of voting rights
    • can appoint or remove directors
  • Mrs Julie Lightley
    Individual · since 6 April 2016 · ceased 17 February 2022
    • owns 25–50% of shares
  • Mr Ian Lightley
    Individual · since 6 April 2016 · ceased 17 February 2022
    • owns 25–50% of shares

Persons with significant control hold 25% or more of shares or voting rights. Smaller shareholdings are only listed in confirmation-statement documents. Directors and secretaries: see the officers list at Companies House.

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Key dates

Incorporated
22 July 200521 yrs ago
First accounts due
22 April 20077128 days overdue
Confirmation statement due
5 August 2027in 282 days

Due dates are expected from Companies House filing rules; confirm on the official register before relying on them.

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Activity

SIC 85100
Pre-primary education
Accounts type
Audit Exemption Subsidiary
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Financials

No accounts on record

Accounts exist on the register but their figures are not in this dataset yet.

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Filing and accounts signals

Facts from the register · no rating
  • Incorporated five or more years agoIncorporated 22 July 2005
  • Accounts past their due dateDue 22 April 2007

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Timeline

Newest first
  1. Confirmation statement duein 282 days
  2. First accounts due7128 days overdue
  3. Incorporated
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Similar companies in Manchester

Same activity (pre-primary education), closest in incorporation date

All companies incorporated on 22 July 2005 · in Jul 2005.

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