Company
Home From Home Childcare Limited
Home From Home Childcare Limited is an active UK company (number 04228548), incorporated 2001, with 2 current directors, Edward Gerald Smethurst and Emma Louise Collins. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 4
- Andrew Holt 2022-2022 View profile
- Nicola Anne Easton 2015-2022 View profile
- Sally Ann Wallington 2001-2001 View profile
- Dawn Joanna Holt 2001-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 05/06/2001
Ownership
Owned by (3) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Edward Gerald Smethurst
75-100% shares · notified 2022-09-05 - Nicola Anne Easton ceased 2022-04-29
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - Andrew Holt ceased 2022-09-05
50-75% shares, 50-75% voting · notified 2022-04-29 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Home From Home Childcare Limited
is controlled by Edward Gerald Smethurst
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2022-09-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Edward Gerald Smethurst.
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Financials
- Net assets
- £103,237
- Total assets
- £103,237
- Cash
- £113,396
- Employees
- 26
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Board analysis
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
2 directors on the board
- Edward Gerald Smethurst Director · appointed 2022
- Emma Louise Collins Director · appointed 2022
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- Edward Gerald Smethurst Director · appointed 2022
- Emma Louise Collins Director · appointed 2022
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04228548
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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