BEST FRIENDS DAY NURSERY LLP

Name

BEST FRIENDS DAY NURSERY LLP

Legal name

Best Friends Day Nursery LLP

Website

https://bestfriendsdaynurserychester.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2006

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Day Nursery and Early Childhood Education

NAICS

Child Care Services (624410)

SIC

Services-Child Day Care Services (8351)

akta.pro primary industry

Full-Day Nursery Programs (EDACACAD)

Keywords

• Early childhood education
• Day nursery services
• Childcare services
• Forest school program
• Preschool education

Headquarters

HQ city

Chester

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales, Others

Revenue model

1. Nursery Care Fees: Full-day and half-day sessions for childcare. Full day sessions 8am-6pm at £76, half day sessions at £50. Additional charges for meals/snacks at £10/day or £3.50 for half day.
2. Government Funding: Accepts 15 and 30 hours of government funding for eligible families. Funding stretched over 51 weeks (11.18 or 22.36 hours per week) or available term-time only (38 weeks). Voluntary contribution of £10 requested on funding days for food.
3. Meal Services (Jake's Kitchen): Online food ordering system for nursery meals. Orders submitted via Famly app, Instagram, Facebook, or email. Weekly rotating menu.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels1 record

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

Best Friends Day Nursery provides full-day and half-day childcare and early years education for children aged 3 months to 5 years across three age-banded rooms (Caterpillars, Ladybirds, Pre-School). Services include a Forest School outdoor learning program, an in-house chef-led catering service (Jake's Kitchen) with balanced nutrition, and acceptance of UK government 15/30 hours childcare funding alongside Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit payments.

Product overview

Best Friends Day Nursery LLP operates as a family-owned childcare provider established in 2006, offering a unified early years education and care service. The nursery provides age-specific room programs including Caterpillars (baby room for 3-18 months), Ladybirds (toddler room for 2-year-olds), and Pre-School (school readiness). Supporting services include Forest School outdoor learning, Jake's Kitchen in-house catering with online ordering, and a Reception/Parents Sitting Room for family engagement. The educational approach integrates Reggio Emilia, Montessori, The Curiosity Approach, and Development Matters frameworks. The nursery operates Monday to Friday from 7:15am to 6:00pm with funding options including Tax-Free Childcare and Universal Credit.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jake's Kitchen: In-house catering service providing home-cooked nutritious meals for children, managed by head chef Jake with over 10 years professional cooking experience worldwide

Products and services

• Caterpillars Baby Room A calm, sensory nursery room for babies aged 3 to 18 months with a strong keyworker and buddy system designed to build secure attachments with consistent caring adults.
• Ladybirds Toddler Room Light and bright nursery room for inquisitive two-year-olds featuring messy play, sand and water play, and arts and crafts, delivered with a practitioner-to-child ratio of one to four.
• Pre-School Room Spacious and inspiring nursery room for school readiness with a dedicated library, quiet room, and dining area, including activities covering letters, numbers, early literacy, mathematical understanding, and technology exploration.
• Forest School Program Outdoor learning program delivered at St Werburgh's School Forest School site, including activities such as building dens, creating clay faces, and mark making in the mud, led by Level 3 Forest School-qualified teacher Tory.
• Jake's Kitchen Catering Service In-house catering service providing home-cooked nutritious meals for children, featuring a seasonal menu following a 5532 approach (5 starchy foods, 5 fruit and vegetables, 3 dairy, 2 protein daily), with online ordering via Famly app, Instagram, Facebook, and email.
• Reception and Parents Sitting Room Family room within the nursery offering coffee mornings, free Wi-Fi, and computers in a breastfeeding-friendly environment with privacy for nursing and a book exchange library.

Quantifiable outcome

• Ofsted 'Good' rating achieved
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers5 records

Segments2 records

Ideal customer profiles1 record

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration5 records

Feature3 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• St Werburgh's SchoolcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSt Werburgh's School has very kindly allowed Best Friends Day Nursery to use their Forest School site during the week and throughout school holidays. This partnership enables the nursery's Forest School program, providing children with outdoor learning opportunities including building dens, creating clay faces, and mark making in mud. Tory, the nursery's Forest School teacher, leads sessions at this natural environment site.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• Bright Horizons Family Solutions: Global nursery chain with a significant UK footprint, including the North West. Offers full-day and term-time nursery care, accepts government funding, and competes for the same working-family segment in Chester and surrounding areas.
• Busy Bees Nurseries: One of the UK's largest nursery operators with hundreds of sites, including in the North West. Same core service (Ofsted-regulated full-day early years childcare and pre-school), same funding-model acceptance, and directly comparable to Best Friends at the customer level, though at vastly greater scale.
• Tops Day Nurseries: Established UK nursery group with multiple Ofsted-rated settings. Comparable on the core dimensions of full-day care, government funding acceptance, in-house catering, and parent-facing digital communication.
• Childbase Partnership: UK nursery group operating multiple Ofsted-rated day nurseries with a strong curriculum-and-nutrition brand. Directly comparable operating model (full-day care, in-house meals, parent app) and a relevant benchmark for multi-site replication of a Best Friends-style proposition.
• Grandir UK: UK arm of the European Grandir group operating day nurseries with structured early years curricula. Comparable service model (full-day care, EYFS-aligned, government-funded hours) and a relevant benchmark for quality-led multi-site growth.
• Storal Learning: UK group of nurseries focused on quality early years education and outdoor learning, including Forest School elements. Comparable curriculum philosophy and parent-comms approach, and operates sites across the Midlands and South.
• Kidsunlimited: UK nursery chain with Ofsted-rated settings offering full-day early years care and pre-school. Same target customer (working families), same funding model, and similar curriculum-based positioning.

Direct peers

• N Family Club: Premium UK nursery group with curated curriculum, on-site catering, and Forest School-style outdoor learning — a strong content-and-experience parallel to Best Friends' Reggio/Montessori/Curiosity Approach + Forest School positioning.
• Monkey Puzzle Day Nurseries: UK franchised nursery network with independently-operated sites; many sites are family-run single locations, making individual Monkey Puzzle sites a close structural analogue to Best Friends in ownership profile and scale.
• Fennies Family: Premium independent nursery group with a strong content-led, parent-communication-heavy brand. Closely comparable on the differentiated-curriculum, on-site-chef, and parent-experience dimensions that distinguish Best Friends from commodity nurseries.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Facebookfacebook.com/profile.php
• Instagraminstagram.com/Jakeskitchen1
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/best-friends-day-nursery-llp

Compliance1 record

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles6 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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