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Gingerbread Corner

Age47 years
older than 99% of its sector
Same activity, United Kingdom8,413live companies · 5th oldest
In Croydon40,597live companies · 115 in the same activity
At this address1only this company
Latest accounts2025total exemption full accounts, made up to 31 Mar 2025

In brief

Gingerbread Corner is a private company limited by guarantee incorporated in England and Wales on 31 May 1979. At 47 years old it is older than 99% of the 8,413 live companies whose main activity is child day-care activities. Its registered office is in Croydon, London. 115 live companies in Croydon share the same main activity. Its latest accounts were made up to 31 March 2025 and filed as total exemption full accounts. It was previously called The Croydon Play Care Company, a name it changed on 30 July 2008.

Register details

Registered nameGINGERBREAD CORNER
Company number01424489
Company typePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Registered officeGingerbread Corner, Grenaby Avenue, CR0 2EG Croydon
JurisdictionEngland and Wales
Nature of business (UK SIC 2007)88910 Child day-care activities
International sector (ISIC Rev.4)Q · 88 Social work activities without accommodation

Timeline

Register events, newest first.

  • Confirmation statement made up
  • Accounts made upTotal exemption full accounts
  • Name changedPreviously The Croydon Play Care Company
  • Incorporated

Filings and charges

Deadlines and charge counts from the register.

Next accounts due31 December 2026
Accounting reference date31 March
Next confirmation statement27 April 2027
Last confirmation statement13 April 2026
Charges registered1
Outstanding · satisfied1 · 0

Charges are security interests (such as mortgages) registered against the company.

Child day-care activities in the United Kingdom

Live companies whose main activity is 88910: 8,413 in total, median age 4 years, 1,221 incorporated in the past 12 months.

All 8,413 companies
This company's decadeOther decades
02,0004,0006,0008,0001940s: 111940s1970s: 441970s1980s: 21211980s1990s: 1151151990s2000s: 6806802000s2010s: 2,5602,5602010s2020s: 5,0325,0322020s
Incorporated per year, still live
05001,0001,5002,0002011: 19320112012: 1902013: 21320132014: 2172015: 27120152016: 2442017: 29120172018: 3922019: 44820192020: 4092021: 45620212022: 5362023: 62420232024: 8102025: 1,15720252026: 1,040

Location

Registered office in Croydon, London.

Croydon
Live companies in Croydon40,597
Same activity in Croydon115
New in Croydon, past 12 months4,985

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Sources

Register data: Companies House, Free Company Data Product, delivery of 1 October 2026. Places: ONS Postcode Directory (Open Government Licence v3.0). Sector names: Eurostat NACE Rev. 2. Context figures are computed by FirmsDB from these sources. This page is not an official register; check the official record before relying on it.