FIRST STEPS ENTERPRISE LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
Like most small UK companies, FIRST STEPS ENTERPRISE LIMITED does not publish a profit and loss account in its latest accounts. The figures below come from the balance sheet.
Ratios
2024/25Sector comparison
SIC 78200Where the company stands among the 11,758 active companies whose first SIC code is 78200 (Temporary employment agency activities).
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Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 11,758. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: FIRST STEPS ENTERPRISE LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
FIRST STEPS ENTERPRISE LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 08918285. It was incorporated on 3 Mar 2014. Its status is active. The registered office is in Liverpool (L1). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is temporary employment agency activities (78200), pre-primary education (85100).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2024/25 (period ending 31 Mar 2025); the company files small company accounts (filleted). Net assets were £2,443, up 206.1% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £90,945. Total assets were £120,984 and total liabilities £118,541. The company had an average of 56 employees. Figures are available for 5 financial years (2020/21–2024/25).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 11,758 active companies whose first SIC code is 78200: By net assets it ranks lower than 59% of them (median £6,759). By total assets it ranks higher than 61% of them (median £49,440). By cash it ranks higher than 71% of them (median £24,156). By number of employees it ranks higher than 93% of them (median 2). It is older than 78% of them (median age 4.8 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as the supplier in one public contract award notice, from Sefton Council. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £15k. It is recorded as the recipient of one central government grant worth £750, from Department for Education.
Who runs and controls the company?
The company has 2 current directors. 2 persons with significant control are registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 31 Dec 2026. The next confirmation statement is due by 11 Mar 2027.
Filed accounts2020/21–2024/25
| 2020/21 | 2021/22 | 2022/23 | 2023/24 | 2024/25 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cash at bank and in hand | 45,968 | 100,439 | 50,358 | 149,504 | 90,945 |
| Total assets | 108,594 | 158,975 | 108,094 | 176,167 | 120,984 |
| Total liabilities | 104,473 | 153,914 | 123,107 | 175,369 | 118,541 |
| Net assets / total equity | 4,121 | 5,061 | -15,013 | 798 | 2,443 |
| Average number of employees | 49 | 50 | 55 | 55 | 56 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
1 contractFIRST STEPS ENTERPRISE LIMITED is named as a supplier in 1 public contract award notice from Sefton Council. Its published value is £15k.
- Licence to operate Nursery Provision at Hatton Hill Primary School, Litherland, Liverpool‡Sefton Council · £15,000
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Government grants
1 grantFIRST STEPS ENTERPRISE LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 1 central government grant, worth £750.
- Apprenticeships Participation 18+Department for Education · £750
From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.
History
10 events- Financial year 2024/25 endedAccounts: net assets £2,443, 56 employees
- Financial year 2023/24 endedAccounts: net assets £798, 55 employees
- Financial year 2022/23 endedAccounts: net assets −£15k, 55 employees
- Financial year 2021/22 endedAccounts: net assets £5,061, 50 employees
- Financial year 2020/21 endedAccounts: net assets £4,121, 49 employees
- Mr Ian Roy Merrison registered as a person with significant control
- Mrs Jennifer Ann Merrison registered as a person with significant control
- Ian Roy MERRISON appointedDirector
Earlier events (2)
- Jennifer Ann MERRISON appointedDirector
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.