Starting a nursery
Nursery start-up consultancy for owners opening a nursery.
Open with a business model that works.
Before you commit to a lease, fit-out or staffing structure, understand what the nursery needs to earn, how quickly occupancy has to build and how much cash you may need to reach stability.
Before expensive decisions become fixed
Test the nursery on paper first.
A promising building and a strong childcare vision are not yet a viable business. Capacity, room mix, staffing, fees, funded hours, opening costs and the speed of occupancy growth all interact.
I help you challenge those assumptions before they become commitments. The aim is a plan you can understand and use, not a spreadsheet that only works when every assumption goes right.
- Capacity and room mix
- Fees and income assumptions
- Occupancy ramp-up
- Staffing model
- Opening costs
- Working capital and cash pressure points
- Funding case and lender-ready commercial thinking
- Opening and registration planning
What support can look like
Focused on the decisions in front of you.
Start-up support can review the assumptions and plans you already have, identify what needs more work and focus on the decisions that need to be made before opening. The scope depends on how far you have progressed and is agreed before paid work starts.
A sensible starting point
Start with the numbers you can still change.
If you are early in the process, a focused review can identify the assumptions that need work before you spend heavily. If you are further along, I can concentrate on the immediate decision in front of you.
Planning your first nursery?
Start with a free 30-minute business call. Tell me what stage you are at and where you need a second pair of eyes.