Leading Suffolk And Norfolk Childcare Recruitment Agency For Sale

Business description

Tinies is a well-established childcare recruitment franchise specialising in nanny and nursery recruitment. Tinies was established in 1975 and has been controlled by its current management team since 2000. It has over 30 branches throughout the UK and over the last 35 years profits have risen year on year. In 2003 the network turnover was £1m and now it is £4m.

There are 3 main aspects to the business;

Nursery
Tinies is the leading supplier of nursery nurses to large chains of nurseries, but also to local authority nurseries and independent nurseries. The nursery market faces acute staff shortages. With its history as a childcare specialist and access to the best pool of qualified staff, Tinies is currently able to provide a superior service than any of the other suppliers in the market.

Nanny
Tinies is by far the largest nanny agency in the UK, supplying childcarers to families on a permanent and temporary basis. Since 2005 the market enjoyed its first taste of regulation with the introduction of the Approval Scheme enabling parents to use tax vouchers for home based childcare. As the only company that operates to established procedures and with a range of corporate clients Tinies has seen uplift in the nanny business. We are also the leading suppliers of emergency nannies to working parents through our sister company My Family Care.

Mobile Crèche
Tinies is becoming the leading supplier of mobile crèches and event nannies across the UK. Typically our branches are providing mobile crèches to weddings, corporate events, exhibitions and local authorities (to support any working parent training courses). This part of our business is expanding rapidly.

Buying a Tinies franchise means you have the guaranteed brand name (currently the leading childcare agency in the country); you have continued support and training from Tinies Head Office, with a team of people dedicated to making your business work for you; you have access to the largest database of child carers in the country; and a website that attracts more business than any other childcare agency website in the UK.

The owner has operated the Tinies Suffolk and Norfolk branch since July 2008. (The owner also operated the Tinies Cambridge branch since its inception in November 2005 and sold the branch in September 2011).

Tinies Suffolk and Norfolk is an efficiently run branch with excellent operating systems in place and the unique Tinies database is maintained to meticulous standards. It is these systems that will be a key benefit to a new business owner who after training from Head Office and the owner would be able to run the business without difficulty from their first day of trading, ensuring an income from the beginning.

The sale price is £37,000 but the owner is open to sensible negotiation.

Property information

Location:

The branch is run from the owners' home. Suffolk and Norfolk

Business Operation

Expansion potential:

Huge business development potential exists within expansion of both the nanny and nursery service provision.

The business could also grow significantly with the introduction of the mobile crèche business and or expanding into teaching and tutoring supply.

Competition / Market:

Competition comes from smaller Nanny agencies and some education based agencies which is of limited significance.

Reasons for selling:

Personal reasons

Trading hours:

8am till 6pm
Emergency cover from 7am till 6.30pm Monday to Friday

Employees:

The owner and her husband full time

Years established:

Tinies UK Limited, the franchisor has been established since 1975.

Franchise terms

Franchise opportunity:

Yes

5 years but automatically renewed at no cost after 5 yrs

Other information

Support & training:

Full training will be provided on handover from the existing owner. Extensive support and guidance will also be provided from the Franchisor for the duration of the franchise agreement to ensure the success of the business. The key services include: operational support on a daily basis, bespoke database and contact management system, Tinies website, operations manual, monthly communication letter, two conferences per year as well as franchise meetings, nationalised exclusive contracts guaranteeing income and centralised sales and marketing.

Home based:

This business can be run from home.

Relocatable:

This business can be relocated.