A message from Dr Allan Presland · Founder of EYbi

The money isn't missing from your nursery. It's just invisible.

One nursery owner discovered she'd lost £12,000 in six months. Money she had already earned, quietly slipping through the cracks because she couldn't see it.

Watch this free video to find out if the same thing is happening in your setting.

74%
of UK nurseries still aren't profitable. We surveyed the sector ten years ago and found 50% were struggling. We surveyed it again recently. It got worse, not better. The funded hours expansion has made margins tighter for most settings. And most owners still can't see exactly where the money is going.

Most settings are sitting on £20,000–£80,000 in hidden profit. Most owners have never been able to see it.

27+
Years inside the
Early Years sector
1,000+
Settings visited across
UK, Asia and Middle East
35,000+
Childcare professionals
trained
£6B+
Nursery fees processed
through his systems
36
Education business
acquisitions and turnarounds
What's in the video

Whether you've watched it or you're deciding whether to, here's what's inside.

I walk you through exactly what financial blindness costs the average nursery, and what changes the moment you can finally see it.

1

Why most nurseries aren't profitable, and it isn't the funding rates

The real reason most settings struggle, and why cutting costs or working harder won't fix it on its own.

2

The £12,000 case study that changes how you see your numbers

What happened when one nursery owner looked at her invoices against her actual attendance records, and how common her story really is.

3

What financial visibility looks like room by room and session by session

The numbers most owners have never been able to see, and what they reveal about where the money is actually going.

4

How to get your full profit picture in 30 minutes without a spreadsheet

No finance background needed. No accountant. No complicated setup. Just clarity, from the numbers you already have.

Who this is for

Whatever your situation, if the numbers aren't clear, EYbi was built for you.

Nobody opens a nursery because they dream of analysing financial reports. But eventually every owner discovers the same thing. Good childcare alone doesn't guarantee a healthy business. Whether you're struggling or already profitable, EYbi shows you what's actually driving the result and where there's more to find.

🏠

You're full but not profitable

The rooms are occupied, the team is working, and you still can't understand why the month-end figures don't reflect it.

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Funded hours are destroying your margins

You've taken on more funded places but the economics never quite stack up. EYbi shows you exactly how each funded session is affecting your bottom line.

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You're growing and want to scale smart

You're ambitious and things are building. But before you expand, you want to know exactly what's working and what isn't.

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You're running more than one site

See profit by site, by room, by session. All from one login. Finally know which of your settings is carrying the weight and which one needs your attention.

🎯

You want to optimise before you exit

Whether you're planning to sell or pass on your setting, a clear, profitable financial picture makes it more valuable. EYbi helps you build that picture.

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You're a manager who needs the numbers to make a case

You can see there's a problem. You need clear data to show your owners or directors. EYbi gives you a report that speaks for itself.

Inside the product

Here's what you actually see when you log in.

Three views. Each one built around a question most nursery owners have never been able to answer clearly before.

Financial Insights

Your revenue, your costs, and your margin in one place. Broken down by month and by room. No spreadsheet. No accountant.

Revenue
Costs
Margin
Room by room · Session by session · Month by month

Because knowing your total revenue isn't the same as knowing whether your business is actually healthy.

Room Efficiency

See which rooms are generating profit and which ones are quietly costing you money. Session by session. Week by week.

Butterflies
Strong
Caterpillars
Review
Ladybirds
Attention needed
Bumblebees
Strong

Because the room that looks busiest isn't always the one that's paying its way.

Your Full Picture

One dashboard. Every number that matters. Funded vs private margin, staff ratios, and where the leaks are happening. No trying to piece information together from half a dozen different places.

Here's what becomes visible the moment you log in:

Revenue leakage Flagged
Funded vs private margin Visible
Room profitability Visible
Staff cost ratio Visible
Session efficiency Visible

Because you can't fix what you can't see — and most owners have never been able to see this clearly before.

Real case study

She almost took out a loan.
The money was already there.

Jennie was experienced, detail-oriented, completely committed to her setting. She thought she had a cost problem. I asked her to do one thing: compare her last six months of invoices against her actual attendance records.

Ad-hoc sessions never invoiced. Late pickups never charged. Session changes never adjusted. In six months, she had lost money she had already earned. It had slipped through the cracks because she couldn't see it.

£12,000
Lost in 6 months. Money she had already earned.

Jennie wasn't even full when this happened. The leak was there regardless.

She's not unusual. This is happening in settings across the UK right now. The money isn't always missing. Sometimes it's just invisible.

Built from the inside

I've been inside over a thousand settings. I know exactly where the money goes.

After enough time inside this sector, you start seeing the same problems before anyone's even opened a spreadsheet.

I've spent 27 years inside this sector. I've worked with nursery groups, independents, failing settings and high-performing ones — across the UK, Asia, and the Middle East.

And after a while, you start seeing the same patterns repeat.

Settings that look busy on the surface, quietly struggling underneath. Not because owners aren't trying. Not because they don't care. Because nobody can clearly see where the money is actually going.

"The profit is already there in most settings. It's just hiding in places the owner can't see. EYbi is the tool I wish every owner had 20 years ago."

I built EYbi to put everything I've learned into a tool any setting owner or manager can use in 30 minutes, without a finance background, a spreadsheet, or an accountant.

Dr Allan Presland
Dr Allan Presland
Founder, EYbi · 27 years in Early Years
  • ◆2x Amazon Number 1 Bestseller in Early Years business
  • ◆Founded Parenta Group, the UK's largest childcare apprenticeship provider
  • ◆35,000+ professionals trained
  • ◆£6B+ in nursery fees processed
  • ◆1,000+ settings visited across UK, Asia and Middle East
  • ◆Represented the sector in Parliament and the House of Lords
  • ◆36 education business acquisitions and turnarounds
Ready to see clearly?

Everything in that video is already sitting inside your own business.

EYbi gives you the financial picture most nursery owners and managers have never had. Room by room. Session by session. In under 30 minutes. The owners who navigate the next few years best won't necessarily be the biggest. They'll be the ones who understand their numbers.

1
Sign up free
No card. No commitment. Takes two minutes.
2
Enter your numbers
Works with the data you already have. No complex integrations or IT support needed.
3
See your picture
Room by room. Session by session. In under 30 minutes.
Free to get started · No card required

You've already earned the money. EYbi just helps you see it.

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