Happy Days Nurseries & Pre-Schools Acquire Two More Acquisitions

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Feb 20, 2025

Happy Days Nurseries and Pre-Schools expand its portfolio with the acquisition of two more Nurseries!

Happy Days Nurseries and Pre-Schools is delighted to have been given the opportunity to expand its portfolio further with the acquisition of Farlington Day Nursery and Dolls House Nursery, increasing their portfolio to 31 settings across the South and South West.

Farlington Day Nursery and Dolls House Nursery are both located in Portsmouth, and provide a high standard of care and education, offering a great service to the whole family and local community. Both nurseries provide safe, stimulating environments to enable young children to thrive in a learning and caring environment alongside encouraging parent partnership and active participation to optimise the child’s growth and development to reach their full potential.

Marcia Viccars, Merger & Acquisitions Director, said, “We are thrilled to be growing our portfolio again with the acquisition of these two fantastic nurseries whose ethos of nurturing children in a warm, friendly environment aligns with our own, and we are looking forward to building on this.”

Kim Herbert, Managing Director for Happy Days Nurseries and Pre-Schools added,“ Farlington and Dolls House values and beliefs of providing children with the very best care and education align with our own. The staff team will remain in place, and we look forward to working with them to support children to become strong and motivated learners for life and provide a top-class service to enable parents to work and live their daily lives knowing their children are cherished and cared for to the highest standard.”

Rachel Dolman, outgoing owner, stated, “After running the nurseries for over 21 years I decided it was time for me to move on, finding the right team to carry the nurseries forward was very important to me. After meeting Happy Days, I instantly knew they were the right choice to continue with the same passion that I have to deliver high quality childcare, in a friendly, homely environment.”

Happy Days Nurseries and Pre-Schools has now increased its total number of settings to 31, with new nurseries in the pipeline. Anyone interested in selling their business, or a developer looking for a nursery provider to partner with, should contact Kevin Higgs: kevin.higgs@happydaysnurseries.com; Kim Herbert kim.herbert@happydaysnureries.com or Marcia Viccars marcia.viccars@happydaysnurseries.com

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