Summary
A rare opportunity to acquire a well-established, high-performing Childcare and Early Learning Centre located in Adelaide's sought-after inner north eastern suburbs.
Revenue
$2,127,494 pa
Rent
$298,231 pa
Expenses
$1,851,959 pa
Net Profit
$275,535 pa
Location Details
Located in Adelaide's inner north eastern suburbs — a well-established residential area with strong family demographics, close to schools, parks and major arterial roads. Full address disclosed under NDA.
Potential
A well-established Early Learning Centre with strong underlying profitability and further upside available to an incoming operator through fee optimisation, occupancy growth, and operational efficiencies. The business benefits from an experienced staff base and a strong reputation within its local community, offering a genuine platform for growth under new ownership. Full financial performance, growth strategy and further detail available to qualified parties upon execution of a Confidentiality Agreement.
Skills
Suited to an operator or investor with experience in childcare/early learning management, or a background in service-based business operations seeking to enter the sector. Existing management and staff structures support a smooth transition, reducing reliance on specific operator expertise. Prior experience in compliance, staff rostering and family/community engagement would be advantageous but is not essential given the centre's established systems and processes. Full role and structure detail provided under NDA.
Hours
Standard weekday operating hours, consistent with industry norms. Full details available under NDA.
Lease
Secure, established lease in place. Full lease terms available to qualified parties under NDA.
Employees
An experienced, established staff team is in place to support continuity of operations for the incoming owner. Full staffing structure, numbers and role breakdown will be provided to qualified parties upon execution of a Confidentiality Agreement.
Reason for Sale
The current owner is pursuing other business interests and has made the decision to divest this well-established Early Learning Centre. This presents a rare opportunity for an incoming operator to acquire a mature, reputable childcare business with an established client base, experienced staff, and strong community standing — without the time, cost, and risk associated with establishing a new centre from the ground up. Genuine, motivated vendor.
About the Business
This is a long-standing, purpose-built Early Learning Centre located in Adelaide's inner north eastern suburbs, caring for local families for well over a decade. The centre operates across multiple purpose-built rooms catering to each developmental age group from infants through to pre-school, supported by secure outdoor play areas designed to extend the indoor learning environment.
The business has built a strong reputation within its local community, underpinned by an experienced, stable educator team, many of whom have been with the centre for a significant number of years — providing genuine continuity and consistency of care that families value and that supports strong retention and word-of-mouth growth.
Fee structures are simple and all-inclusive, covering meals, consumables and learning materials within a single daily rate, reducing administrative complexity and providing families with cost certainty — a model that has supported strong occupancy and family satisfaction over time.
The centre operates extended hours across the full working week, year-round, aligning with strong demand from working families in the surrounding catchment. It is approved and compliant under the relevant national regulatory framework, with an established educational philosophy guided by recognised early learning frameworks.
The business is being offered together with its associated payroll/employment entity as a single combined transaction, providing a clean and complete operational handover to an incoming owner.
This represents a genuine opportunity for an operator, existing childcare group, or investor to acquire a proven, cash-generative business with an embedded team, loyal client base, and clear pathway for further growth through occupancy optimisation, fee positioning, or operational scale — without the lead time, licensing risk, and capital cost of a greenfield centre establishment.
Full financial performance, operational detail, staffing structure, and lease terms will be made available to qualified, genuine parties upon execution of a Confidentiality Agreement.
History
Established over a decade ago, the centre has operated continuously under long-term, stable leadership, with key members of the educator and management team retained across many years of operation. The business has built a loyal, multi-generational family client base within its local catchment and holds a strong reputation and rating within the community. The centre underwent a rebrand in recent years to reflect its ongoing evolution and community values, while maintaining continuity of care, staff, and operating philosophy throughout.
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