A first of its kind for the children’s activities industry. The official list was announced throughout the day at the Club Hub Event 2025 on Saturday 10th May in Birmingham.
Business owners applying had to be an active children’s activity provider and a registered club hub member to enter. They also had to be the person physically teaching the classes or activities in the UK.
Entries for ‘Top 100 Children’s Activity Providers’ were assessed by expert judges, focussing on five key areas: activity benefits, safeguarding, inclusivity, community impact and business achievements. Each question was marked 1-20, giving a total overall score out of 100.
Thank you to our 2025 Top 100 judges; Bradley Flavien, Julia Clark, Antonia Noble, James McDonald, Nicole Bateman, Tamara Holland and Cerys Keneally. You can read more about them here. The standard of applications was very high and represented a diverse range of kids activities, clubs and attractions.
The list will also be a useful tool for parents and carers, as they will know that the providers have demonstrated the benefits of their activity for participants as well as excellent levels of commitment to, and compliance with safeguarding and inclusivity.
Tessa Day, Founder and Director of Club Hub UK said:
“I was thrilled to meet our first ever ‘Top 100 Children’s Activity Provider’s’ at the Club Hub Event in May. This is a huge celebration of our industry, showcasing the very best in the UK. Every business owner on this list goes above and beyond to inspire, education and support children and families local to them. I am excited to share a new Top 100 list every year from now on”.
1 Jo Haydon – 4 Community Trust CIC
2 Dan Flanagan – Dad La Soul
3 Laura Cross – Inventors & Makers
4 Steven Fox – Fox Cycling Franchising Ltd
5 Rachael Hurton – Synergy Dance
6 Savanna Madden – Madden Theatre Arts
7 Gavin Hague – Rock Up
8 Stephen Parkinson – Player Ready Level-Up Creators Clubs
9 Carrie Ann Booth – The Science Booth
10 Tommy Balaam – Captain Fantastic
11 Amy Jane Eley – Magical Tots
12 Emily Little – Jigsaw Performing Arts Balham
13 Glenard Patnelli – The Science of Sound
14 Rachel Dawn Peebles – Estrellas Brillantes
15 Nicky Adams – Full of Beans Fitness Ltd
16 Fatema Zahra Meghjee – Tots Play Birmingham South Central
17 Tom White – Kent Wildlife Trust
18 Julie Wilkins – Music Bugs North Lincs & Grimsby
19 Yousif Ahmed, Esq. & Ajay Signh – Tots United®
20 Leonie Briggs – Amazelab
21 Lucy Hoad – Athletix Kidz
22 Jo MacMillan – Drama Tots Alvechurch, Bromsgrove and Redditch North
23 Andy Hoang – Beyond Blocks
24 Taja Morgan – Empower Arts LTD
25 Harry Taylor – TayPlay Activity Camps
26 Charlie Tarrant – CSS Activities
27 Julie Hetherington – TinyTalk SouthWest Birmingham & North Worcestershire
28 Lisa Eagling – MathsFit
29 Kate Whitby – The Tween Tribe
30 Tracey Jane Cassidy – Junior Einsteins Science Club
31Rachel Fay-Sedgwick – Little Learners Playspace Ashington
32 Toby Ward-Smith – South Side Theatre Academy
33 Jennifer Kelley – Caterpillar Music Cheshire North
34 Laura Davitt & Carly Pryke – Fixation Academy of Performing Arts Limited
35 Jess Armstrong – The Nature Play Patch
36 Charlotte Hill – Baby Band
37 Shafiqur Rahman – Better Active Oldham
38 Julie Bevan – Dot Kids Art Inspiration
39 Helen Atkins and Katherine McMurphy – Baby Sparks Sensory (Spark Sensory Ltd)
40 Sarah Willies – Glow Tots Sensory
41 Jayne Hutchins and Izzy Murray – Astro Academy Warrington CIC
42 Jasmine Hanlon – MOVE IT SHAKE IT
43 Amy Wilson-Phillips – Hushabye Hands
44 Josephine Moxom – Tumble Tots Stevenage
45 George Hounsell – 4 All Foundation
46 Louise Judson – Bumblebee Beatz
47 Faye Wood – Fayes Music Dots
48 Erin Papper – Jumping Juniors
49 Kayleigh O’Connor – Everyone Deserves the Chance to Dance Limited
50 Kat Penn – VoxFresh
51 Faizur Rahman – Supa Active
52 Georgina Burns – CTA Performing Arts
53 Richard Bernstein – XUK Camps
54 Emma Gardener & Lorna Eccleston – Story Rangers Ltd
55 Anna Coggan – Caterpillar Music Newark
56 Lucy Abraham – BilinguaSing Birmingham South
57 Matt Gale – SkillsCoach Ltd
58 Lucy Hill-Brown – Junior Einsteins Birmingham
59 Kim Edwards-Waight and Lucy Bosher – YEM Theatre School
60 Debbie Webb – Activ8 For Kids Ltd
61 Jen Acton – Happy Little Signers
62 Hannah Donkin – Music Squad Limited
63 Dani Meighen – diddi dance Sunderland
64 Joanna Craig – Magical Crafting Club
65 Cari Weston – BilinguaSing Wokingham and Bracknell
66 Rob Oyston – Sports Xtra
67 Reece Elbourn – Lets Leap Sports Academy LTD
68 Samantha Searle – Boogie Tots
69 Mirela Trakiyska Thompson – Mini Professors East Surrey
70 Jo Morris – Mini Lingos
71 Helen Simmons – Caterpillar Music UK
72 Jessica Wesson – Showtime Circus Ltd
73 Kate Lowndes – Roarsome Sport
74 Wesley Driskel – Not Just Sport
75 Emma Canning – GO GO Makers
76 Rachel Calvert – Centre Stage Theatre Academy
77 Gemma Mills – Born2Sing
78 Tolga Duzenli – Young Engineers Walthamstow
79 Jen Dowding – Basking Babies
80 Tyan Jones – Dramagical Entertainment
81 Alison Wood and Selina Walker – The Discovery Den Ltd
82 Andrew Banks – Koku-Ryu Martial Arts
83 Ruth Saunderson – Happy Harmonies
84 Bettina Bustamante – Bebu Spanish
85 Annette Peterson – Number Train Limited
86 Sarah Chadwick and Amanda Saunders – Bloom Baby and Toddler Classes Liverpool Central
87 Hannah Cavalier – Boogie Beat Music and Movement Aldershot and surrounding area
88 Rachel Kenning – Tot Bop Ltd
89 Caz Dolby – Wildcats Theatre School
90 Avril O’Brien – Mitchy Titch Yoga & Mindfulness
91 Chloe Devos – Devos Dance & Drama
92 Andy Beeston – Active Minds
93 Areef Datoo – The Little Gym Hampstead
94 Olivia Medlock – PQA Rugby
95 Tegan Hill – M-Pulsive Tots & Tinies
96 Daniel Hatton – Little Athletes
97 Abigail White – LoveScience
98 Emma Smith – Stage It! Dance Academy
99 Rosy Thompson – Rosy Thompson Academy of Dance
100 Jenny Hampton – Tumble Tots York
Please take a look at our interactive Top 100 Children’s Activity Provider magazine for more details here.