The findings have prompted nursery leaders to call for Governmentaction.
The research, published last week, revealed there had been an increasein the number of all types of childcare providers making a loss since2003.
But the trend was particularly marked among full day care providers.
A fifth said they had made a loss in their most recent financialyear.
This is up from 12 per cent in 2003.
Only a quarter were sure they had made a profit, 31 per cent had managedto cover costs and 21 per cent did not know. A quarter of out-of-schoolclubs and 15 per cent of sessional care providers were also operating ata loss.
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