Birkin Cleaning Services Limited
Registered name: BIRKIN CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Reditus Capital Limited groupBirkin Cleaning Services Limited made £29.1m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Birkin Cleaning Services Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £29.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.7m and 1,636 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Grays; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grays, London
- Age
- 54 yrs · since 1972
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £20.4m | £23.1m | £24.3m | £29.1m |
| Cost of sales | £15.8m | £18.3m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £4.8m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £1.4m | £601k | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £254k | −£1.5m | — |
| Profit after tax | £985k | −£291k | −£695k | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £985k | −£291k | −£695k | −£1.7m |
| Staff costs | £15.8m | £18.2m | £20.3m | £25.5m |
| Employees (average) | 1,305 | 1,403 | 2 | 1,636 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.8% | −1.3% | −2.9% | −5.9% |
| Gross margin | 22.7% | 20.8% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £15.7k | £16.5k | £12.1m | £17.8k |
| Profit per employee | £755 | −£207 | −£347k | −£1.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.9% | ▲5.2% | ▲19.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼129.5% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▼99.9% | ▲81700% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £327k | £711k | £1.2m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £2m | £1.4m | £542k | −£2m |
| Fixed assets | £231k | £3.4m | £3.4m | — |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £8.2m | £8.9m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £3.3m | £3.3m | £4m | £3.7m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £661k | £1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −5.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼464%
- Now −£2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲81700%
- Now 1,636
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Reditus Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Birkin Group Limited75–100%
- Birkin Cleaning Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Clean Sweep LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Birkin Security Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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