In Depth Services (Cleaning) Limited
Registered name: IN DEPTH SERVICES (CLEANING) LIMITED
Part of Atlas FM Group Limited groupIn Depth Services (Cleaning) Limited made £14.1m revenue and £525k profit in the year to 31 Oct 2024.
In Depth Services (Cleaning) Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £14.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2024, with £525k profit and 941 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Slough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slough, South East
- Age
- 48 yrs · since 1978
- 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. From the filing: “IDG Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £14.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.4m | £11m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | £374k | £590k |
| Profit before tax | £333k | £520k |
| Profit after tax | £299k | £525k |
| Profit (best available) | £299k | £525k |
| Staff costs | £10.4m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 988 | 941 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 2.2% | 3.7% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 22.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £13.6k | £15k |
| Profit per employee | £303 | £558 |
| Cash conversion | 182.6% | 145.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲75.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £871k | £696k |
| Fixed assets | £471k | £393k |
| Current assets | £3.7m | £3.5m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £359k | £396k |
| Cash from operations | £682k | £856k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £15k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £558
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 145.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.1%
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £696k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼5%
- Now 941
- Deferred income
- ▲10%
- Now £396k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £393k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Atlas FM Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- In Depth Services (Cleaning) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (37)
- Atlas FM LimitedRev. £191m · Profit £6.8m
- Atlas FM Payroll LimitedRev. £183m · Profit £375
- Atlas Cleaning LimitedRev. £148m · Profit £230k
- Atlas Facilities Management LimitedRev. £55m · Profit £3.2m
- Atlas Cleaning Datchet LimitedRev. £46.5m · Profit £2.3m
- Atlas Workplace Services LimitedRev. £46.2m · Profit £1.1m
- Atlas Payroll LimitedRev. £31.7m · Profit −£225
- Aston Services Group LtdRev. £19m · Profit £686k
- Bespoke Cleaning Services LimitedRev. £12.1m · Profit £378k
- Sovereign FM LtdRev. £6.8m · Profit £687k
- Allied Facilities LimitedRev. £4.6m · Profit £112k
- A Quality Service LtdRev. £4.5m · Profit £158k
- Tudor Contract Cleaners LimitedRev. £4.1m · Profit −£95.1k
- Two Counties Cleaning Services LimitedRev. £3.8m · Profit £377k
- Lewis & Graves Partnership LimitedRev. £3.6m · Profit −£55.5k
- Solutions-Facilities Management LtdRev. £2.6m · Profit £301k
- Ultima Cleaning LtdRev. £2.3m · Profit £66.8k
- Mar Facilities Support Services LimitedRev. £2.2m · Profit £133k
- JX3 Support Services LimitedRev. £1.5m · Profit −£36.1k
- Atlas Commercial Property Investments LimitedRev. £415k · Profit £5m
- Advanced Cleaning Services LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Allied Facilities (South East) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Atlas Aston LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Atlas Contractors LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Atlas Cpi Benfleet LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Atlas FM Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Atlas Operations Payroll LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Atlas Security LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Broadreach Services Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Geoffrey Furber Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gleam Team Cleaning Services LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Hardy Group LimitedRev. — · Profit £325k
- Hi-Spec Facilities Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- Incredible Window Cleaning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mar Facilities (Holdings) LtdFigures not disclosed
- Outsource Cleaning LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Tudor Group LtdRev. — · Profit −£62.8k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Oct 2024 (profit £525k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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