City & Essex Limited
Registered name: CITY & ESSEX LIMITED
City & Essex Limited made £30.2m revenue and £953k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
City & Essex Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £30.2m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £953k profit and 855 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Essex; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Essex, East of England
- Age
- 45 yrs · since 1981
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9.9m | £24.3m | £30.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | £9m | £21m | £25.7m |
| Gross profit | — | £923k | £3.2m | £4.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £380k | £921k | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | — | £810k | £35.7k | £1.3m |
| Profit after tax | — | £714k | −£205k | £953k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £714k | −£205k | £953k |
| Staff costs | — | £7.4m | £16.4m | — |
| Employees (average) | 388 | 468 | 737 | 855 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 7.2% | −0.9% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | — | 9.3% | 13.3% | 14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £21.2k | £32.9k | £35.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.5k | −£278 | £1.1k |
| Cash conversion | — | −120.3% | 267.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲145.2% | ▲24.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼128.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.6% | ▲57.5% | ▲16% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.7m | £976k | £2.2m | £4.1m |
| Net assets | £3.8m | £4.1m | £3.6m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £728k | £2.9m | £333k | £152k |
| Current assets | £4.4m | £3.4m | £7m | £8.6m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £2m | £4.2m | £3.8m |
| Cash from operations | — | −£456k | £2.5m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £35.3k
- 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
- 0.5%
- 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
- ▲28%
- Now £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲87%
- Now £4.1m
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 855
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼54%
- Now £152k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £953k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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