Hygiene Group Limited
Registered name: HYGIENE GROUP LIMITED
Part of Hygiene UK Holdings Ltd groupHygiene Group Limited made £13.3m revenue and £361k profit in the year to 31 May 2025. read from filing text
Hygiene Group Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £13.3m in the year to 31 May 2025, with £361k profit and 444 employees. The company is classified under “specialised cleaning services” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- 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: “On 25 July 2019, Hygiene UK Holdings Ltd acquired a majority shareholding in Hygiene Group Limited and became the parent company and ultimate controlling party.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 May 2022 | 31 May 2023 | 31 May 2024 | 31 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12m | £12.2m | £12.8m | £13.3m |
| Operating profit | £520k | £445k | £281k | £349k |
| Profit before tax | £613k | £439k | £397k | £448k |
| Profit after tax | £517k | £352k | £327k | £361k |
| Profit (best available) | £517k | £352k | £327k | £361k |
| Staff costs | £9.6m | £9.6m | £10.1m | £10.6m |
| Employees (average) | 478 | 457 | 461 | 444 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 2.9% | 2.5% | 2.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £25k | £26.7k | £27.8k | £30k |
| Profit per employee | £1.1k | £770 | £710 | £813 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▲5.1% | ▲4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼31.9% | ▼7% | ▲10.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.4% | ▲0.9% | ▼3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £300k | £176k | £270k | £347k |
| Net assets | £3.1m | £3.1m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £305k | £1.1m | £1m | £988k |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.6m | £6m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £3.1m | £3.4m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £857k | £757k | £560k | £783k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £30k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £813
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.8%
- 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
- ▼10%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲28%
- Now £347k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 444
- Deferred income
- ▲40%
- Now £783k
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £988k
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
- Hygiene UK Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Hygiene Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Hygiene Stores (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peak Precision Cleaning LtdFigures 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 May 2025 (profit £361k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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