The Carroll Cleaning Company Limited
Registered name: THE CARROLL CLEANING COMPANY LIMITED
The Carroll Cleaning Company Limited made £12.8m revenue and £673k profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025.
The Carroll Cleaning Company Limited’s revenue grew 14% to £12.8m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £673k profit and 1,170 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Halifax; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Halifax, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- 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 | 31 Jul 2022 | 31 Jul 2023 | 31 Jul 2024 | 31 Jul 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.3m | £12.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.6m | £9.8m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £536k | £888k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £536k | £902k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £401k | £673k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £401k | £673k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £9.5m | £10.7m |
| Employees (average) | 986 | 1,019 | 1,152 | 1,170 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 3.6% | 5.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 23.8% | 24% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £9.8k | £11k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £348 | £575 |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −144.2% | −135.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲14.1% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲67.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.4% | ▲13.1% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £342k | £689k | £1.4m | £2.4m |
| Net assets | £1.1m | £1m | £931k | £1.1m |
| Fixed assets | £183k | £341k | £467k | £453k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £2m | £2.3m | £2.8m |
| Debtors | £341k | £415k | £429k | £381k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £14.1k | £65.5k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£772k | −£1.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £11k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £575
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −135.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▲23%
- Now £1.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲70%
- Now £2.4m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 1,170
- Deferred income
- ▲365%
- Now £65.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £453k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jul 2025 (profit £673k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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