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Company No. 02189512 · Incorporated 6 Nov 1987

Exclusive Contract Services Limited

Registered name: EXCLUSIVE CONTRACT SERVICES LIMITED

Part of Ocs Holdco 2 Limited group

Exclusive Contract Services Limited made £10.2m revenue and a £101k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2024.

Exclusive Contract Services Limited’s revenue fell 13% to £10.2m in the year to 31 Mar 2024, with a loss of £101k and 713 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Ipswich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection N · Administrative and support servicesSIC 81210General cleaning of buildings
Status
Active
Location
Ipswich, East of England
Age
38 yrs · since 1987
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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Mar 2024

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£10.2m
Growth ▼12.9%
Profit
−£101k
Growth —
Profit margin
−1%
Gross 21.9%
Employees
713
Change ▼6.9%
Profit / employee
−£141
Revenue/employee £14.2k
Profitable streak
0yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Mar 202231 Mar 202331 Mar 2024
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£9.4m£11.7m£10.2m
Cost of sales£7.3m£9.2m£7.9m
Gross profit£2.1m£2.5m£2.2m
Operating profit£232k£41k−£53.7k
Profit before tax£777k£25.5k−£63.7k
Profit after tax£593k−£3.1k−£101k
Profit (best available)£593k−£3.1k−£101k
Staff costs—£10.4m£9.1m
Employees (average)785766713
Ratios
Profit margin6.3%0%−1%
Gross margin22%21.1%21.9%
Revenue per employee£12k£15.2k£14.2k
Profit per employee£755−£4−£141
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▲23.8%▼12.9%
Profit growth—▼100.5%—
Headcount growth—▼2.4%▼6.9%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2.6m£1.4m£1.8m
Net assets£4.2m£4m£3.8m
Fixed assets£4m£4.3m£4.1m
Current assets£4.7m£5m£3.9m
Debtors£1.8m£3.2m£2.1m
Deferred income£204k£356k£277k
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
−1%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
21.9%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£14.2k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
−£141
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
40.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
2.7%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
20.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▼5%
Now £3.8m
Cash at bank
▲33%
Now £1.8m
Headcount
▼7%
Now 713
Deferred income
▼22%
Now £277k
Fixed assets
▼3%
Now £4.1m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Ocs Holdco 2 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Ocs Holdco 3 Limited75–100%
  3. Ocs Holdco 4 Limited75–100%
  4. Ocs Parco Limited75–100%
  5. Ocs Group Holdings Limited75–100%
  6. Ocs Group Investments Limited75–100%
  7. Ocs Group International Limited75–100%
  8. Ocs Uk&i Limited75–100%
  9. Ocs Group UK Limited75–100%
  10. The Exclusive Services Group Limited75–100%
  11. Exclusive Contract Services Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2024 (profit −£101k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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