Clockwork Removals Limited
Registered name: CLOCKWORK REMOVALS LIMITED
Part of Clockwork Group Holdings Limited groupClockwork Removals Limited made £15.4m revenue and £366k profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025.
Clockwork Removals Limited’s revenue grew 9% to £15.4m in the year to 30 Nov 2025, with £366k profit and 139 employees. The company is classified under “removal services” and is based in Swindon; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Swindon, South West
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2022 | 30 Nov 2023 | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13m | £13m | £14m | £15.4m |
| Cost of sales | £6.6m | £6.2m | £6.7m | £7.5m |
| Gross profit | £6.4m | £6.8m | £7.3m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £778k | £623k | £581k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1m | £738k | £601k | £543k |
| Profit after tax | £893k | £588k | £439k | £366k |
| Profit (best available) | £893k | £588k | £439k | £366k |
| Staff costs | £4.3m | £4.5m | £5m | £5.5m |
| Employees (average) | 123 | 120 | 134 | 139 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.9% | 4.5% | 3.1% | 2.4% |
| Gross margin | 49.2% | 52.4% | 52% | 51.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £106k | £108k | £105k | £110k |
| Profit per employee | £7.3k | £4.9k | £3.3k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.2% | ▲8.3% | ▲9.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼34.1% | ▼25.3% | ▼16.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲11.7% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £2.1m | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Net assets | £4.5m | £4.5m | £4.3m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £2.8m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £5.6m | £5.2m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £829k | £739k | £768k | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | £839k | £987k | £1m | £967k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 51.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £110k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.6%
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼20%
- Now £1.4m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 139
- Deferred income
- ▼7%
- Now £967k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £3.1m
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
- Clockwork Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Clockwork Removals Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- CBT LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (1)
- Clockwork Properties LimitedRev. £700k · Profit £187k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £366k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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