We Clean Limited
Registered name: WE CLEAN LIMITED
We Clean Limited made £14.4m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Jul 2025. read from filing text
We Clean Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £14.4m in the year to 31 Jul 2025, with £1.1m profit and 724 employees. The company is classified under “other building and industrial cleaning activities” and is based in Birmingham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Birmingham, West Midlands
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £10.6m | £12.5m | £14.4m |
| Cost of sales | — | £7.9m | £9.4m | £10.9m |
| Gross profit | — | £2.6m | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | — | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit before tax | — | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Profit after tax | — | £881k | £955k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £881k | £955k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | £7.1m | £8.5m | £10m |
| Employees (average) | 550 | 579 | 690 | 724 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.3% | 7.7% | 7.4% |
| Gross margin | — | 25.1% | 24.8% | 23.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £18.3k | £18.1k | £19.8k |
| Profit per employee | — | £1.5k | £1.4k | £1.5k |
| Cash conversion | — | 135.7% | 118.1% | 126.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲17.9% | ▲15.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲8.3% | ▲12% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.3% | ▲19.2% | ▲4.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £661k | £711k | £771k | £851k |
| Fixed assets | £257k | £340k | £460k | £407k |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2.2m | £2.6m | £3m |
| Debtors | £795k | £920k | £1.2m | £1.3m |
| Deferred income | — | £278k | £416k | £541k |
| Cash from operations | — | £1.6m | £1.5m | £1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £19.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 126.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.1%
- 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 £851k
- Cash at bank
- ▲26%
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 724
- Deferred income
- ▲30%
- Now £541k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £407k
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 £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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