Express Linen Services Limited
Registered name: EXPRESS LINEN SERVICES LIMITED
Express Linen Services Limited made £7.8m revenue and £236k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Express Linen Services Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £236k profit and 100 employees. The company is classified under “washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products” and is based in Estate, Blackpool; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Estate, Blackpool, North West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2007
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £7.5m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £5.9m | £6.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £1.6m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £484k | £360k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £489k | £363k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £358k | £236k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £358k | £236k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £3.1m | £3.4m |
| Employees (average) | 105 | 99 | 100 | 100 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 4.8% | 3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 21.2% | 19.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £74.6k | £78.4k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £3.6k | £2.4k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −294.3% | −307.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲5.2% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼33.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.7% | ▲1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.1m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £778k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £3m | £3.1m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.1m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Debtors | £463k | £532k | £726k | £1m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.4m | −£1.1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £78.4k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −307.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 41%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼36%
- Now £778k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 100
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £3.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £236k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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