Clearabee Limited
Registered name: CLEARABEE LIMITED
Clearabee Limited made £25.1m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Clearabee Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £25.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 235 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £25.3m | £27.6m | £27.3m | £25.1m |
| Cost of sales | £17.9m | £18.8m | £19.5m | £17.1m |
| Gross profit | £7.4m | £8.8m | £7.7m | £8m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £4.2m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | £3.1m | £4.1m | £2.4m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.1m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.1m | £1.7m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £7.4m | £7m | £7m | £7m |
| Employees (average) | 328 | 290 | 277 | 235 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11.3% | 11.2% | 6.3% | 9.2% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 31.8% | 28.4% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £77.3k | £95.2k | £98.5k | £107k |
| Profit per employee | £8.8k | £10.7k | £6.2k | £9.9k |
| Cash conversion | 59.5% | 161.3% | 194.5% | 141.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼1.2% | ▼8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲7.9% | ▼44.3% | ▲34.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼4.5% | ▼15.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £1.7m | £1.2m | £1.1m |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.4m | £3.9m | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £5.1m | £6.2m | £6.1m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £7.7m | £6.6m | £5.1m | £5m |
| Debtors | £4.4m | £4.7m | £3.4m | £3.6m |
| Deferred income | £413k | £539k | £353k | £473k |
| Cash from operations | £1.9m | £6.8m | £4.7m | £4.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £107k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 141.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.5%
- 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
- ▼22%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £1.1m
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 235
- Deferred income
- ▲34%
- Now £473k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £5.1m
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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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