Groundlink Cleaning UK Limited
Registered name: GROUNDLINK CLEANING UK LIMITED
Part of Groundlink Iv Lda groupGroundlink Cleaning UK Limited made £2.7m revenue and a £222k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Groundlink Cleaning UK Limited’s revenue fell 9% to £2.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with a loss of £222k and 49 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Luton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Luton, East of England
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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. From the filing: “The smallest group of which this company is a member which prepares consolidated accounts is Groundlink IV”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.1m | £2.4m | £3m | £2.7m |
| Cost of sales | £1.4m | £1.8m | £2.1m | £2m |
| Gross profit | £667k | £602k | £842k | £684k |
| Operating profit | £221k | £75.6k | £84k | −£252k |
| Profit before tax | £170k | £70.9k | £88.3k | −£252k |
| Profit after tax | £148k | £65.5k | £73.1k | −£222k |
| Profit (best available) | £148k | £65.5k | £73.1k | −£222k |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 50 | 51 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.1% | 2.7% | 2.5% | −8.2% |
| Gross margin | 32.1% | 25% | 28.3% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £48.4k | £48.1k | £58.4k | £55.1k |
| Profit per employee | £3.4k | £1.3k | £1.4k | −£4.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.7% | ▲23.8% | ▼9.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.8% | ▲11.6% | ▼403.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.3% | ▲2% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £109k | £105k | £162k | £16.6k |
| Net assets | £84 | £65.6k | £139k | −£82.9k |
| Fixed assets | £25.5k | £100k | £73k | £64.6k |
| Current assets | £436k | £470k | £720k | £854k |
| Debtors | £301k | £252k | £308k | £675k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £55.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 25%
- 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
- ▼160%
- Now −£82.9k
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £16.6k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £64.6k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Groundlink Iv Lda (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Groundlink Cleaning UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit −£222k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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