Start Clean Services Ltd
Registered name: START CLEAN SERVICES LTD
Start Clean Services Ltd made £630k revenue and £972 profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Start Clean Services Ltd’s revenue grew 61% to £630k in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £972 profit and 90 employees. The company is classified under “window cleaning services” and is based in Leeds; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leeds, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £88.5k | £184k | £390k | £630k |
| Profit after tax | £1.1k | £3.2k | £2.8k | £972 |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1k | £3.2k | £2.8k | £972 |
| Staff costs | £86.7k | £136k | £316k | £603k |
| Employees (average) | — | 42 | 55 | 90 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 1.2% | 1.8% | 0.7% | 0.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £4.4k | £7.1k | £7k |
| Profit per employee | — | £77 | £51 | £11 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲107.9% | ▲112.2% | ▲61.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲197.1% | ▼14% | ▼65.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲30.9% | ▲63.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Current assets | £1 | £1 | £1 | £1 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- 0%
- Now £1
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲64%
- Now 90
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit £972), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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