Eastern Counties Laundries Limited
Registered name: EASTERN COUNTIES LAUNDRIES LIMITED
Part of Moore Bros Holdings Limited groupEastern Counties Laundries Limited made £18m revenue and £698k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Eastern Counties Laundries Limited’s revenue fell 20% to £18m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £698k profit and 243 employees. The company is classified under “washing and (dry-)cleaning of textile and fur products” and is based in Chelmsford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chelmsford, East of England
- Age
- 96 yrs · since 1930
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.3m | £20.2m | £22.4m | £18m |
| Cost of sales | £6.8m | £17.2m | £18m | £12.8m |
| Gross profit | £566k | £3m | £4.4m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | −£786k | £480k | £1.1m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£812k | £379k | £655k | £739k |
| Profit after tax | −£812k | £379k | £581k | £698k |
| Profit (best available) | −£812k | £379k | £581k | £698k |
| Staff costs | £2.6m | £6.7m | £8m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 196 | 244 | 239 | 243 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −11.1% | 1.9% | 2.6% | 3.9% |
| Gross margin | 7.7% | 14.7% | 19.6% | 28.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £37.4k | £82.8k | £93.9k | £74.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£4.1k | £1.6k | £2.4k | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | 537.1% | 222.3% | 386.9% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲11.1% | ▼19.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲53.3% | ▲20% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼2.1% | ▲1.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £903k | £663k | £270k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £7.8m | £7.2m | £7.9m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £10.1m | £11.2m | £12.5m | £11.8m |
| Current assets | £3.2m | £3.8m | £4.4m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.6m | £3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £739k | £640k | £259k | £426k |
| Cash from operations | £675k | £2.6m | £2.4m | £4.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 28.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £74.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 386.9%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 65.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲460%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 243
- Deferred income
- ▲65%
- Now £426k
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £11.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Moore Bros Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eastern Counties Laundries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- County Linen Service LimitedFigures not disclosed
- County Logistics Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- County Plant Hire Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- County Textile Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- County Workwear Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £698k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 11 Oct 2026
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