KCLS Limited
Registered name: KCLS LIMITED
KCLS Limited made £12.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
KCLS Limited’s revenue grew 8% to £12.2m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £1.1m profit and 826 employees. The company is classified under “other cleaning services” and is based in Meriden; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Meriden, West Midlands
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £11.3m | £12.2m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8m | £8.6m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £3.3m | £3.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.2m | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.1m | £1.5m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £808k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £808k | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £8m | £8.6m |
| Employees (average) | 740 | 787 | 803 | 826 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 7.2% | 8.7% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 28.9% | 29.4% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £14k | £14.7k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £1k | £1.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −110.5% | −132% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲7.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲30.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲2% | ▲2.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £834k | £447k | £385k | £652k |
| Fixed assets | £494k | £296k | £137k | £17.8k |
| Current assets | £3m | £3m | £3.2m | £3.8m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Deferred income | £582k | £752k | £777k | £887k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£1.3m | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £14.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −132%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▲69%
- Now £652k
- Cash at bank
- ▲49%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 826
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £887k
- Fixed assets
- ▼87%
- Now £17.8k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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