Proceed Solutions Ltd
Registered name: PROCEED SOLUTIONS LTD
Proceed Solutions Ltd made £17.7m revenue and £259k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Proceed Solutions Ltd’s revenue grew 17% to £17.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £259k profit and 992 employees. The company is classified under “general cleaning of buildings” and is based in Fair Oak; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Fair Oak, South East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £6.6m | £10.9m | £15.1m | £17.7m |
| Cost of sales | £5.1m | £8.3m | £11.8m | £13.7m |
| Gross profit | £1.6m | £2.6m | £3.3m | £4m |
| Operating profit | £308k | £560k | £249k | £405k |
| Profit before tax | £300k | £538k | £225k | £352k |
| Profit after tax | £218k | £404k | £184k | £259k |
| Profit (best available) | £218k | £404k | £184k | £259k |
| Staff costs | £4.8m | £8.2m | £12m | £14.2m |
| Employees (average) | 451 | 726 | 1,156 | 992 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | 3.7% | 1.2% | 1.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.8% | 24.1% | 22.1% | 22.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £14.7k | £15k | £13.1k | £17.8k |
| Profit per employee | £484 | £556 | £160 | £261 |
| Cash conversion | −130.7% | −147.5% | −173% | −76.1% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲64.2% | ▲38.7% | ▲17.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲85% | ▼54.3% | ▲40.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲61% | ▲59.2% | ▼14.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £676k | £804k | £864k | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £399k | £399k | £582k | £840k |
| Fixed assets | £284k | £571k | £698k | £811k |
| Current assets | £2m | £3m | £3.8m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £3.3m |
| Deferred income | £100k | £117k | £343k | £591k |
| Cash from operations | −£402k | −£826k | −£431k | −£308k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £17.8k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £261
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −76.1%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.5%
- 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
- ▲44%
- Now £840k
- Cash at bank
- ▲44%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 992
- Deferred income
- ▲72%
- Now £591k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £811k
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 Aug 2025 (profit £259k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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