BIRKIN CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED
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Cash
£1.9m
+63% highest in 6 filed years
Net assets
-£2m
-676.2% lowest in 6 filed years
Employees
1,636
+19% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
-£1.7m
+1.6% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £16,904,168 | £20,731,692 | £20,448,910 | £23,091,807 | £24,299,986 | £29,078,481 | +19.7% | |
| Operating profit | £1,138,710 | £1,315,536 | £1,350,322 | £457,257 | -£1,219,734 | -£1,332,767 | -9.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,099,646 | £1,279,917 | £1,142,347 | £110,623 | -£1,765,200 | -£1,737,598 | +1.6% | |
| Net profit | £909,417 | £1,037,871 | £985,439 | -£434,339 | -£999,262 | -£1,721,634 | -72.3% | |
| Cash | £208,203 | £155,387 | £326,546 | £710,760 | £1,189,041 | £1,937,817 | +63% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £981,981 | £1,579,480 | £2,713,184 | £2,688,013 | £1,269,830 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £961,921 | £1,465,792 | £2,001,231 | £1,236,892 | -£254,613 | -£1,976,247 | -676.2% | |
| Equity | £961,921 | £1,465,792 | £2,001,231 | £1,236,892 | -£763,839 | £0 | +100% | |
| Average employees | 1,305 | 1,321 | 1,305 | 1,403 | 1,375 | 1,636 | +19% | |
| Wages | £12,286,145 | £14,897,652 | £14,628,625 | £17,003,627 | £18,742,650 | £22,862,275 | +22% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £17,359 | £19,200 | £19,694 | £38,743 | £37,849 | £307,146 | +711.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | — | £NaN | £48,751 | NaN% | |
| Highest paid director | £NaN | £NaN | £NaN | — | £10,000 | £206,531 | +1,965.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 6.7% | 6.3% | 6.6% | 2.0% | -5.0% | -4.6% | |
| Net margin | 5.4% | 5.0% | 4.8% | -1.9% | -4.1% | -5.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 116.0% | 83.3% | 49.8% | 17.0% | -96.1% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.7% | 78.0% | 76.3% | 89.4% | 101.8% | 115.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.92x | 0.75x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | 29.15x | 36.93x | 6.49x | 1.32x | -2.24x | -3.29x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TWP Accounting LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BIRKIN CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Clean Sweep Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “At 31 December 2025 the Company had capital commitments contracted for but not provided in these financial statements £134,155 (2024 - £nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 16 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENSI, Stefano Francis | Director | 2025-05-01 | May 1972 | British |
| MATSUKUBO, Chikara | Director | 2025-05-01 | Dec 1977 | Japanese |
Show 16 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BIRKIN, Beryl | Secretary | — | 2007-10-12 |
| HART, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2007-10-12 | 2016-07-08 |
| KANE, Richard David | Secretary | 2016-07-11 | 2017-12-05 |
| WINN, Tyrone Vaughan | Secretary | 2018-06-25 | 2025-11-28 |
| ASHTON, Paul | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2025-11-28 |
| BEECHAM, Robert Simon | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2016-04-08 |
| BEER, Paul Allan | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2016-04-08 |
| BIRKIN, Beryl | Director | — | 2007-10-12 |
| BIRKIN, Bruce | Director | — | 2007-10-12 |
| BIRKIN, Gordon | Director | — | 2007-10-12 |
| FOLLEY, Alan Stephen | Director | 2019-10-10 | 2022-01-17 |
| GARDNER, Daniel John Wroth | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2022-01-17 |
| HART, Paul Andrew | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2016-04-22 |
| NIXON, Paul | Director | 2007-10-12 | 2017-04-07 |
| RICHARDS, Alan | Director | — | 2007-10-11 |
| WINN, Tyrone Vaughan | Director | 2022-01-17 | 2025-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birkin Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 185 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-08 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-05-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-05-23 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-08 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-23 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-05-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-22 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-10-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.