What a buyer sees
BIRKIN CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED
General cleaning of buildings · Grays · 01057375
1,636staff · FY2025
54years trading
—oldest owner on file
£1.9Mcash at bank
Your turnover is on public record
filed£29Mfor the year to 2025
Unusual at this size, and it works in your favour: a buyer is reading your number rather than guessing at one.
What your filings show moving
Staff1,636
20211,321 → 1,6362025
Cash at bank£1.9M
2021£155k → £1.9M2025
How you sit in your trade
slowest tenth typical fastest tenth youSales per employee£17,774in the middle half
£7,754£15,531£35,214
Debtor daysdays46in the middle half
265185
Creditor daysdays12
71331
Stock daysdays2below almost all
4933
Each spread is companies in the same trade and size that did publish a turnover. Creditor days are shown but not marked: neither end of that one is plainly good.
What a buyer would ask 2
- A director resigned in the past yearA buyer will ask why, and will hear the answer from somewhere. Better from you.
- No website on file against the companyThe first thing anyone does with a company number is look for the business behind it. Finding nothing is its own answer.
What a buyer would like 3
- 54 years of trading on fileLongevity is the cheapest evidence there is that the business is not one contract.
- Headcount grew from 1403 to 1636Growth a buyer can verify without asking you for anything.
- Stock days better than three quarters of your tradeYours is 2 against 9 for the middle of 31 comparable companies.
What the register says
Owners
Nobody recorded with significant control.
Directors
- 54since 2025
- 49since 2025
- 63since 2026
| Year to | Filed | Turnover | Staff | Cash |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-31 | 2026-08-08 | £29M | 1636 | £1.9M |
| 2023-12-31 | — | not filed | 1403 | £711k |
| 2022-12-31 | — | £20M | 1305 | £327k |
| 2021-12-31 | — | £21M | 1321 | £155k |
A rough bracket, and why it is only that
0.4–0.9× sales£12M£26M
The turnover range is fitted on UK companies that did file one. The multiple is a published sector average from Dutch mid-market deals, not from your own numbers and not from your own market. Treat this as the opening bracket of a conversation, not a valuation.