IN DEPTH SERVICES (CLEANING) LIMITED
Company number 01388446 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
In Depth Services (Cleaning) Limited is a long-established, profitable business suffering from chronic undercapitalisation driven by aggressive dividend extraction. While revenue growth and profit recovery are encouraging, the 20% decline in net assets despite strong profitability reveals a business that is financially fragile—generating healthy cash flow but retaining insufficient reserves to provide resilience against unexpected shocks. The declining gross margin from 26% to 22.5% over two years adds further concern, particularly in a labour-intensive industry facing ongoing minimum wage pressures. Immediate priority must be given to rebuilding equity through restrained dividend policy and protecting margins through proactive contract management.
Shareholders' funds
£695,862
Balance sheet as at 2024-10-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company during the year was to provide cleaning services for both private and public clients.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1978-09-12
- Employees
- 941 (2024 accounts · was 988 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Riding Court House Riding Court Road, Datchet, Slough, England, SL3 9JT
- Postcode
- SL3 9JT
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Medium
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-10-31
- Next due by
- 2026-10-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-01
- Next due by
- 2027-08-15
Nature of business (SIC)
- 81210 General cleaning of buildings
Officers 3 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by ATLAS FM GROUP LIMITED — since 2025-11-10
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£19,500,395 total awarded value where published.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6278169 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
1.9%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the top quarter for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CLARKES INDUSTRIAL CLEANERS LIMITED | 1990-01-16 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| LEONARD HOUSE, 308 WARWICK ROAD, WARRINGTON, WA2 8JE | 2007-10-26 |
| 51 WILSON PATTEN STREET, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE, WA1 1PG | 1989-10-25 |
| 348 WILDERSPOOL CAUSEWAY, WARRINGTON, CHESHIRE | 1986-06-12 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 71 similar companies in SL
2nd largest employer among its local peers (941 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1978.
No.4 of the largest general cleaning of buildings companies in Slough →
Competitors Slough
This company ranks 4 among general cleaning of buildings in Slough.
The class of 1978
51%
of the 8,636 companies incorporated in 1978 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.