ISS MEDICLEAN LIMITED
Operating as a subsidiary of the multinational facilities group ISS AS, the company provides catering, cleaning, and combined facilities management services primarily to the UK healthcare sector.
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Cash
£98M
-7.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£109M
+4.3% vs 2023
Employees
12,759
+6.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7.3M
+1,484.5% vs 2023
Watch the reel
Our short-form breakdown of ISS MEDICLEAN LIMITED's latest filing
ISS Mediclean brought in £642m in revenue, but the real story is on the balance sheet. A £45m dividend helped drain the cash reserves from £98m down to just £300k. 🧽
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £475,824,000 | £553,688,000 | +16.4% | |
| Operating profit | -£1,610,000 | £6,333,000 | +493.4% | |
| Profit before tax | -£530,000 | £7,338,000 | +1,484.5% | |
| Net profit | £178,000 | £6,434,000 | +3,514.6% | |
| Cash | £106,064,000 | £98,206,000 | -7.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £111,059,000 | £116,055,000 | +4.5% | |
| Net assets | £104,773,000 | £109,323,000 | +4.3% | |
| Equity | £104,773,000 | £109,323,000 | +4.3% | |
| Average employees | 12,023 | 12,759 | +6.1% | |
| Wages | £249,487,000 | £281,284,000 | +12.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,706,000 | £948,000 | -44.4% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.3% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.0% | 1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -1.4% | 5.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.92x | 1.85x | |
| Interest cover | -0.43x | 1.71x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ISS MEDICLEAN LIMITED 1990-01-25 → present
- MEDICLEAN LIMITED 1982-08-23 → 1990-01-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company is in receipt of a letter of support from ISS UK Limited, the parent company, to assist the Company in meeting its liabilities as and when they fall due, but only to the extent that money is not otherwise available to the Company to meet such liabilities.”
Significant events
- “During 2024, turnover has increased largely as a new Government contract which started in Q1”
- “a significant new Government contract starting in Q4 2025.”
- “In 2025, the cash pooling arrangements started to transition from HSBC and Nordea to new banking facilities with Barclays and BNP Paribas.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BURHOLT, Martin Sean | Director | 2022-01-06 | May 1968 | British |
| DAVIES, Scott Anthony | Director | 2025-08-13 | Nov 1970 | Australian |
| ROBERTS, Joanne | Director | 2021-10-22 | Apr 1969 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Michael | Secretary | 2001-08-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| JONES, Niall Edward | Secretary | 2020-11-16 | 2021-07-02 |
| RYAN, Robert | Secretary | — | 2001-07-31 |
| AHMED, Jahangeer | Director | 1995-11-30 | 2009-10-05 |
| AHMED, Jahangeer | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| ANDERSEN, Henrik | Director | 2005-11-07 | 2011-11-30 |
| BARKER, Michael | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2020-06-30 |
| BENISON, Elizabeth Michelle | Director | 2021-05-21 | 2025-02-27 |
| BRABIN, Matthew Edward Stanley | Director | 2016-08-01 | 2020-06-16 |
| BRABIN, Matthew Edward Stanley | Director | 2009-03-16 | 2015-11-13 |
| BUITENDIJK, Theo | Director | 1996-12-09 | 1997-06-30 |
| CARMAN, Albert Richrd Gordon | Director | — | 1995-02-13 |
| CARPENTER, Doreen Mary | Director | — | 1995-10-31 |
| COOPER, Anne Veronica | Director | — | 2010-11-23 |
| COX, Simon Paul | Director | — | 2014-12-31 |
| DAVIES, Scott Andrew | Director | 2025-02-27 | 2025-03-27 |
| DUNN, Warick John Carson | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| HAMILTON, Stephanie Louise | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2021-07-31 |
| LEIGH, Philip John | Director | 2014-07-11 | 2021-02-28 |
| MAHONEY, Kevin David | Director | 1998-07-01 | 2000-08-03 |
| OHALLORAN, Martin Francis | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| PATEL, Purvin Kumar Madhusudan | Director | 2020-06-16 | 2020-12-23 |
| PEPPER, Kenneth John | Director | 1995-11-30 | 1996-07-01 |
| PLUCNAR JENSEN, Barbara | Director | 2016-10-03 | 2019-02-28 |
| PRICE, Andrew Simon | Director | 1995-03-27 | 2004-12-31 |
| RYAN, Robert | Director | 1996-05-01 | 2009-04-30 |
| SCHMIDT, Waldemar | Director | — | 1995-12-04 |
| SPINNEY, Peter Vivian | Director | 2004-03-01 | 2009-10-05 |
| STOWELL, Wendy | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2022-01-06 |
| SYKES, Richard Ian | Director | 2012-03-12 | 2016-08-01 |
| THOMAS, David Wynne | Director | 1996-07-01 | 1997-06-30 |
| THOMPSON, Paul | Director | 2012-12-14 | 2017-12-31 |
| VAN DER WAAG, Bruce Andrew | Director | 2019-05-13 | 2021-10-22 |
| VESTERGAARD, Jorn | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2016-10-03 |
| WILD, Thomas Wightman | Director | 2003-10-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| WILD, Thomas Wightman | Director | 1993-01-01 | 1998-01-30 |
| WILKINSON, Andrew Ernest | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2025-08-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Iss Uk Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 199 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-01-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.