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UK Window Cleaning Forum => Window Cleaning Forum => Topic started by: AuRavelling79 on March 31, 2008, 11:05:19 pm

Title: Good and bad ...
Post by: AuRavelling79 on March 31, 2008, 11:05:19 pm
Well, a pretty good day because I finished the year as a one man band over £2500 more on turnover/profit than last year.

Bad because  today I just got a letter cancelling a nice little commercial earner.

Ho hum! Onward and upward!

 :-\

How's your financial year been? (Without too much detail of course!)
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: alanwilson on March 31, 2008, 11:11:48 pm
up 22% this last year (turnover) and up around 16% on net profit, happy enough.

however we weren't as busy as we could have been last year.

still happy though.
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: matt on March 31, 2008, 11:28:51 pm
about the same as last year, and i like it like that ;)
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Sir Squeaky on March 31, 2008, 11:33:53 pm
No idea, I don't work it out until december at least!
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: vision tech on March 31, 2008, 11:40:10 pm
not as good this year as previous years, I think it was because of the very wet summer we had last year. spent many days in the house.
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: macmac on April 01, 2008, 12:02:08 am
Still 5 days to go yet :D

Tony
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Grafters Cleaning Services on April 01, 2008, 07:42:51 am
without going into to much details
did my accounts yesterday and I'm £9,000 up on last year
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Dean Aspects on April 01, 2008, 12:57:12 pm
I am 15% up minimum this i am extremely happy with as for 6 months of last tax year i was employing someone so my profit has gone up by an estimated 40%  :o


Dean
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: MNWC on April 01, 2008, 05:14:53 pm
Crap !

Or will be this year coming
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: scud on April 01, 2008, 09:57:22 pm
  Turnover is up 27% on last year, considering I am still not employing, and probably won't do now, I am chuffed.
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Moderator David@stives on April 01, 2008, 10:16:49 pm
Final analyzis on mine up Turnover up 65 % on last year, next years projected another 60 ish % but will try for 100%
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: windowwashers on April 02, 2008, 07:25:57 pm
  Turnover is up 27% on last year, considering I am still not employing, and probably won't do now, I am chuffed.
I bet you are, well done m8  ;)

Dave St. Ives, are all your guy wfp ? and how many vans?
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Moderator David@stives on April 02, 2008, 07:34:46 pm
2 vans 4 pumps all wfp.
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: windowwashers on April 02, 2008, 07:37:15 pm
2 vans 4 pumps all wfp.
do you not find 2 man teams make you less than one man in each van ?

I have noticed this quite a bit and am changing to one man per van
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Paul Coleman on April 02, 2008, 10:58:58 pm
I'm 6 months into my current accounting year.  My turnover is getting on for 50% up on the same period in my previous accounting year.  If that trend continues until the end of my current accounting year (30/9), I will be well happy.
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: pjulk on April 02, 2008, 11:04:12 pm
Mines down quite a bit on last year but thats down to illness.

Lets hope 08/09 will be a better year


Paul
Title: Re: Good and bad ...
Post by: Tosh on April 03, 2008, 05:38:57 pm
We're down 07/08 by a fair whack; due to house renovation and losing sight of the 'work' ball.  We also lost a fair bit of good quality commercial work (I say good quality, and it was by our low standands), which wasn't nice.

But since the New Year, we're back on track, and I've been taking on some well priced work; hitting all our targets (just about) with regards to getting work done, and have had some nice little earners on top.

I'm also going to stick up my underpriced accounts to where they should be (just about); so this financial year should be a good one.

I've also got two quotes to do for large rural houses in 'Roy Harding' territory!  ;D