--- title: "Clean: Commercial & School Cleaning, Yorkshire & Lincolnshire | SPS Group" url: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning description: "Clean is SPS Group's cleaning capability: contract, school, office and specialist cleaning by ICS Cleaning across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. 850+ staff, ISO 9001 and 14001." lang: en-GB --- Skip to content Clean · Protect · Detect · Maintain · Train · Integrate · Yorkshire and Lincolnshire since 1992 01482 226570 (+441482226570) SPS Group capability · ICS Cleaning # Clean: commercial, education and specialist cleaning Clean is the cleaning capability of SPS Group, delivered by ICS Cleaning. Local, supervised teams keep schools, offices, shopping centres, industrial sites and public buildings clean, and can work alongside the group's security, systems and maintenance teams on the same contract. Visit ics-cleaning.com: https://ics-cleaning.com/ 01482 226570: +441482226570 cleaning staff 850+ cleaning staff client sites 150+ client sites education sites 100+ education sites ICS Cleaning formed 1995 ICS Cleaning formed In short SPS Group's Clean capability is delivered by ICS Cleaning (Independent Cleaning Services Limited), formed in Hull in 1995. It provides contract, school and education, office, industrial and specialist cleaning, including window, carpet and gutter cleaning, floor care and washroom services across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire, with more than 850 cleaning staff at more than 150 client sites, over 100 of them education sites. What's included ## Clean: contract, education and specialist cleaning Each service is delivered by ICS Cleaning, with its own trained team and accreditations. - Contract cleaning Daily and evening cleaning by local teams with supervision and quality audits. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/contract-cleaning - School and education cleaning Term-time and holiday cleaning for schools, academy trusts, colleges and universities. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/education-cleaning - Office cleaning Early-morning, daytime and evening cleaning for offices and business parks. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/office-cleaning - Industrial and warehouse cleaning Production areas, warehouses, welfare facilities and offices on industrial sites. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/industrial-warehouse-cleaning - Specialist and deep cleaning Deep cleans, high-level cleaning and reactive cleans before audits, moves or re-letting. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/specialist-cleaning - Window, carpet and gutter cleaning Periodic window cleaning, carpet cleaning and gutter clearing, added to a daily contract or booked on their own. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/specialist-cleaning - Floor care, washrooms and consumables Floor restoration, carpet care and managed washroom services and supplies. Find out more: https://ics-cleaning.com/services/washroom-consumables How it joins up ## Clean works best alongside the other five Buy clean on its own, or combine it with other SPS Group capabilities on one site. Each service keeps its own specialist manager, with one senior point of contact across them all. Clean + Protect Security officers can open up for cleaning teams early and lock up after evening cleans, so sites are never left unsecured. Protect https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Clean + Maintain Every machine ICS Cleaning teams use is maintained and PAT tested by ICS Maintenance, so equipment on your site is safe, tested and kept working. Maintain https://spsgroupservices.com/services/maintenance Clean + Train Cleaning operatives and supervisors are trained through SPS Academy to one group standard. Train https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Who it's for ## Sectors we clean for Schools, trusts, colleges and universities: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/education Offices and business parks: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/offices-commercial Shopping centres and retail parks: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/retail-shopping-centres Manufacturing and warehousing: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/manufacturing-warehousing Healthcare and NHS estates: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/healthcare Councils and the public sector: https://spsgroupservices.com/sectors/public-sector ## Clean in practice Real examples of clients using several SPS Group capabilities on the same site. Client names are withheld for security and confidentiality. Train is part of every one: mandatory training for all our staff (safeguarding, site inductions, health and safety), plus added-value training from a broad range of courses. Education Education ### Secondary school Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A secondary school where ICS Cleaning provides the cleaning, SPS Technical looks after the CCTV, fire alarm and intruder alarm systems, and SPS Security responds when an alarm goes off out of hours. Services: Cleaning · CCTV · Fire alarm system · Intruder alarm · Alarm response Education ### Multi-academy trust Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Maintain: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/maintenance Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A multi-academy trust using ICS Cleaning for contract cleaning across its schools, SPS Technical for CCTV and planned maintenance of fire and intruder alarms, and SPS Security for keyholding and alarm response, so heads and business managers aren't called out at night. Services: Contract cleaning · CCTV · Fire and intruder alarm maintenance · Keyholding · Alarm response Higher education Higher education ### University campus Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A multi-building university campus where cleaning, security and fire and security systems are all delivered by SPS Group's own specialist businesses: ICS Cleaning, SPS Security and SPS Technical. Services: Campus cleaning · Security officers and patrols · Fire and security systems Offices Offices ### Professional services firm An accountancy firm's offices, cleaned by ICS Cleaning, with CCTV and an intruder alarm from SPS Technical, monitored by the group's 24-hour control room and backed by SPS Security alarm response. Services: Office cleaning · CCTV · Intruder alarm · Alarm monitoring · Alarm response Property Property ### Managing agent portfolio A property managing agent using SPS Group across its buildings for cleaning, security, CCTV, open-up and lock-up, keyholding and alarm response, from one group rather than several separate suppliers. Services: Cleaning · Security · CCTV · Open-up and lock-up · Keyholding · Alarm response Manufacturing Manufacturing ### Large production site Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Detect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management A major manufacturer where SPS Group provides security and cleaning, and SPS Technical looks after the CCTV, access control and fire alarm systems, so people, buildings and systems are covered by one group. Services: Security · Cleaning · CCTV · Access control · Fire alarm systems Energy Energy ### Critical infrastructure site Protect: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security Clean: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning Train: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training Integrate: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management An energy infrastructure operator using SPS Group for on-site security, mobile patrols and alarm monitoring from the group's own 24-hour control room, with cleaning provided by ICS Cleaning. Services: Security · Mobile patrols · Alarm monitoring · Cleaning Stadiums and events Stadiums and events ### Professional sports stadium A professional sports club's stadium, where SPS Security provides mobile patrols, keyholding and alarm response between fixtures, SPS Technical looks after the CCTV, and ICS Cleaning carries out specialist cleaning. Services: Specialist cleaning · Mobile patrols · Keyholding · Alarm response · CCTV Accreditations and assurance ## Why clients trust us to clean - ISO 9001 and ISO 14001 certified - All cleaning machinery maintained and PAT tested by ICS Maintenance - BICSc corporate member - Crescent Purchasing Consortium framework supplier - Green Apple Environment Award 2022 to 2025 - Loo of the Year Platinum and Gold awards All accreditations and frameworks: https://spsgroupservices.com/accreditations Where we work ## Clean across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire East Yorkshire, North Yorkshire, West Yorkshire, South Yorkshire, North Lincolnshire, North East Lincolnshire, Lincolnshire, including Hull, Leeds, York, Sheffield, Doncaster, Grimsby, Scunthorpe and Lincoln, from offices in Hull, Grimsby and Lincoln. By area Facilities management in Hull and East Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/hull-east-yorkshire Facilities management in Grimsby and North East Lincolnshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/grimsby-north-east-lincolnshire Facilities management in Lincolnshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/lincolnshire Facilities management in South Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/south-yorkshire Facilities management in West Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/west-yorkshire Facilities management in York and North Yorkshire: https://spsgroupservices.com/facilities-management/york-north-yorkshire ## Clean: questions Who delivers cleaning for SPS Group?▾ ICS Cleaning (Independent Cleaning Services Limited), the group's cleaning business, formed in Hull in 1995. It employs more than 850 cleaning staff across Yorkshire and Lincolnshire. What cleaning does SPS Group provide?▾ Contract and commercial cleaning, school and education cleaning, office cleaning, industrial and warehouse cleaning, specialist and deep cleaning, window, carpet and gutter cleaning, floor care and washroom services. Do you do window, carpet and gutter cleaning?▾ Yes. ICS Cleaning provides window cleaning, carpet cleaning and gutter cleaning as part of its specialist cleaning, either alongside a daily cleaning contract or as one-off and periodic work. Can cleaning be combined with security and fire and security systems?▾ Yes. Cleaning can be bought on its own or alongside SPS Security and SPS Technical as one integrated contract, with each service run by its own specialist manager and one senior point of contact. Is ICS Cleaning on a public sector framework?▾ Yes. ICS Cleaning is a Crescent Purchasing Consortium framework supplier, which schools, academy trusts and colleges can use. ## All six SPS Group capabilities One group, six specialist capabilities, fully integrated. - Clean Contract, education and specialist cleaning: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/cleaning - Protect Guarding, patrols, keyholding and alarm response: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/security - Detect Fire alarms, CCTV, access control and intruder alarms: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/fire-and-security-systems - Maintain PAT testing and cleaning machinery repairs: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/maintenance - Train Ongoing training for every member of staff: https://spsgroupservices.com/services/training - Integrate One contract, one point of contact, one quality standard: https://spsgroupservices.com/integrated-facilities-management Facilities management guides - What is integrated facilities management?: https://spsgroupservices.com/guides/what-is-integrated-facilities-management - Soft FM vs hard FM: what's the difference?: https://spsgroupservices.com/guides/soft-fm-vs-hard-fm - 10 questions to ask a facilities management provider: https://spsgroupservices.com/guides/questions-to-ask-a-facilities-management-provider Need clean and more? 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