Darrington Quarries Limited
Registered name: DARRINGTON QUARRIES LIMITED
Part of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. groupDarrington Quarries Limited made £10.1m revenue and a £1.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Darrington Quarries Limited’s revenue fell 3% to £10.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £1.8m and 44 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster
- Age
- 69 yrs · since 1957
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £10.4m | £10.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | −£151k | −£1.8m |
| Profit before tax | £592k | −£487k | −£2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £297k | −£170k | −£1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £297k | −£170k | −£1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 43 | 42 | 44 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.3% | −1.6% | −17.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £248k | £231k |
| Profit per employee | £6.9k | −£4k | −£41.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼2.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼157.2% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲4.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £231k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£41.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲5%
- Now 44
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- FCC Environment (UK) Limited75–100%
- Finstop Limited75–100%
- Darrington Quarries Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Waste Recycling Group (Yorkshire) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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