FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited
Registered name: FCC WASTE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Part of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. groupFCC Waste Services (UK) Limited made £163m revenue and a £5m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £163m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £5m and 542 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £161m | £163m |
| Operating profit | −£3.6m | −£2.9m |
| Profit before tax | −£6.9m | −£5.4m |
| Profit after tax | −£5.1m | −£5m |
| Profit (best available) | −£5.1m | −£5m |
| Staff costs | £18.5m | £22.9m |
| Employees (average) | 469 | 542 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −3.2% | −3.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £344k | £302k |
| Profit per employee | −£10.9k | −£9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £53.2m | £48.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £302k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£9.2k
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £48.2m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲16%
- Now 542
- 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%
- WRG Acquisitions 2 Limited75–100%
- Waste Recycling Group (UK) Limited75–100%
- FCC Waste Services (UK) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- WRG (Midlands) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- WRG (Northern) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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