Wastecare Limited
Registered name: WASTECARE LIMITED
Part of Wastecare Group Limited groupWastecare Limited made £64.8m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026. read from filing text
Wastecare Limited’s revenue grew 7% to £64.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £1.7m profit and 439 employees. The company is classified under “precious metals production” and is based in Normanton; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Normanton, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1982
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate and ultimate parent is WasteCare Group Limited. a company incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office of WasteCare Group Limited is Argent House, Tyler Close, Norm”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £54.9m | £56.5m | £60.3m | £64.8m |
| Cost of sales | £41.6m | £43.5m | £45m | £49.5m |
| Gross profit | £13.4m | £13m | £15.2m | £15.2m |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £1.6m | £3.4m | £2.9m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £1.6m | £3.2m | £2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.9m | £1.7m | £2.7m | £1.7m |
| Staff costs | £14.9m | £15.4m | £16m | £17.6m |
| Employees (average) | 466 | 444 | 433 | 439 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 3.1% | 4.4% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 23% | 25.3% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £118k | £127k | £139k | £148k |
| Profit per employee | £4.1k | £3.9k | £6.2k | £3.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲2.8% | ▲6.8% | ▲7.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼8.7% | ▲52.7% | ▼35.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.7% | ▼2.5% | ▲1.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £574k | £2.5m | £505k | £4.7m |
| Net assets | £13.2m | £14.9m | £17.6m | £19.3m |
| Fixed assets | £11.3m | £10.2m | £12.4m | £16.2m |
| Current assets | £21.1m | £22.1m | £23.9m | £34.1m |
| Debtors | £11.1m | £9.3m | £7.5m | £8.1m |
| Deferred income | £5.8m | £6.3m | £5.5m | £6.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £148k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 25%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 10%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.5%
- 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
- ▲10%
- Now £19.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲837%
- Now £4.7m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 439
- Deferred income
- ▲17%
- Now £6.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲31%
- Now £16.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wastecare Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wastecare Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- Wastecare Compliance PLCRev. £17.1m · Profit £1.1m
- Cleaneco Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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