3C Waste Limited
Registered name: 3C WASTE LIMITED
Part of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. group3C Waste Limited made £3.5m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
3C Waste Limited’s revenue grew 75% to £3.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 18 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
- 35 yrs · since 1991
- 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) | £2m | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | −£1.1m | £3.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£3.2m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£3.2m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £657k | £492k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 18 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −160.6% | 58.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £91.1k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | −£146k | £115k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲74.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼18.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | −£15m | −£12.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 58.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £115k
- 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 −£12.9m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼18%
- Now 18
- 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%
- 3C Holdings Limited75–100%
- 3C Waste Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Landfill Management LimitedRev. £143k · Profit −£183k
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 £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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