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Company No. 02674166 · Incorporated 24 Dec 1991

FCC Recycling (UK) Limited

Registered name: FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED

Part of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. group

FCC Recycling (UK) Limited made £166m revenue and £16.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

FCC Recycling (UK) Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £166m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £16.9m profit and 1,352 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.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38210Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous wasteSIC 82990Other business support service activities n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
34 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.

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£166m
Growth ▼2.1%
Profit
£16.9m
Growth ▲174.3%
Profit margin
10.2%
 
Employees
1,352
Change ▲22.6%
Profit / employee
£12.5k
Revenue/employee £123k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Dec 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£169m£166m
Cost of sales£54.1m£70.5m
Operating profit−£4.6m£3.3m
Profit before tax£7m£17.8m
Profit after tax£6.1m£16.9m
Profit (best available)£6.1m£16.9m
Staff costs£54.1m£70.5m
Employees (average)1,1031,352
Ratios
Profit margin3.6%10.2%
Revenue per employee£153k£123k
Profit per employee£5.6k£12.5k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼2.1%
Profit growth—▲174.3%
Headcount growth—▲22.6%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets£91.1m£108m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
10.2%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
—
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£123k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£12.5k
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.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲19%
Now £108m
Cash at bank
—
Now —
Headcount
▲23%
Now 1,352
Deferred income
—
Now —
Fixed assets
—
Now —
Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
  2. FCC Environment (UK) Limited75–100%
  3. FCC Recycling (UK) Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (4)

Sister companies (23)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £16.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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