Severn Waste Services Limited
Registered name: SEVERN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
Severn Waste Services Limited made £48.2m revenue and £1k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Severn Waste Services Limited’s revenue grew 6% to £48.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1k profit and 350 employees. The company is classified under “production of electricity” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 28 yrs · since 1998
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £45.6m | £48.2m |
| Operating profit | £6k | −£2k |
| Profit before tax | £103k | −£2k |
| Profit after tax | £77k | £1k |
| Profit (best available) | £77k | £1k |
| Staff costs | £11.9m | £12.7m |
| Employees (average) | 350 | 350 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0% |
| Revenue per employee | £130k | £138k |
| Profit per employee | £220 | £3 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲5.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼98.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | £454k | £455k |
| Debtors | £6.8m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £2.9m | £674k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £138k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £3
- 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
- 1.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.6%
- 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
- ▲0%
- Now £455k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 350
- Deferred income
- ▼77%
- Now £674k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- FCC Recycling (UK) Limited 25–50%
- FCC Waste Management Limited 25–50%
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 £1k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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