1st Waste Management Consultants Limited
Registered name: 1ST WASTE MANAGEMENT CONSULTANTS LIMITED
1st Waste Management Consultants Limited made £28.3m revenue and £183k profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
1st Waste Management Consultants Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £28.3m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £183k profit and 69 employees. The company is classified under “management consultancy activities other than financial management” and is based in Hertford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hertford, East of England
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.1m | £27.3m | £27.4m | £28.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18.3m | £20.3m | £20.5m | £21.1m |
| Gross profit | £5.7m | £7.1m | £6.9m | £7.2m |
| Operating profit | £150k | £171k | −£145k | −£102k |
| Profit before tax | £150k | £170k | £148k | £248k |
| Profit after tax | £118k | £128k | £146k | £183k |
| Profit (best available) | £118k | £128k | £146k | £183k |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 56 | 56 | 68 | 69 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.5% | 0.7% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 25.8% | 25.2% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £430k | £488k | £403k | £410k |
| Profit per employee | £2.1k | £2.3k | £2.2k | £2.7k |
| Cash conversion | 387.4% | −267% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲13.7% | ▲0.2% | ▲3.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲9% | ▲14.2% | ▲25% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲21.4% | ▲1.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.2m | £3.1m | £2.1m | £2.9m |
| Net assets | £1.8m | £1.9m | £2m | £2.2m |
| Fixed assets | £154k | £273k | £275k | £423k |
| Current assets | £7.3m | £8.3m | £6.9m | £8.1m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.4m | £898k | £825k |
| Deferred income | £232k | £556k | £655k | £164k |
| Cash from operations | £580k | −£458k | £463k | −£976k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £410k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- 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 £2.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲41%
- Now £2.9m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 69
- Deferred income
- ▼75%
- Now £164k
- Fixed assets
- ▲54%
- Now £423k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- 1st Waste Recycling 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 Jan 2025 (profit £183k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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