Chris Allsop Metal Recycling Ltd
Registered name: CHRIS ALLSOP METAL RECYCLING LTD
Chris Allsop Metal Recycling Ltd made £15m revenue and £475k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Chris Allsop Metal Recycling Ltd’s revenue fell 16% to £15m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £475k profit and 25 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Nottingham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Nottingham, East Midlands
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £17.7m | £17.8m | £15m |
| Cost of sales | £15.3m | £15.3m | £12.4m |
| Gross profit | £2.4m | £2.5m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £517k | £624k |
| Profit before tax | £1.3m | £481k | £600k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £367k | £475k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £367k | £475k |
| Staff costs | £1m | £1.9m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 26 | 25 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.7% | 2.1% | 3.2% |
| Gross margin | 13.8% | 14.1% | 17.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £709k | £685k | £601k |
| Profit per employee | £47.4k | £14.1k | £19k |
| Cash conversion | −111.3% | −341.7% | −115.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% | ▼15.7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼69.1% | ▲29.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £1m | £1.3m | £712k |
| Net assets | £6.3m | £6.6m | £7m |
| Fixed assets | £5m | £5.4m | £5.2m |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £4m | £4m |
| Debtors | £2.3m | £2m | £1.8m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.5m | −£1.8m | −£721k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £601k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −115.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.2%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £712k
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 25
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼4%
- Now £5.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £475k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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