Waste-a-Way Recycling Limited
Registered name: WASTE-A-WAY RECYCLING LIMITED
Part of Whitehair Group Ltd groupWaste-a-Way Recycling Limited made £16.4m revenue and £629k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Waste-a-Way Recycling Limited’s revenue fell 31% to £16.4m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £629k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Leigh on Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leigh on Sea, East of England
- Age
- 24 yrs · since 2002
- 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 | 30 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £34.6m | £32.4m | £23.6m | £16.4m |
| Cost of sales | £29.4m | £29.4m | £21.7m | £14m |
| Gross profit | £5.3m | £3m | £1.9m | £2.4m |
| Operating profit | £4m | £1.6m | −£108k | £542k |
| Profit before tax | £3.8m | £1.4m | −£253k | £441k |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £1.3m | −£205k | £629k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £1.3m | −£205k | £629k |
| Staff costs | £4.5m | £5.1m | £4.7m | £4.6m |
| Employees (average) | 90 | 98 | 89 | 88 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.2% | 3.9% | −0.9% | 3.8% |
| Gross margin | 15.2% | 9.3% | 7.9% | 14.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £385k | £331k | £265k | £186k |
| Profit per employee | £31.7k | £13k | −£2.3k | £7.1k |
| Cash conversion | −93.8% | −241.3% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼6.4% | ▼27.2% | ▼30.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼55.4% | ▼116.1% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.9% | ▼9.2% | ▼1.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £300k | £146k | £108k | £168k |
| Net assets | £7.1m | £8.5m | £8.1m | £8.6m |
| Fixed assets | £10.5m | £10.3m | £9.3m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | £9.1m | £7.8m | £6m | £5.9m |
| Debtors | £6.2m | £4m | £2.4m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £141k | £238k | £383k | £197k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.8m | −£3.9m | −£1.8m | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 3.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £186k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 50.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13%
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now £8.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲56%
- Now £168k
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▼49%
- Now £197k
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £8.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Whitehair Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Waste-a-Way Holdings Limited75–100%
- Waste-a-Way Recycling Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Apr 2025 (profit £629k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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