A1 Services (Manchester) Limited
Registered name: A1 SERVICES (MANCHESTER) LIMITED
Part of Heidelberg Materials Ag groupA1 Services (Manchester) Limited made £7.8m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
A1 Services (Manchester) Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £7.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.8m and 40 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Maidenhead; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Maidenhead
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit & loss | Profit & loss | Profit & loss |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11.6m | £7.8m | £7.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£9.6m | −£7.2m | −£7.7m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £652k | £55.7k |
| Operating profit | £376k | −£956k | −£1.3m |
| Profit before tax | £361k | −£923k | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | £492k | −£787k | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £492k | −£787k | −£2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 60 | 47 | 40 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | −10.1% | −36.4% |
| Gross margin | 17.4% | 8.3% | 0.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £193k | £166k | £194k |
| Profit per employee | £8.2k | −£16.7k | −£70.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼32.5% | ▼0.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼259.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼21.7% | ▼14.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −36.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £194k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£70.8k
- 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.
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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼15%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Heidelberg Materials Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Heidelberg Materials UK Holding Limited75–100%
- Lehigh UK Limited75–100%
- Hanson Limited75–100%
- Hanson Holdings Limited75–100%
- Hanson Holdings (3) Limited75–100%
- Uds (No 10)75–100%
- Hanson Quarry Products Europe Limited75–100%
- Charterneed Limited75–100%
- A1 Services (Manchester) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Manchester Waste Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026