North West Recycling Limited
Registered name: NORTH WEST RECYCLING LIMITED
North West Recycling Limited made £29.6m revenue and £588k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
North West Recycling Limited’s revenue grew 12% to £29.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £588k profit and 122 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Carlisle; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Carlisle, North West
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- 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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.2m | £26.5m | £29.6m |
| Cost of sales | −£17.3m | −£21.4m | −£16m |
| Gross profit | £5m | £5.1m | £13.6m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £1.3m | £1.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £1.2m | £985k |
| Profit after tax | £1.4m | £256k | £588k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.4m | £256k | £588k |
| Employees (average) | 89 | 122 | 122 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 1% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 22.4% | 19.2% | 46% |
| Revenue per employee | £250k | £217k | £243k |
| Profit per employee | £15.3k | £2.1k | £4.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.1% | ▲11.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼81.1% | ▲129.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲37.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 46%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £243k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.8k
- 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
- 0%
- Now 122
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Brampton Skip Hire LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Green Waste LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £588k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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