Recycling Lives (Environmental Services) Limited
Registered name: RECYCLING LIVES (ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES) LIMITED
Part of RLS Topco Limited groupRecycling Lives (Environmental Services) Limited made £189k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Recycling Lives (Environmental Services) Limited reported £189k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2026, down 55% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 40 employees. The company is classified under “renting and leasing of other machinery, equipment and tangible goods” and is based in Preston; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Preston, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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. From the filing: “As at the reporting date, the immediate parent undertaking of the company was RLS TopCo Limited, incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office address of RLS TopCo Limited is 1a Essex Stree”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 26 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 | 28 Feb 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | −£1.3m | £419k | £189k |
| Profit (best available) | −£1.3m | £419k | £189k |
| Employees (average) | 46 | 37 | 40 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | −£28.2k | £11.3k | £4.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼54.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼19.6% | ▲8.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £133k | £1.6m | £1m |
| Net assets | −£1.9m | −£1.5m | −£1.3m |
| Fixed assets | £186k | £174k | £186k |
| Current assets | £3.9m | £4.6m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £2.6m | £2.2m | £2m |
| Deferred income | £712k | £1m | £867k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £4.7k
- 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 −£1.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼35%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 40
- Deferred income
- ▼14%
- Now £867k
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £186k
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
- RLS Topco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Recycling Lives (Environmental Services) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Recycling Lives Compliance Services LimitedRev. £21.4m · Profit £111k
- Recycling Lives Services Social Enterprise LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RLS Efw LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RLS Propco LimitedRev. — · Profit £255k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2026 (profit £189k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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