Hensel Recycling (UK) Ltd
Registered name: HENSEL RECYCLING (UK) LTD
Hensel Recycling (UK) Ltd made £15.5m revenue and £11.2k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Hensel Recycling (UK) Ltd’s revenue grew 26% to £15.5m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £11.2k profit and 7 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Dunsfold; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dunsfold, South East
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.2m | £12.3m | £15.5m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.5m | −£11.9m | −£14.7m |
| Gross profit | £766k | £422k | £816k |
| Operating profit | −£129k | −£429k | £30k |
| Profit before tax | −£158k | −£435k | £11.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£137k | −£435k | £11.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£137k | −£435k | £11.2k |
| Employees (average) | 16 | 8 | 7 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.9% | −3.5% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 4.7% | 3.4% | 5.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £1m | £1.5m | £2.2m |
| Profit per employee | −£8.6k | −£54.3k | £1.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.2% | ▲26.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼50% | ▼12.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £2.2m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.6k
- 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
- ▼13%
- Now 7
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit £11.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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