East Kent Recycling Limited
Registered name: EAST KENT RECYCLING LIMITED
Part of Campion Environmental Group Limited groupEast Kent Recycling Limited made £11m revenue and £190k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
East Kent Recycling Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £11m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £190k profit and 88 employees. The company is classified under “other specialised construction activities” and is based in Dover; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dover, South East
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.8m | £11.5m | £11m |
| Cost of sales | £8.2m | £8m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.6m | £3.2m |
| Operating profit | −£271k | £814k | £594k |
| Profit before tax | −£465k | £522k | £340k |
| Profit after tax | −£297k | £355k | £190k |
| Profit (best available) | −£297k | £355k | £190k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3m | £3m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 91 | 88 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | 3.1% | 1.7% |
| Gross margin | 24.5% | 30.8% | 29.5% |
| Revenue per employee | £127k | £127k | £125k |
| Profit per employee | −£3.5k | £3.9k | £2.2k |
| Cash conversion | — | 138.1% | 232.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.7% | ▼4.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼46.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.1% | ▼3.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £44.6k | £14 | £14 |
| Net assets | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.7m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £4m | £3.3m |
| Current assets | £2.5m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Debtors | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Deferred income | £27.3k | £96.3k | £109k |
| Cash from operations | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £125k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 232.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 29.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.7%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £1.7m
- Cash at bank
- 0%
- Now £14
- Headcount
- ▼3%
- Now 88
- Deferred income
- ▲13%
- Now £109k
- Fixed assets
- ▼18%
- Now £3.3m
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
- Campion Environmental Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- East Kent Recycling Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Ekr Commercials LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £190k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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