Kent & Sussex Recycling Limited
Registered name: KENT & SUSSEX RECYCLING LIMITED
Kent & Sussex Recycling Limited made £3m revenue and £245k profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Kent & Sussex Recycling Limited’s revenue fell 17% to £3m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £245k profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of waste and scrap” and is based in Folkestone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Folkestone, South East
- Age
- 12 yrs · since 2014
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 28 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £3.6m | £3m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.7m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £967k | £788k |
| Operating profit | — | — | £607k | £261k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £673k | £343k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £483k | £245k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £483k | £245k |
| Employees (average) | 5 | 5 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 13.4% | 8.1% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 26.7% | 26.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £1.2m | £1m |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £161k | £81.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼16.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼49.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼40% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.9m | £3.3m | £3.7m | £3.1m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £4.1m | £4.3m |
| Fixed assets | £491k | £577k | £532k | £794k |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.6m | £4m | £3.9m |
| Debtors | £173k | £15.9k | £231k | £581k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 26.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £81.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 26.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- 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 £4.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼14%
- Now £3.1m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲49%
- Now £794k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £245k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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