East Midlands Waste Management Limited
Registered name: EAST MIDLANDS WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
East Midlands Waste Management Limited made £22.4m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 May 2025. read from filing text
East Midlands Waste Management Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £22.4m in the year to 30 May 2025, with £1.9m profit and 16 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Peterborough; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Peterborough, East of England
- 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 | 31 May 2021 | 31 May 2022 | 30 May 2023 | 30 May 2024 | 30 May 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.4m | £26m | £29.4m | £22.5m | £22.4m |
| Cost of sales | £21.3m | £21.4m | £26.8m | £20.6m | £19.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.1m | £4.6m | £2.6m | £1.9m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £4.5m | £1.5m | £1.1m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £1.6m | £4.1m | £1.4m | £1.2m | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £3.3m | £1.2m | £802k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £3.3m | £1.2m | £802k | £1.9m |
| Staff costs | £371k | £648k | £589k | £728k | £572k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 16 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 12.6% | 4.2% | 3.6% | 8.3% |
| Gross margin | 12.8% | 17.7% | 8.7% | 8.4% | 14% |
| Revenue per employee | £4.1m | £2.4m | £2.7m | £1.6m | £1.4m |
| Profit per employee | £201k | £297k | £111k | £57.3k | £116k |
| Cash conversion | 154.8% | −79.8% | −217.3% | −240.6% | −194% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.5% | ▲13.1% | ▼23.4% | ▼0.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲170.6% | ▼62.6% | ▼34.4% | ▲130.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲83.3% | 0% | ▲27.3% | ▲14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £225k | £793k | £1.4m | £1.9m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £6.1m | £9.4m | £10.6m | £11.4m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £6.8m | £6.3m | £7.9m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | £13.9m | £17m | £19.2m | £19.1m | £20.4m |
| Debtors | £1.9m | £2.3m | £2.5m | £2.8m | £3.1m |
| Deferred income | £254k | £368k | £694k | £273k | £71.7k |
| Cash from operations | £2.5m | −£3.6m | −£3.2m | −£2.6m | −£4.2m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.4m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £116k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −194%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14%
- 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
- ▲16%
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼74%
- Now £71.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £7.7m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 May 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 25 Oct 2026
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