Restore Datashred Limited
Registered name: RESTORE DATASHRED LIMITED
Part of Restore PLC groupRestore Datashred Limited made £36.2m revenue and a £2.2m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Restore Datashred Limited’s revenue was £36.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with a loss of £2.2m and 307 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Dartford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dartford
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
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) | £37.4m | £36.1m | £36.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£22.8m | −£22.9m | −£22.2m |
| Gross profit | £14.7m | £13.3m | £14m |
| Operating profit | −£1.5m | −£2.6m | −£1.7m |
| Profit before tax | −£1.6m | −£2.4m | −£1.3m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.1m | −£3m | −£2.2m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.1m | −£3m | −£2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 343 | 323 | 307 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −5.7% | −8.4% | −6.1% |
| Gross margin | 39.1% | 36.7% | 38.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £109k | £112k | £118k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.2k | −£9.4k | −£7.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲0.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼5.8% | ▼5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £118k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.2k
- 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
- ▼5%
- Now 307
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Restore PLCultimate parent75–100%
- Restore Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Restore Datashred Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (5)
- Data Shredding Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mass Holdings and Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paper Shredding Services Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Russell Richardson & Sons LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Safe-Shred UK LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (4)
- Cama Workspace LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rainbow Holdco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Restore Digital LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Restore Technology LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit −£2.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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