Oakbank Waste Management Limited
Registered name: OAKBANK WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Oakbank Waste Management Limited made £10.5m revenue and £194k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Oakbank Waste Management Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £10.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £194k profit and 66 employees. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Dumfries; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dumfries, Scotland
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.7m | £10.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £8.3m | £8.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £2.4m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £220k | £343k |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £144k | £262k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £18.2k | £194k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £18.2k | £194k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 47 | 48 | 58 | 66 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 22.7% | 22.3% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £184k | £159k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £313 | £2.9k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | 349.4% | 332% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.9% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲968% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲2.1% | ▲20.8% | ▲13.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £246k | £164k | £550k | £574k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.5m | £3.5m |
| Current assets | £2.1m | £2m | £2.6m | £1.9m |
| Debtors | £1.3m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £919k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £66.5k | £28k |
| Cash from operations | — | — | £767k | £1.1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £159k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 332%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.4%
- 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
- 8.8%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲4%
- Now £574k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 66
- Deferred income
- ▼58%
- Now £28k
- Fixed assets
- ▲1%
- Now £3.5m
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 31 Mar 2025 (profit £194k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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