Asm Metal Recycling Ltd.
Registered name: ASM METAL RECYCLING LTD.
Part of Tasmar Limited groupAsm Metal Recycling Ltd. made £38.1m revenue and £745k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Asm Metal Recycling Ltd.’s revenue fell 12% to £38.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £745k profit and 81 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Beaconsfield; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Beaconsfield, South East
- Age
- 58 yrs · since 1967
- 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. From the filing: “The company is a 90% subsidiary of Tasmar Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 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 |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £66.1m | £58.4m | £43.3m | £38.1m |
| Cost of sales | £55.9m | £49.9m | £36m | £31.5m |
| Gross profit | £10.2m | £8.5m | £7.4m | £6.6m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £973k |
| Profit before tax | £5m | £3.2m | £1.2m | £998k |
| Profit after tax | £4m | £2.4m | £826k | £745k |
| Profit (best available) | £4m | £2.4m | £826k | £745k |
| Staff costs | £3.2m | £3.4m | £3.7m | £3.8m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 83 | 84 | 81 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.1% | 4.1% | 1.9% | 2% |
| Gross margin | 15.4% | 14.6% | 17% | 17.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £778k | £704k | £516k | £470k |
| Profit per employee | £47.6k | £28.7k | £9.8k | £9.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.6% | ▼25.9% | ▼12.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼41.2% | ▼65.3% | ▼9.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼2.4% | ▲1.2% | ▼3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £617k | £1.4m | £210k | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £11.1m | £13.2m | £13.7m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £5.7m | £6.6m | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Current assets | £12m | £14.7m | £14.7m | £9m |
| Debtors | £8.9m | £8.1m | £7.9m | £3.8m |
| Deferred income | £108k | £124k | £753k | £458k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £470k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.9%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 1.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.9%
- 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
- ▼33%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲781%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 81
- Deferred income
- ▼39%
- Now £458k
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £6.1m
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
- Tasmar Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Asm Metal Recycling Ltd.this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Totternhoe Metal Recycling LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (3)
- Asm Auto Recycling Ltd.Rev. £35m · Profit £2.1m
- McDonagh Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Totternhoe Holdings 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 30 Sep 2025 (profit £745k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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