Perrys Recycling Limited
Registered name: PERRYS RECYCLING LIMITED
Part of Perrys Holdings Limited groupPerrys Recycling Limited made £7.5m revenue and a £299k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Perrys Recycling Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £7.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £299k and 75 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Yeovil; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Yeovil, South West
- Age
- 51 yrs · since 1975
- 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: “Perrys Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £7.9m | £7.6m | £7.3m | £7.5m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.7m | £3.5m | £3.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.8m |
| Profit before tax | £615k | £11.2k | −£73k | −£299k |
| Profit after tax | £501k | £16.9k | −£73k | −£299k |
| Profit (best available) | £501k | £16.9k | −£73k | −£299k |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.4m |
| Employees (average) | 67 | 76 | 76 | 75 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 6.4% | 0.2% | −1% | −4% |
| Gross margin | 50% | 51.7% | 52.1% | 50.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £117k | £100k | £95.5k | £100k |
| Profit per employee | £7.5k | £223 | −£961 | −£4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.4% | ▼4.5% | ▲3.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼96.6% | ▼530.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.4% | 0% | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.7m | £1.9m | £1.3m | £1m |
| Net assets | £3.3m | £3.3m | £3.2m | £2.9m |
| Fixed assets | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.5m | £2.7m |
| Current assets | £3.3m | £3.6m | £3.1m | £2.6m |
| Debtors | £1.1m | £1.1m | £908k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 50.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £100k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 35.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.4%
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £2.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £1m
- Headcount
- ▼1%
- Now 75
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲7%
- Now £2.7m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Perrys Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Perrys Recycling Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Evergreen Facilities Management (UK) Ltd.Figures 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£299k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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