Tom White Waste Limited
Registered name: TOM WHITE WASTE LIMITED
Part of The Council Of The City Of Coventry groupTom White Waste Limited made £21.8m revenue and a £1.7m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Tom White Waste Limited’s revenue grew 4% to £21.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £1.7m and 132 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Coventry; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Coventry, West Midlands
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.6m | £21.1m | £21.8m |
| Cost of sales | −£15.5m | −£15.1m | −£16.5m |
| Gross profit | £6m | £5.9m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £267k | −£1.2m | −£913k |
| Profit before tax | −£99.6k | −£1.9m | −£1.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£314k | −£1.8m | −£1.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£314k | −£1.8m | −£1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 205 | 192 | 132 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −1.5% | −8.5% | −7.7% |
| Gross margin | 28% | 28.1% | 24.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £105k | £110k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | −£1.5k | −£9.3k | −£12.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.3% | ▲3.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼6.3% | ▼31.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 24.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£12.7k
- 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
- ▼31%
- Now 132
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Council Of The City Of Coventry (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Coventry Municipal Holdings Limited75–100%
- Tom White Waste Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Tom White Waste (Laco) LimitedRev. £478k · Profit −£348
- A&m Metals & Waste LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£30.8k
Sister companies (4)
- Coventry Technical Resources LimitedRev. £300k · Profit £48.6k
- Coventry Regeneration LimitedRev. £0 · Profit −£168
- Coombe Abbey Park LimitedFigures not disclosed
- No Ordinary Hotels LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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