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Company No. 01227028 · Incorporated 19 Sep 1975

Chambers Waste Management Limited

Registered name: CHAMBERS WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED

Part of Icon Sterling Infra Holdings Limited group

Chambers Waste Management Limited made £19.7m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2024.

Chambers Waste Management Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £19.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2024, with £1.8m profit and 116 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Guildford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38210Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
Status
Active
Location
Guildford, South East
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.

Latest accounts · year to 30 Sep 2024

Key figures

Boring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£19.7m
Growth ▼1.4%
Profit
£1.8m
Growth ▼21.3%
Profit margin
9%
Gross 33.6%
Employees
116
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£15.2k
Revenue/employee £170k
Profitable streak
3yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Sep 202230 Sep 202330 Sep 2024
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£20.6m£19.9m£19.7m
Cost of sales£13.7m£13.1m£13.1m
Gross profit£6.9m£6.9m£6.6m
Operating profit£3.5m£3.4m£2.6m
Profit before tax£3.5m£3.3m£2.5m
Profit after tax£2.8m£2.2m£1.8m
Profit (best available)£2.8m£2.2m£1.8m
Staff costs£4.8m£5.1m£5.3m
Employees (average)117116116
Ratios
Profit margin13.7%11.3%9%
Gross margin33.4%34.5%33.6%
Revenue per employee£176k£172k£170k
Profit per employee£24k£19.4k£15.2k
Cash conversion72.7%52.9%103.2%
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼3.1%▼1.4%
Profit growth—▼20%▼21.3%
Headcount growth—▼0.9%0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£4.4m£4.2m£3.7m
Net assets£18.7m£20.8m£22m
Fixed assets£12.8m£13.1m£12.5m
Current assets£12m£14.9m£15.8m
Debtors£2.8m£2.6m£2.4m
Deferred income£177k£172k£264k
Cash from operations£2.6m£1.8m£2.7m
SourceAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024Accounts · bulk data Mar 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
33.6%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£170k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£15.2k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
103.2%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
63.7%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
1.3%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
12%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲6%
Now £22m
Cash at bank
▼13%
Now £3.7m
Headcount
0%
Now 116
Deferred income
▲54%
Now £264k
Fixed assets
▼5%
Now £12.5m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Icon Sterling Infra Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Cirqlr Group Limited75–100%
  3. Cirqlr Group Finco Limited75–100%
  4. Cirqlr London Limited75–100%
  5. Chambers Waste Management Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (3)

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 2024 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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