Total Waste Management Limited
Registered name: TOTAL WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Total Waste Management Limited made £41.5m revenue and £194k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Total Waste Management Limited’s revenue fell 32% to £41.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £194k profit and 0 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Knowlhill; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- In Administration
- Location
- Knowlhill, South East
- Age
- 37 yrs · since 1989
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £80.5m | £66.8m | £61.3m | £41.5m |
| Cost of sales | £69.7m | £57.1m | £49.6m | £31.8m |
| Gross profit | £10.8m | £9.7m | £11.8m | £9.7m |
| Operating profit | £395k | −£346k | £395k | £590k |
| Profit before tax | £290k | −£658k | −£3.1k | £194k |
| Profit after tax | £260k | −£1.8m | £21.3k | £194k |
| Profit (best available) | £260k | −£1.8m | £21.3k | £194k |
| Employees (average) | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | −2.7% | 0% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 13.4% | 14.6% | 19.2% | 23.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £80.5m | £66.8m | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £260k | −£1.8m | — | — |
| Cash conversion | 118.6% | — | −569.6% | 110.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼17% | ▼8.2% | ▼32.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼787.9% | — | ▲814.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼100% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £851k | £1.1m | £464k | £227k |
| Net assets | £2.9m | £1.1m | £1.2m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.6m | £7.8m | £10.6m | £10.2m |
| Current assets | £11.5m | £8m | £7.6m | £6.1m |
| Debtors | £5.5m | £3.1m | £3m | £3.2m |
| Deferred income | £245k | £157k | £751k | £1.5m |
| Cash from operations | £469k | −£4.7m | −£2.3m | £652k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 110.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.7%
- 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
- ▲17%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £227k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▲95%
- Now £1.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £10.2m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- UK Waste Recycling LtdLiquidationFigures 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 Mar 2025 (profit £194k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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