Cynon Valley Waste Disposal Company Limited
Registered name: CYNON VALLEY WASTE DISPOSAL COMPANY LIMITED
Part of Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council groupCynon Valley Waste Disposal Company Limited made £16.5m revenue and a £75.7k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Cynon Valley Waste Disposal Company Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £16.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £75.7k and 49 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Rhondda Cynon Taff; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rhondda Cynon Taff, Wales
- Age
- 34 yrs · since 1991
- 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's ultimate parent undertaking and controlling party is Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council, which is the parent undertaking of the smallest and largest group to consolidate these fina”
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&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) | £15m | £14.7m | £14.8m | £16.5m |
| Cost of sales | £13.7m | £13.8m | £14.2m | £15.3m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £927k | £602k | £1.2m |
| Operating profit | £39.3k | −£374k | −£269k | £324k |
| Profit before tax | −£217k | −£560k | −£524k | £71.6k |
| Profit after tax | −£320k | −£508k | −£665k | −£75.7k |
| Profit (best available) | −£320k | −£508k | −£665k | −£75.7k |
| Staff costs | £2.2m | £2.2m | £2.1m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 66 | 48 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.1% | −3.5% | −4.5% | −0.5% |
| Gross margin | 8.8% | 6.3% | 4% | 7.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £263k | £222k | £309k | £337k |
| Profit per employee | −£5.6k | −£7.7k | −£13.9k | −£1.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼2.2% | ▲1.1% | ▲11.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.8% | ▼27.3% | ▲2.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.6m | £5.2m | £2.9m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £7.6m | £8.1m | £7.9m | £7.8m |
| Fixed assets | £20m | £18.6m | £17.2m | £16m |
| Current assets | £7.5m | £7.6m | £6.8m | £8.7m |
| Debtors | £785k | £602k | £547k | £497k |
| Deferred income | £460k | £676k | £552k | £1m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 7.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £337k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.5k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 96.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3%
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now £7.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲63%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- ▲82%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▼7%
- Now £16m
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
- Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Cynon Valley Waste Disposal Company Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 −£75.7k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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