Acumen Waste Services Limited
Registered name: ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
Part of Pandagreen Limited groupAcumen Waste Services Limited made £31m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 30 Dec 2025.
Acumen Waste Services Limited’s revenue grew 42% to £31m in the year to 30 Dec 2025, with £1.3m profit. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Knottingley; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Knottingley
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Dec 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 | 30 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £24.1m | £21.8m | £31m |
| Cost of sales | −£19.5m | −£16.3m | −£23.1m |
| Gross profit | £4.6m | £5.4m | £7.8m |
| Operating profit | £434k | £1.2m | £2.2m |
| Profit before tax | £314k | £917k | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £400k | £657k | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £400k | £657k | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 2,847 | 3,228 | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.7% | 3% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 25% | 25.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £8.5k | £6.7k | — |
| Profit per employee | £141 | £204 | — |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼9.6% | ▲42.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.3% | ▲105.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲13.4% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pandagreen Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- DM Topco Limited75–100%
- Acumen Group Holdings Limited75–100%
- Acumen Waste Services 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Dec 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 19 Oct 2026
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