Benfleet Scrap Co Limited
Registered name: BENFLEET SCRAP CO LIMITED
Benfleet Scrap Co Limited made £34.7m revenue and a £91.2k loss in the year to 28 Feb 2025. read from filing text
Benfleet Scrap Co Limited’s revenue grew 11% to £34.7m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with a loss of £91.2k and 94 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in Chatham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 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) | £34.9m | £39.1m | £31.2m | £34.7m |
| Cost of sales | £29.4m | £33.7m | £28m | £31.3m |
| Gross profit | £5.5m | £5.4m | £3.2m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £2.2m | −£592k | −£266k |
| Profit before tax | £2.1m | £2.2m | −£482k | −£155k |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.3m | −£367k | −£91.2k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.3m | −£367k | −£91.2k |
| Employees (average) | 99 | 98 | 94 | 94 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5% | 3.4% | −1.2% | −0.3% |
| Gross margin | 15.8% | 13.8% | 10.2% | 9.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £352k | £399k | £332k | £369k |
| Profit per employee | £17.6k | £13.4k | −£3.9k | −£970 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12% | ▼20.1% | ▲11.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼24.5% | ▼127.9% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1% | ▼4.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6.5m | £7.2m | £7.5m | £6.2m |
| Net assets | £12.4m | £14m | £13.5m | £13.3m |
| Fixed assets | £3.8m | £8.3m | £8.1m | £8.2m |
| Current assets | £14.5m | £13.9m | £13m | £15.7m |
| Debtors | £4.7m | £3.3m | £2.4m | £5.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 9.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £369k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£970
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 23.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 15.5%
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £13.3m
- Cash at bank
- ▼17%
- Now £6.2m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 94
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲0%
- Now £8.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- P.W. Leeman LimitedFigures 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 28 Feb 2025 (profit −£91.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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