How much does Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited make?

Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited reported revenue of £31.7m and a loss of £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, according to its accounts filed at Companies House.

How many employees does Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited have?

Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited reported an average of 152 employees in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Is Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited profitable?

No — Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited reported a loss of £4.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Company No. 03162439 · Incorporated 21 Feb 1996

Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited

Registered name: CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED

Part of Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. group

Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited made £31.7m revenue and a £4.6m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.

Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited’s revenue was £31.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £4.6m and 152 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Doncaster; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38110Collection of non-hazardous waste

Status: Active
Location: Doncaster, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age: 30 yrs · since 1996
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 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Boring industry

Revenue

£31.7m

Growth —

Profit

−£4.6m

Growth —

Profit margin

−14.4%

Gross 7.7%

Employees

152

Change —

Profit / employee

−£30.1k

Revenue/employee £208k

Profitable streak

0yrs

Consecutive profitable years in our data

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

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to	31 Mar 2025	31 Dec 2025
Disclosure	Full P&L	Full P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)	£38.4m	£31.7m
Cost of sales	£34m	£29.2m
Gross profit	£4.4m	£2.4m
Operating profit	£1.4m	−£4.7m
Profit before tax	£1.6m	−£4.6m
Profit after tax	£1.2m	−£4.6m
Profit (best available)	£1.2m	−£4.6m
Staff costs	£5.7m	£5.1m
Employees (average)	146	152
Ratios
Profit margin	3%	−14.4%
Gross margin	11.5%	7.7%
Revenue per employee	£263k	£208k
Profit per employee	£8k	−£30.1k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Net assets	£9.9m	£5.3m
Fixed assets	£3.7m	£3.3m
Deferred income	£2.5m	£1.4m
Source	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026	FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026

Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin: −14.4%; Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin: 7.7%; Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee: £208k; Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee: −£30.1k; Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion: —; Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue: 10.5%; Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue: 4.3%; Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue: —; 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: —; Now £5.3m
Cash at bank: —; Now —
Headcount: —; Now 152
Deferred income: —; Now £1.4m
Fixed assets: —; Now £3.3m

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

Fomento De Construcciones Y Contratas, S.A. (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
FCC Environment (UK) Limited75–100%
Project Chicago Topco Limited75–100%
Project Chicago Midco 1 Limited75–100%
Project Chicago Midco 2 Limited75–100%
Project Chicago Bidco Limited75–100%
Cumbria Waste Management Ltd.75–100%
Cumbria Waste Recycling Limitedthis company

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

Subsidiaries (3)

Derwent Recycling Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
Wicks Metals LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Wicks Services LimitedFigures not disclosed

Sister companies (2)

Cumbria Land Management (Flusco) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
Cumbria Land Management (Teeside) LtdActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£4.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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