Cooks Wastekare Ltd
Registered name: COOKS WASTEKARE LTD
Part of Sun Environmental Services Ltd groupCooks Wastekare Ltd made £2.6m revenue and a £242k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Cooks Wastekare Ltd’s revenue fell 11% to £2.6m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £242k and 16 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Stowmarket; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stowmarket, East of England
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Jun 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £2.9m | £2.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £2.2m | £2.1m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £755k | £553k |
| Operating profit | — | — | −£62.8k | −£226k |
| Profit after tax | — | — | −£165k | −£242k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | −£165k | −£242k |
| Staff costs | — | — | £533k | £490k |
| Employees (average) | 22 | 20 | 19 | 16 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | −5.6% | −9.3% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 25.8% | 21.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £154k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£8.7k | −£15.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼11% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼15.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £731k | £115k | £24.8k | £9.1k |
| Net assets | £942k | £595k | £1.7m | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £527k | £1.2m | — | — |
| Current assets | £1m | £420k | £196k | £183k |
| Debtors | £254k | £205k | £163k | £171k |
| Deferred income | — | — | £6k | £0 |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£478k | −£223k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −9.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£15.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 6.6%
- 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
- ▼14%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼63%
- Now £9.1k
- Headcount
- ▼16%
- Now 16
- Deferred income
- ▼100%
- Now £0
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Sun Environmental Services Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Cooks Wastekare Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- Stowmarket Skips LtdRev. £6.2m · Profit £1.8m
- Advanced Demolition LimitedRev. £2.6m · Profit −£16.9k
- Pips Skips LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sun Aggregates LtdFigures not disclosed
- Sun Skips LtdFigures 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit −£242k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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