West London Composting Limited
Registered name: WEST LONDON COMPOSTING LIMITED
Part of Heathcote Holdings Limited groupWest London Composting Limited made £3.2m revenue and £36.2k profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
West London Composting Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £3.2m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £36.2k profit and 13 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Ashford; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Ashford, South East
- 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 Apr 2022 | 30 Apr 2023 | 30 Apr 2024 | 30 Apr 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.4m | £3m | £3.3m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £2m | £2.2m | £2.5m | £2.2m |
| Gross profit | £438k | £818k | £801k | £1m |
| Operating profit | −£115k | £57.4k | £464k | £122k |
| Profit before tax | −£199k | £44.4k | £450k | £121k |
| Profit after tax | −£173k | £120k | £305k | £36.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£173k | £120k | £305k | £36.2k |
| Employees (average) | 14 | 12 | 12 | 13 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −7.2% | 4% | 9.3% | 1.1% |
| Gross margin | 18.1% | 27.2% | 24.3% | 30.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £250k | £274k | £249k |
| Profit per employee | −£12.3k | £10k | £25.4k | £2.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.5% | ▲9.6% | ▼1.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲155.4% | ▼88.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.3% | 0% | ▲8.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £36.9k | £224k | £46k | £33.6k |
| Net assets | £4.2m | £8.9m | £4.5m | £4.6m |
| Fixed assets | £5.3m | £10.6m | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £746k | £912k | £3.3m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £220k | £336k | £385k | £444k |
| Deferred income | £195k | £232k | £73k | £86.8k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 30.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £249k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 54.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.7%
- 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 £4.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼27%
- Now £33.6k
- Headcount
- ▲8%
- Now 13
- Deferred income
- ▲19%
- Now £86.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼33%
- Now £1.8m
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
- Heathcote Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- FGS Agri Limited75–100%
- FGS Organics Limited75–100%
- Envar Composting Limited75–100%
- West London Composting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (5)
- L.J. Grundon & Sons LimitedRev. £298k · Profit £40.3k
- Blaise Biogas LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Envar Composting (Surrey) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Envar Composting Kent LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Envar Organics 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 30 Apr 2025 (profit £36.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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