Simpson Environmental Services Limited
Registered name: SIMPSON ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
Simpson Environmental Services Limited made £12.1m revenue and £1.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Simpson Environmental Services Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £12.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.5m profit and 42 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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 | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £16.3m | £18.1m | £13m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £10.2m | £11.2m | £11.1m | £9.3m |
| Gross profit | £6.1m | £6.9m | £1.8m | £2.8m |
| Operating profit | £5.4m | £5.7m | £1.1m | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | £5.4m | £5.8m | £335k | £2m |
| Profit after tax | £4.5m | £4.6m | £5.2k | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £4.5m | £4.6m | £5.2k | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £2m | £1.7m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 42 | 44 | 38 | 42 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.8% | 25.2% | 0% | 12.3% |
| Gross margin | 37.5% | 38.3% | 14.3% | 23.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £389k | £411k | £341k | £288k |
| Profit per employee | £108k | £104k | £137 | £35.4k |
| Cash conversion | −120.3% | −117.2% | −184.3% | −114.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10.7% | ▼28.4% | ▼6.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.3% | ▼99.9% | ▲28542% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.8% | ▼13.6% | ▲10.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.9m | £13.6m | £15.5m | £17.4m |
| Net assets | £16.6m | £21.1m | £21.1m | £22.6m |
| Fixed assets | £6.6m | £6.4m | £6.8m | £6m |
| Current assets | £12.6m | £17.9m | £16.6m | £18.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.4m | £980k | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | −£6.5m | −£6.7m | −£2m | −£2m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £288k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −114.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 49.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11.5%
- 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
- ▲7%
- Now £22.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲12%
- Now £17.4m
- Headcount
- ▲11%
- Now 42
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼12%
- Now £6m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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