Envirowales Limited
Registered name: ENVIROWALES LIMITED
Part of International Metal Industries Limited groupEnvirowales Limited made £70.4m revenue and a £888k loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Envirowales Limited’s revenue fell 6% to £70.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £888k and 171 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in ST Albans; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST Albans, East of England
- Age
- 25 yrs · since 2001
- 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. From the filing: “The company's immediate parent undertaking is Envirolead Recycling Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 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) | £82.1m | £86.1m | £74.7m | £70.4m |
| Cost of sales | £66.5m | £70.9m | £60m | £55.6m |
| Gross profit | £15.6m | £15.2m | £14.7m | £14.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.1m | £1.4m | −£401k | £311k |
| Profit before tax | £618k | £627k | −£1.4m | −£888k |
| Profit after tax | £618k | £1.5m | −£1.4m | −£888k |
| Profit (best available) | £618k | £1.5m | −£1.4m | −£888k |
| Staff costs | £5.9m | £6.3m | £6.4m | £6.9m |
| Employees (average) | 159 | 177 | 175 | 171 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.8% | 1.8% | −1.9% | −1.3% |
| Gross margin | 19% | 17.6% | 19.7% | 21% |
| Revenue per employee | £516k | £487k | £427k | £412k |
| Profit per employee | £3.9k | £8.6k | −£8.2k | −£5.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲4.9% | ▼13.3% | ▼5.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲145.6% | ▼194.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲11.3% | ▼1.1% | ▼2.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £577k | £474k | £555k | £957k |
| Net assets | −£11.4m | −£9.9m | −£11.3m | −£12.2m |
| Fixed assets | £6.1m | £5.4m | £6.2m | £5.6m |
| Current assets | £25.6m | £30.3m | £31.3m | £34.2m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.1m | £436k |
| Deferred income | £1.8m | £1.1m | £971k | £576k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 21%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £412k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£5.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- 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
- —
- Now −£12.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲72%
- Now £957k
- Headcount
- ▼2%
- Now 171
- Deferred income
- ▼41%
- Now £576k
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £5.6m
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
- International Metal Industries Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Envirolead Midco Limited75–100%
- Envirolead Recycling Limited75–100%
- Envirowales Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- L&P Ecolead LimitedRev. — · Profit −£319k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£888k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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