Retford Waste Limited
Registered name: RETFORD WASTE LIMITED
Part of Pandagreen Limited groupRetford Waste Limited made £3.1m revenue and a £274k loss in the year to 30 Dec 2024. read from filing text
Retford Waste Limited’s revenue was £3.1m in the year to 30 Dec 2024, with a loss of £274k and 10 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- 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 immediate parent company is Fletcher Plant Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. The registered office is Clement Works, Clement Street, Sheffield.”
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 Jun 2023 | 30 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £2.1m | £3.1m |
| Cost of sales | — | £1.4m | £2.5m |
| Gross profit | — | £689k | £575k |
| Operating profit | — | £187k | −£250k |
| Profit before tax | — | £174k | −£274k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £174k | −£274k |
| Staff costs | — | £440k | £459k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 13 | 10 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 8.4% | −8.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 33.4% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £159k | £306k |
| Profit per employee | — | £13.4k | −£27.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £166k | £98.8k | £59.8k |
| Net assets | £146k | £285k | £26.3k |
| Fixed assets | £84.9k | £98.1k | — |
| Current assets | £569k | £540k | — |
| Debtors | £290k | £328k | £434k |
| Deferred income | £55.4k | £22k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −8.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £306k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£27.4k
- 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
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.2%
- 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 £26.3k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £59.8k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 10
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Pandagreen Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- DM Topco Limited75–100%
- Fletchers Waste Management Limited75–100%
- Retford Waste Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Fletcher Plant LimitedRev. £34.5m · Profit −£2.8m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Dec 2024 (profit −£274k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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