Bateman Skips Ltd
Registered name: BATEMAN SKIPS LTD
Part of RSK Group Limited groupBateman Skips Ltd made £6.8m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Bateman Skips Ltd’s revenue fell 7% to £6.8m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £2.8m and 55 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Helsby; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Helsby, North West
- Age
- 22 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2021 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £8.3m | £10.6m | £7.3m | £6.8m |
| Cost of sales | £5.6m | £7.7m | £8.1m | £7.8m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £2.8m | −£814k | −£1m |
| Operating profit | £1.6m | £1.3m | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £1.5m | £1.3m | −£3.1m | −£2.9m |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £1m | −£2.4m | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £1m | −£2.4m | −£2.8m |
| Staff costs | — | — | £2.4m | £2.2m |
| Employees (average) | 72 | 64 | 61 | 55 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.1% | 9.5% | −32.2% | −40.9% |
| Gross margin | 32.5% | 26.9% | −11.1% | −14.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £116k | £165k | £120k | £123k |
| Profit per employee | £16.3k | £15.7k | −£38.6k | −£50.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼7.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▼9.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £1m | £54.1k | — |
| Net assets | £3.6m | £4.4m | £2m | −£751k |
| Fixed assets | £4.5m | £4.8m | £5.6m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £2.1m | £1.1m | £1.8m |
| Debtors | £698k | £1m | £783k | £592k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −40.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −14.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £123k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£50.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 75.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- 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
- ▼137%
- Now −£751k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼9%
- Now £5.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- RSK Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- RSK Environment Limited75–100%
- Bateman Skips Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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