Countrystyle Recycling Limited
Registered name: COUNTRYSTYLE RECYCLING LIMITED
Part of Heathcote Holdings Limited groupCountrystyle Recycling Limited made £104m revenue and £2.7m profit in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Countrystyle Recycling Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £104m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with £2.7m profit and 495 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Sittingbourne; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Sittingbourne, South East
- Age
- 22 yrs · since 2004
- 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) | £70.5m | £83.9m | £101m | £104m |
| Cost of sales | £53.3m | £64.4m | £73m | £77.3m |
| Gross profit | £17.2m | £19.4m | £27.6m | £26.6m |
| Operating profit | £3.2m | £3m | £8.7m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £3m | £2.9m | £8.9m | £4.6m |
| Profit after tax | £2.6m | £2.3m | £6.6m | £2.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.6m | £2.3m | £6.6m | £2.7m |
| Staff costs | £17.3m | £21.6m | £22.5m | £26.9m |
| Employees (average) | 410 | 493 | 477 | 495 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.6% | 2.8% | 6.6% | 2.6% |
| Gross margin | 24.3% | 23.2% | 27.5% | 25.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £172k | £170k | £211k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £6.2k | £4.7k | £13.9k | £5.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19% | ▲20% | ▲3.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼9.7% | ▲187.3% | ▼59.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲20.2% | ▼3.3% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.3m | £88.5k | £4.8m | £37.8k |
| Net assets | £21.8m | £24.1m | £30.7m | £33.4m |
| Fixed assets | £27.2m | £25.3m | £25.8m | £34.9m |
| Current assets | £20.9m | £21.4m | £31.1m | £29.9m |
| Debtors | £12.4m | £12.9m | £14.9m | £15.2m |
| Deferred income | £4.8m | £3.9m | £6.2m | £5.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 25.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £5.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲9%
- Now £33.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼99%
- Now £37.8k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 495
- Deferred income
- ▼12%
- Now £5.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲35%
- Now £34.9m
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%
- Countrystyle Group Limited75–100%
- Countrystyle Recycling Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Compact and Bale LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Countrystyle Recycling (East) 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 £2.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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