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Company No. 05788239 · Incorporated 20 Apr 2006

Atlantic Recycling Limited

Registered name: ATLANTIC RECYCLING LIMITED

Part of Dauson Environmental Group Limited group

Atlantic Recycling Limited made £47.1m revenue and £1.7m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text

Atlantic Recycling Limited’s revenue was £47.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.7m profit and 114 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Cardiff; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38110Collection of non-hazardous wasteSIC 38210Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
Status
Active
Location
Cardiff, Wales
Age
20 yrs · since 2006
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 controlling party is Dauson Environmental Limited. The ultimate controlling party is Mr D J Neal.”

Latest accounts · year to 31 Dec 2025

Key figures

Boring industry
Revenue
£47.1m
Growth —
Profit
£1.7m
Growth —
Profit margin
3.6%
Gross 13.8%
Employees
114
Change —
Profit / employee
£14.9k
Revenue/employee £413k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to30 Jun 202431 Dec 2025
DisclosureFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£34.8m£47.1m
Cost of sales£27.2m£40.6m
Gross profit£7.6m£6.5m
Operating profit£5.9m£3.1m
Profit before tax£5.3m£2.5m
Profit after tax£4.6m£1.7m
Profit (best available)£4.6m£1.7m
Staff costs£5.2m£9.3m
Employees (average)104114
Ratios
Profit margin13.1%3.6%
Gross margin21.9%13.8%
Revenue per employee£335k£413k
Profit per employee£43.9k£14.9k
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£2m£3.8m
Net assets£13.1m£9.8m
Fixed assets£15.7m£15m
Debtors£3.8m£5.4m
Deferred income£3m£1.5m
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
3.6%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
13.8%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£413k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£14.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
31.9%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
3.2%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
11.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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 £9.8m
Cash at bank
—
Now £3.8m
Headcount
—
Now 114
Deferred income
—
Now £1.5m
Fixed assets
—
Now £15m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Dauson Environmental Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. Atlantic Recycling Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (10)

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 £1.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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