Associated Waste Group Ltd
Registered name: ASSOCIATED WASTE GROUP LTD
Associated Waste Group Ltd made £10.3m revenue and a £723k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Associated Waste Group Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £10.3m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £723k and 53 employees. The company is classified under “other service activities” and is based in Grays; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Grays, London
- Age
- 19 yrs · since 2007
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 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) | £19.9m | £11.4m | £10.2m | £10.3m |
| Cost of sales | £10.7m | £8m | £6.6m | £6.9m |
| Gross profit | £9.2m | £3.4m | £3.5m | £3.4m |
| Operating profit | £5.2m | £1.1m | £1.1m | £758k |
| Profit before tax | £5.1m | £1m | £1m | £217k |
| Profit after tax | £4.1m | £908k | £52.8k | −£723k |
| Profit (best available) | £4.1m | £908k | £52.8k | −£723k |
| Employees (average) | 51 | 50 | 47 | 53 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 20.4% | 8% | 0.5% | −7% |
| Gross margin | 46.1% | 30% | 34.7% | 33.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £391k | £228k | £216k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | £79.8k | £18.2k | £1.1k | −£13.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼10.9% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼94.2% | ▼1467% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼6% | ▲12.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £310k | £420k | £189k | £50.4k |
| Net assets | −£752k | −£792k | −£816k | −£835k |
| Fixed assets | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Current assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1m | £999k |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£13.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11.6%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0%
- 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 −£835k
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £50.4k
- Headcount
- ▲13%
- Now 53
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- 0%
- Now £1.2m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Regional Waste Recycling (Commercial) 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 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£723k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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