Blancomet Recycling UK Limited
Registered name: BLANCOMET RECYCLING UK LIMITED
Blancomet Recycling UK Limited made £47.4m revenue and a £273k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2025. read from filing text
Blancomet Recycling UK Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £47.4m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with a loss of £273k and 63 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Stone; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stone, West Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2009
- 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 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £105m | £60.1m | £47.4m |
| Cost of sales | £137m | £97.3m | £57.3m | £44.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £6.6m | £2.7m | £2.6m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.2m | £150k | £415k |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.2m | £207k | −£75.9k |
| Profit after tax | £1m | £1.8m | £205k | −£273k |
| Profit (best available) | £1m | £1.8m | £205k | −£273k |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 66 | 62 | 63 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 1.7% | 0.3% | −0.6% |
| Gross margin | — | 6.3% | 4.6% | 5.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £1.6m | £969k | £752k |
| Profit per employee | £16k | £26.5k | £3.3k | −£4.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | 25.5% | 759% | −81.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼43% | ▼21.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲70.5% | ▼88.3% | ▼232.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | ▼6.1% | ▲1.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1m | £2.8m | £1.6m | £900k |
| Net assets | £4.8m | £6.5m | £6.6m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £2.5m | £2.5m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Current assets | £24.8m | £17.5m | £8.5m | £7.9m |
| Debtors | £11.8m | £8m | £3.2m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £76.9k | £73.4k | £77.4k | £63.7k |
| Cash from operations | — | £556k | £1.1m | −£339k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 5.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £752k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£4.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −81.5%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 5.1%
- 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 £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼45%
- Now £900k
- Headcount
- ▲2%
- Now 63
- Deferred income
- ▼18%
- Now £63.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲6%
- Now £1.9m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2025 (profit −£273k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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