Allwood Recycling Solutions Limited
Registered name: ALLWOOD RECYCLING SOLUTIONS LIMITED
Part of Palatine Impact GP II LLP groupAllwood Recycling Solutions Limited made £24.5m revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Allwood Recycling Solutions Limited’s revenue grew 18% to £24.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.1m profit and 134 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Manchester; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 28 Feb 2022 | 28 Feb 2023 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £14.5m | £16.2m | £15.4m | £20.8m | £24.5m |
| Cost of sales | £11.5m | £13.2m | £12.1m | £16.7m | £19.8m |
| Gross profit | £3m | £3m | £3.3m | £4.1m | £4.7m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2m | £2.1m | £2.4m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £3m | £3.2m | £3.1m | £4.2m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 106 | 114 | 118 | 126 | 134 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 11.5% | 10.1% | 10.4% | 8.6% | 8.4% |
| Gross margin | 20.9% | 18.7% | 21.4% | 19.8% | 19.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £137k | £142k | £130k | £165k | £183k |
| Profit per employee | £15.6k | £14.4k | £13.5k | £14.2k | £15.3k |
| Cash conversion | −91.9% | −116.5% | −67.2% | −93.7% | −85.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.1% | ▼5.3% | ▲35.2% | ▲17.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼1.1% | ▼2.8% | ▲12.6% | ▲14.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.5% | ▲3.5% | ▲6.8% | ▲6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.6m | £1.9m |
| Net assets | £500k | £1.6m | £3.2m | £4m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £619k | £549k | £1.1m | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £3.6m | £4.5m | £5.5m | £6.7m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.3m | £3.1m | £4.5m |
| Deferred income | £79.6k | £72.3k | £156k | £61.1k | £97.8k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.9m | −£2.4m | −£1.4m | −£2.2m | −£2.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £183k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £15.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −85.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 7.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.2%
- 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
- ▲39%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲18%
- Now £1.9m
- Headcount
- ▲6%
- Now 134
- Deferred income
- ▲60%
- Now £97.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▲19%
- Now £1.7m
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
- Palatine Impact GP II LLPultimate parent50–75%
- Project Jasmine Topco Limited75–100%
- Project Jasmine Bidco Limited75–100%
- Papilo Holdings Limited75–100%
- Papilo Limited75–100%
- Allwood Recycling Solutions Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Rekk Recycling LtdFigures 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 Dec 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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