Clearaway Recycling Limited
Registered name: CLEARAWAY RECYCLING LIMITED
Part of Whitehair Group Ltd groupClearaway Recycling Limited made £22m revenue and a £148k loss in the year to 30 Apr 2025.
Clearaway Recycling Limited’s revenue grew 16% to £22m in the year to 30 Apr 2025, with a loss of £148k and 38 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Leigh-on-Sea; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Leigh-on-Sea, East of England
- 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 | 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) | £31.1m | £23.5m | £18.9m | £22m |
| Cost of sales | £28.2m | £21.9m | £18.8m | £20.6m |
| Gross profit | £2.9m | £1.6m | £104k | £1.3m |
| Operating profit | £2m | £397k | −£1.3m | £253k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £377k | −£1.4m | £177k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £224k | −£1m | −£148k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £224k | −£1m | −£148k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £2m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 39 | 41 | 41 | 38 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.1% | 0.9% | −5.4% | −0.7% |
| Gross margin | 9.4% | 6.8% | 0.5% | 6% |
| Revenue per employee | £798k | £574k | £462k | £578k |
| Profit per employee | £41.1k | £5.5k | −£25k | −£3.9k |
| Cash conversion | −81.7% | −744.5% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼24.3% | ▼19.5% | ▲15.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼86% | ▼557.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.1% | 0% | ▼7.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.5m | £929k | £657k | £504k |
| Net assets | £5.5m | £5.6m | £4.4m | £4.1m |
| Fixed assets | £3.4m | £4.7m | £5.1m | £4.1m |
| Current assets | £5.7m | £5m | £4.7m | £6.8m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £1.3m | £1.2m | £3m |
| Deferred income | £274k | £169k | £325k | £88.9k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.6m | −£3m | −£985k | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −0.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £578k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£3.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.7%
- 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
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▼8%
- Now £4.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼23%
- Now £504k
- Headcount
- ▼7%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▼73%
- Now £88.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼19%
- Now £4.1m
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
- Whitehair Group Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Clearaway Holdings Limited75–100%
- Clearaway Recycling Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Archers Fields Energy Recovery 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 −£148k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jan 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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