Silverwoods Waste Management Ltd
Registered name: SILVERWOODS WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD
Silverwoods Waste Management Ltd made £12.1m revenue and £3.7m profit in the year to 31 Oct 2025.
Silverwoods Waste Management Ltd’s revenue was £12.1m in the year to 31 Oct 2025, with £3.7m profit and 12 employees. The company is classified under “remediation activities and other waste management services” and is based in Accrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Accrington, North West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2010
- 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 Oct 2022 | 31 Oct 2023 | 31 Oct 2024 | 31 Oct 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £13m | £12.1m | £12.1m |
| Cost of sales | £8.8m | £10.6m | £9.5m | £10m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £2.4m | £2.6m | £2.1m |
| Operating profit | £925k | £1.5m | £1.5m | £5m |
| Profit before tax | £921k | £1.5m | £1.4m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £573k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit (best available) | £573k | £1.4m | £1.2m | £3.7m |
| Staff costs | £472k | £562k | £596k | £658k |
| Employees (average) | 13 | 14 | 14 | 12 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 5.4% | 10.9% | 9.9% | 30.6% |
| Gross margin | 16.8% | 18.5% | 21.6% | 17% |
| Revenue per employee | £810k | £926k | £861k | £1m |
| Profit per employee | £44.1k | £101k | £85.1k | £308k |
| Cash conversion | −183.2% | −109.1% | −110.5% | −50.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▼7% | ▲0.2% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲146.6% | ▼15.6% | ▲210.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.7% | 0% | ▼14.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £61.5k | £54.3k | £88.9k | £101k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £3.5m | £4.1m | £7.1m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4.1m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Current assets | £4.7m | £5.1m | £7.3m | £9.5m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £2.3m | £3.1m | £2.2m |
| Cash from operations | −£1.7m | −£1.6m | −£1.7m | −£2.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 30.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £308k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −50.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 33.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 18.3%
- 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
- ▲75%
- Now £7.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲14%
- Now £101k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 12
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £4m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Silverwoods Holdings 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 Oct 2025 (profit £3.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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