KCM Waste Management Limited
Registered name: KCM WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Part of Hickling Holdings Limited groupKCM Waste Management Limited made £14.9m revenue and £924k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
KCM Waste Management Limited’s revenue grew 1% to £14.9m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £924k profit and 138 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Rotherham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Rotherham, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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. From the filing: “On 20 September 2023, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Hickling Holdings Limited.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2021 | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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 | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.4m | £11m | £15.6m | £14.7m | £14.9m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £9.3m | £13m | £12.6m | £12.2m |
| Gross profit | £1.8m | £1.7m | £2.5m | £2m | £2.7m |
| Operating profit | £773k | £234k | £1.1m | £658k | £1.5m |
| Profit before tax | £604k | £89.5k | £915k | £252k | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | £446k | £130k | £717k | £189k | £924k |
| Profit (best available) | £446k | £130k | £717k | £189k | £924k |
| Staff costs | £2.8m | £3.2m | £3.5m | £4.2m | £4.2m |
| Employees (average) | 127 | 122 | 119 | 121 | 138 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 4.3% | 1.2% | 4.6% | 1.3% | 6.2% |
| Gross margin | 17.8% | 15.8% | 16.3% | 13.8% | 18.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £81.5k | £90.1k | £131k | £121k | £108k |
| Profit per employee | £3.5k | £1.1k | £6k | £1.6k | £6.7k |
| Cash conversion | −162.6% | −641.3% | −252.1% | 8.1% | −125.4% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.1% | ▲41.5% | ▼5.8% | ▲1.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼70.8% | ▲449.8% | ▼73.6% | ▲387.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼2.5% | ▲1.7% | ▲14.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £73.3k | £45.8k | £508k | £84.5k | £74.1k |
| Net assets | £979k | £834k | £1.2m | £941k | £1.4m |
| Fixed assets | £4.3m | £4.4m | £5m | £4.9m | £4.2m |
| Current assets | £2.4m | £2.2m | £3.4m | £4.2m | £4.6m |
| Debtors | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.1m |
| Deferred income | £83.7k | £67k | £53.6k | £42.9k | £34.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.3m | −£1.5m | −£2.7m | £53k | −£1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jan 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £108k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £6.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −125.4%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 28.3%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.2%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- 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
- ▲46%
- Now £1.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼12%
- Now £74.1k
- Headcount
- ▲14%
- Now 138
- Deferred income
- ▼20%
- Now £34.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼15%
- Now £4.2m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hickling Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- KCM Waste Management Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Shires Developments (Roundwood) 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 Aug 2025 (profit £924k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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