Slick Recycling Ltd
Registered name: SLICK RECYCLING LTD
Slick Recycling Ltd made £8.9m revenue and £1.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Slick Recycling Ltd’s revenue grew 642% to £8.9m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.9m profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “freight transport by road” and is based in Oldham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- Oldham, North West
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- 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 | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £1.2m | £8.9m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £980k | £5.4m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £224k | £3.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £28.8k | £1.9m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £28.8k | £1.9m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £28.8k | £1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £28.8k | £1.9m |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 4 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 2.4% | 21.4% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 18.6% | 39.6% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £301k | £182k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £7.2k | £38.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▲641.8% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲6526% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | — | ▲1125% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | — | £37.8k | £581k |
| Net assets | £124k | £128k | £157k | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £171k | £141k | £125k | £983k |
| Current assets | — | — | £790k | £2.7m |
| Debtors | — | — | £261k | £1.2m |
| Source | Full Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Full Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Full Accounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 21.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £182k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £38.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 11%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.9%
- 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
- ▲1216%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲1436%
- Now £581k
- Headcount
- ▲1125%
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲687%
- Now £983k
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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