LCM Environmental Services Limited
Registered name: LCM ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES LIMITED
Part of LCM Environmental Services Holdings Limited groupLCM Environmental Services Limited made £11.5m revenue and £1.2m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
LCM Environmental Services Limited’s revenue grew 27% to £11.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £1.2m profit and 55 employees. The company is classified under “remediation activities and other waste management services” and is based in Padiham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Padiham, North West
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2013
- 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: “The”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £9m | £11.5m |
| Operating profit | — | £957k | £1.7m |
| Profit before tax | — | £909k | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | — | £678k | £1.2m |
| Profit (best available) | — | £678k | £1.2m |
| Staff costs | — | £2.1m | £2.6m |
| Employees (average) | 37 | 44 | 55 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | — | 7.5% | 10.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £205k | £209k |
| Profit per employee | — | £15.4k | £22.4k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲27.4% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲81.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲18.9% | ▲25% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £301k | £787k | £426k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £2.3m | £3.5m |
| Fixed assets | £3.2m | £3.7m | £5.1m |
| Current assets | £2m | £3.2m | £4.5m |
| Debtors | £1.4m | £1.9m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | — | £300k | £718k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 10.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £209k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £22.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 44.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 6.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 29.4%
- 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
- ▲55%
- Now £3.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼46%
- Now £426k
- Headcount
- ▲25%
- Now 55
- Deferred income
- ▲139%
- Now £718k
- Fixed assets
- ▲39%
- Now £5.1m
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
- LCM Environmental Services Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- LCM Environmental Services Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Environmental Construction Services LtdFigures not disclosed
- LCM Ireland LtdFigures not disclosed
- Octane Draincare LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Octane Holding Group 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 Mar 2025 (profit £1.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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