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Company No. 08864255 · Incorporated 28 Jan 2014

S L Recycling Limited

Registered name: S L RECYCLING LIMITED

Part of S L Group Investments Limited group

S L Recycling Limited made £15.2m revenue and £285k profit in the year to 30 Jun 2025. read from filing text

S L Recycling Limited’s revenue was £15.2m in the year to 30 Jun 2025, with £285k profit and 32 employees. The company is classified under “recovery of sorted materials” and is based in New Inn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection E · Water supply, sewerage and waste managementSIC 38320Recovery of sorted materials
Status
Active
Location
New Inn, Wales
Age
12 yrs · since 2014
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 ultimate controlling party is Mr S Lewis.”

Latest accounts · year to 30 Jun 2025

Key figures

Boring industryCash flow filed
Revenue
£15.2m
Growth —
Profit
£285k
Growth —
Profit margin
1.9%
Gross 29.5%
Employees
32
Change —
Profit / employee
£8.9k
Revenue/employee £474k
Profitable streak
1yr
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

3 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to31 Jan 202331 Jan 202430 Jun 2025
DisclosureNo P&LFull P&Lread from filing textFull P&Lread from filing text
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)—£11.5m£15.2m
Cost of sales—£7.9m£10.7m
Gross profit—£3.7m£4.5m
Operating profit—£146k£297k
Profit before tax—£119k£177k
Profit after tax—−£53.5k£285k
Profit (best available)—−£53.5k£285k
Staff costs—£1.2m£1.7m
Employees (average)153632
Ratios
Profit margin—−0.5%1.9%
Gross margin—31.8%29.5%
Revenue per employee—£321k£474k
Profit per employee—−£1.5k£8.9k
Cash conversion——−575.8%
Growth (year on year)
Headcount growth—▲140%—
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank—£41.1k£247k
Net assets£3.9m£4.4m£3.2m
Fixed assets£3.4m£4.6m£6.6m
Debtors—£353k£436k
Deferred income—£0£126k
Cash from operations——−£1.7m
SourceFull Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024Full Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
1.9%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
29.5%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£474k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£8.9k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
−575.8%
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
43.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
0.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
2.9%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
—
Now £3.2m
Cash at bank
—
Now £247k
Headcount
—
Now 32
Deferred income
—
Now £126k
Fixed assets
—
Now £6.6m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. S L Group Investments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
  2. S L Recycling Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Sister companies (2)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Jun 2025 (profit £285k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

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