West Northamptonshire Norse Limited
Registered name: WEST NORTHAMPTONSHIRE NORSE LIMITED
Part of Norfolk County Council groupWest Northamptonshire Norse Limited made £5.9m revenue and £19.5k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
West Northamptonshire Norse Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £5.9m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £19.5k profit and 86 employees. The company is classified under “treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Norwich; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Norwich
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £5.5m | £6m | £5.9m |
| Cost of sales | −£4.4m | −£5m | −£4.9m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1m | £1m |
| Operating profit | £121k | £117k | £26k |
| Profit before tax | £121k | £117k | £26k |
| Profit after tax | £98.4k | £87.9k | £19.5k |
| Profit (best available) | £98.4k | £87.9k | £19.5k |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 83 | 86 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 1.8% | 1.5% | 0.3% |
| Gross margin | 19.1% | 17.4% | 17.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £64.9k | £72.2k | £68.5k |
| Profit per employee | £1.2k | £1.1k | £227 |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲10% | ▼1.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼10.6% | ▼77.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.2% | ▲3.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jan 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 17.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £68.5k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £227
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 86
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Norfolk County Council (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Norse Group Limited75–100%
- Norse Commercial Services Limited75–100%
- West Northamptonshire Norse Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (26)
- Alliance Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Amber Valley Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Barnsley Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Calderdale Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- East Hampshire Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Enfield Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Evolve Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Great Yarmouth Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Gyb Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Medway Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Newport Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norfolk Environmental Waste Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norse Eastern LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norse Environmental Waste Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norse South East LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Norse South West LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NPS Leeds LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NPS Property Consultants LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NPS South West LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Rochford Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Suffolk Coastal Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Suffolk Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Uttlesford Norse Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waveney Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wellingborough Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wiltshire Norse LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- West Northamptonshire Council (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £19.5k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
Contains public sector information from Companies House licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Companies House, © Crown copyright. View the licence.