Waste Managed Limited
Registered name: WASTE MANAGED LIMITED
Part of Biffa Midco Limited groupWaste Managed Limited made £24.7m revenue and a £396k loss in the year to 30 Sep 2023.
Waste Managed Limited’s revenue grew 124% to £24.7m in the year to 30 Sep 2023, with a loss of £396k and 150 employees. The company is classified under “collection of non-hazardous waste” and is based in Newcastle Upon Tyne; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Newcastle Upon Tyne, North East
- Age
- 5 yrs · since 2021
- 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.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £11m | £24.7m |
| Cost of sales | £8.4m | £16.3m |
| Gross profit | £2.6m | £8.4m |
| Operating profit | −£2.9m | −£4.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£2.9m | −£396k |
| Profit after tax | −£2.9m | −£396k |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.9m | −£396k |
| Staff costs | £4.7m | £6.7m |
| Employees (average) | 130 | 150 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −26% | −1.6% |
| Gross margin | 23.9% | 34% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.7k | £165k |
| Profit per employee | −£22k | −£2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲124.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲15.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £13.8k | £416k |
| Net assets | −£2.8m | −£3.2m |
| Fixed assets | £3.6m | £5m |
| Current assets | £2.6m | £4.2m |
| Debtors | £907k | £1m |
| Deferred income | £1.5m | £3.5m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −1.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 34%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £165k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 20.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 14.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 4.1%
- 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 −£3.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2924%
- Now £416k
- Headcount
- ▲15%
- Now 150
- Deferred income
- ▲141%
- Now £3.5m
- Fixed assets
- ▲40%
- Now £5m
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
- Biffa Midco Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Biffa Bidco Limited75–100%
- Biffa Limited75–100%
- Biffa Group Limited75–100%
- Biffa Group Holdings (UK) Limited75–100%
- Biffa Corporate Holdings Limited75–100%
- Reclamation and Disposal Limited75–100%
- Biffa Holdings Limited75–100%
- Biffa Waste Services Limited75–100%
- Everything Managed Group Limited75–100%
- Waste Managed Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Cheaperwaste LtdFigures not disclosed
- Trovare Industries LtdFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- 360 Recycling London LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Business Marketing LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Business Supermarket LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Online Business Companion LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Waste Basics 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 30 Sep 2023 (profit −£396k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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