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BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00946107
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1969-01-16
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-28
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 38110
- Hubs
- UK Energy & Climate
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date these financial statements are signed and, therefore, have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- 360 Recycling London Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste Management
- Amber Engineering Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Barge Waste Management Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste Management
- Biffa (Corby) Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Biffa (Earls Barton) Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Biffa (Land) Limited · 100% held · Guernsey · Waste Management
- Biffa (Roxby) Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Biffa (West Sussex) Recycling Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Biffa Environmental Municipal Services Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Biffa Green Energy Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Biffa Landfill Solutions Holdings Limited · 100% held · UK · Holding company
- Biffa Landfill Solutions Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Biffa Pension Scheme Trustees Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Biffa Waste Management Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Business Marketing Limited · 100% held · UK · Marketing
- Business Supermarket Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- CAMO Ltd · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Chamley Holdings Limited · 100% held · UK · Holding company
- CheaperWaste Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Community Shop C.I.C · 100% held · UK · Other retail non-specialist
- Company Shop Limited · 100% held · UK · Other retail non-specialist
- Esterpet Limited · 100% held · UK · Recycling facility
- Everything Managed Group Limited · 100% held · UK · Holding company
- Forge Recycling (Holdings) Limited · 100% held · UK · Holding company
- Forge Recycling (UK) Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Grace Holdings Limited · 100% held · UK · Holding company
- Hamilton Waste & Recycling Limited · 100% held · Scotland, UK · Waste management
- Hazrem Environmental Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Island Waste Services Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Keenan (Recycling) Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- L&S Waste Management Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Lavelle & Sons Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Lift & Shift Skip Hire Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- New Star Environmental Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Norwaste Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- O'Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Holdings Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- O'Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Online Business Companion Limited · 100% held · UK · Marketing
- Poplars Resource Management Company Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Richard Biffa (Reclamation) Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- RUR3 Environmental Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Specialist Waste Recycling Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- SWR Smash & Grab Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- SWRNewstar Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Syracuse Waste Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Total Recycling Services Limited · 100% held · Scotland, UK · Waste management
- Trovare Industries Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Waste Basics Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Waste Managed Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Wastedrive (Manchester) Limited · 100% held · UK · Waste management
- Wastedrive Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
- Weir Recycling Services Limited · 100% held · UK · Dormant
Significant events
- “Entry into lease agreements for depots and land from which the Company operates.”
- “Acquisition of the Waste Managed group.”
- “Acquisition of L&S Waste Management.”
- “Entry into a receivables purchase and servicing arrangement and a subsequent amendment.”
- “Appointment of Marc Angell, CFO, as director of the Company.”
- “HMRC Landfill Tax enquiry settlement finalised on 22 November 2024.”
- “Impairment losses of £28.1m recognised, attributable to Polymers subdivision, closure of Wigan PRF, and Washington Polymers site.”
- “Post balance sheet event: acquisition of certain trade and assets from Biffa Landfill Solutions Limited, Affinity Renewables Limited, Sid Dennis & Sons Limited and Sackers Limited.”
- “Post balance sheet event: acquisition of the remaining 51.1% of Esterform Packaging Limited.”
- “Post balance sheet event: acquisition of the entire share capital of Coastal C&I Limited.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
6 active · 49 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARSONS, Sarah | Secretary | 2019-07-11 | — | — |
| ANGELL, Marc Anthony | Director | 2024-11-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| COLE, Stephen John | Director | 2026-03-05 | Mar 1972 | British |
| COULTON, Paul Michael | Director | 2026-03-05 | Jun 1982 | British |
| KIRIAKOPOULOS, Kostantinos Jim | Director | 2026-02-01 | Jan 1970 | Canadian,British |
| TOPHAM, Michael Robert Mason | Director | 2013-10-08 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 49 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELLHOUSE, Donald Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1997-09-19 |
| CLARK, William Alexander Frank | Secretary | 1998-02-20 | 2008-07-31 |
| ELLSON, Hilary Myra | Secretary | 2008-07-31 | 2012-07-03 |
| HAMBROOK, Rachael | Secretary | 2017-02-22 | 2019-07-10 |
| HIDE, Susan Gaynor | Secretary | 1997-09-19 | 1998-02-20 |
| WOODWARD, Keith | Secretary | 2007-01-12 | 2016-12-09 |
| ANDERSON, Jeffrey Buchanan | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2021-03-01 |
| BARLTROP, Robert Mitchell | Director | 1992-07-24 | 1996-01-26 |
| BELLHOUSE, Donald Geoffrey | Director | — | 1997-09-19 |
| BETTINGTON, Martin John | Director | — | 2008-03-31 |
| BIRD, David Anthony | Director | 2021-03-01 | 2022-03-17 |
| BROWN, David Andrew | Director | — | 2001-11-07 |
| CHIVERS, Richard | Director | 2004-08-25 | 2012-09-12 |
| CORNER-JONES, Michael Mark | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2013-02-15 |
| COSTIN, Ronald Alan Stuart | Director | 1992-09-18 | 2001-12-21 |
| CRESSWELL, Richard Tom | Director | — | 1993-03-22 |
| DAVIS, Michael Charles | Director | 2019-11-04 | 2026-01-31 |
| GREGG, Nicholas | Director | 2006-07-03 | 2010-04-29 |
| GRIFFITHS, Berian Joshua | Director | 1992-09-18 | 2008-06-04 |
| HORBACH, Jan Andreas Leonardus | Director | 2008-06-16 | 2010-05-28 |
| JAMES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2023-09-19 | 2024-10-31 |
| JENNINGS, Paul Willis | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2010-08-03 |
| JONES, Peter Terry | Director | — | 2008-06-16 |
| KEOUGH, Mark Eagan | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2010-09-01 |
| KNOTT, David Robert | Director | 2003-08-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| LOWTH, Timothy Walter John | Director | 2001-08-20 | 2008-11-27 |
| MALBRAIN, Carl Marie | Director | 1995-05-31 | 2000-12-31 |
| MANNING, Nigel Hugh | Director | 1994-12-15 | 2006-02-03 |
| MAYHEW, Maxine Eleanor, Dr | Director | 2022-04-04 | 2025-10-31 |
| NEAL, Caroline | Director | — | 1994-11-18 |
| PARROTT, Stephen John | Director | 1994-12-15 | 2000-09-22 |
| PARSONS, Sarah Christine | Director | 2023-06-02 | 2023-09-19 |
| PEARCE, Christopher | Director | 1996-03-22 | 1998-03-31 |
| PIKE, Richard Neil | Director | 2018-09-28 | 2023-03-31 |
| PONE, Culdip Kelly Caur | Director | 2009-01-26 | 2011-08-02 |
| PROSSER, Mathew Dafydd | Director | 2004-08-25 | 2007-09-14 |
| REDBURN, Timothy John | Director | 2012-09-25 | 2013-02-15 |
| RIJCKENBERG, Charles Louis | Director | — | 1994-10-31 |
| ROBERTSON, Clive Anderson Mitchell | Director | — | 1993-08-23 |
| SADIQUE, Muhammad | Director | 2004-08-25 | 2006-03-31 |
| SAVILLE, Malcolm Leslie | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2008-06-16 |
| SAVORY, David | Director | 2004-08-20 | 2011-08-04 |
| SOPER, Alan John | Director | 1993-11-19 | 1994-11-21 |
| TATE, Robert Bisland | Director | — | 2008-04-25 |
| TWEEDALE, Robin Edwin | Director | 2000-09-22 | 2003-07-31 |
| WAKELIN, Ian Raymond | Director | 2010-09-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| WOODWARD, Keith | Director | 2008-05-29 | 2016-12-09 |
| BIFFA CORPORATE SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2017-10-26 | 2023-06-02 |
| HALES WASTE CONTROL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-03-31 | 2008-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Biffa Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 325 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-03-16 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2026-02-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-02-02 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-12-18 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-11-18 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-11-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-09-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-03-27 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-01-10 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-08-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-05-04 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-12-21 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous extended |
| 2023-09-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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