BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-04 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£45M
+135.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£626M
+104.5% vs 2024
Employees
9,455
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£39M
-7.4% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED 1986-04-22 → present
- BIFFA LIMITED 1969-01-16 → 1986-04-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,153,400,000 | £1,205,700,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£30,300,000 | -£46,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£36,600,000 | -£39,300,000 | |
| Net profit | -£41,700,000 | -£28,200,000 | |
| Cash | £18,900,000 | £44,500,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £691,200,000 | £1,024,300,000 | |
| Net assets | £306,300,000 | £626,300,000 | |
| Equity | £306,300,000 | £626,300,000 | |
| Average employees | 9,642 | 9,455 | |
| Wages | £367,700,000 | £371,700,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -2.6% | -3.9% | |
| Net margin | -3.6% | -2.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | -4.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 86.4% | 72.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.80x | 0.86x | |
| Interest cover | -2.50x | -1.97x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- 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.”
Group structure
- BIFFA WASTE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- 360 Recycling London Limited 100%
- Amber Engineering Limited 100%
- Barge Waste Management Limited 100%
- Biffa (Corby) Limited 100%
- Biffa (Earls Barton) Limited 100%
- Biffa (Land) Limited 100%
- Biffa (Roxby) Limited 100%
- Biffa (West Sussex) Recycling Limited 100%
- Biffa Environmental Municipal Services Limited 100%
- Biffa Green Energy Limited 100%
- Biffa Landfill Solutions Holdings Limited 100%
- Biffa Landfill Solutions Limited 100%
- Biffa Pension Scheme Trustees Limited 100%
- Biffa Waste Management Limited 100%
- Business Marketing Limited 100%
- Business Supermarket Limited 100%
- CAMO Ltd 100%
- Chamley Holdings Limited 100%
- CheaperWaste Limited 100%
- Community Shop C.I.C 100%
- Company Shop Limited 100%
- Esterpet Limited 100%
- Everything Managed Group Limited 100%
- Forge Recycling (Holdings) Limited 100%
- Forge Recycling (UK) Limited 100%
- Grace Holdings Limited 100%
- Hamilton Waste & Recycling Limited 100%
- Hazrem Environmental Limited 100%
- Island Waste Services Limited 100%
- Keenan (Recycling) Limited 100%
- L&S Waste Management Limited 100%
- Lavelle & Sons Limited 100%
- Lift & Shift Skip Hire Limited 100%
- New Star Environmental Limited 100%
- Norwaste Limited 100%
- O'Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Holdings Limited 100%
- O'Brien Waste Recycling Solutions Limited 100%
- Online Business Companion Limited 100%
- Poplars Resource Management Company Limited 100%
- Richard Biffa (Reclamation) Limited 100%
- RUR3 Environmental Limited 100%
- Specialist Waste Recycling Limited 100%
- SWR Smash & Grab Limited 100%
- SWRNewstar Limited 100%
- Syracuse Waste Limited 100%
- Total Recycling Services Limited 100%
- Trovare Industries Limited 100%
- Waste Basics Limited 100%
- Waste Managed Limited 100%
- Wastedrive (Manchester) Limited 100%
- Wastedrive Limited 100%
- Weir Recycling Services Limited 100%
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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-04-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 2
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-28 vs 2024-03-29
-
Turnover
+4.5%
£1,153,400,000 £1,205,700,000
-
Cash
+135.4%
£18,900,000 £44,500,000
-
Net assets
+104.5%
£306,300,000 £626,300,000
-
Employees
-1.9%
9,642 9,455
-
Operating profit
-53.5%
-£30,300,000 -£46,500,000
-
Profit before tax
-7.4%
-£36,600,000 -£39,300,000
-
Wages
+1.1%
£367,700,000 £371,700,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers