BIFFA TREATMENT SERVICES LIMITED

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  1 PSC ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

1. BIFFA TREATMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2024-10-18 → present
2. RENEWI UK SERVICES LIMITED 2017-10-09 → 2024-10-18
3. SHANKS WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2004-01-28 → 2017-10-09
4. VALE COLLECTIONS AND RECYCLING LIMITED 2001-01-26 → 2004-01-28
5. ASM WASTE SERVICES LIMITED 1994-03-21 → 2001-01-26
6. ASM SKIP HIRE LIMITED 1989-06-08 → 1994-03-21

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 101

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The Company made a loss for the year ended 31 March 2025 and had accumulated losses at the balance sheet date. The Directors have considered the Company's financial position, including projected cash flows and the level of support available from Biffa Bidco Limited. Biffa Bidco Limited has indicated its continued intention to provide financial support to enable the Company to meet its liabilities as they fall due for a period of at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. A formal letter of support confirming this commitment has been obtained at the date of approval of the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BIFFA TREATMENT SERVICES LIMITED · parent
   1. Biffa SRF Trading Limited 100% · England

Significant events

• “On 15 July 2024, the Company disposed of its shareholding in its subsidiary, Safewaste Limited, to a fellow group undertaking, Renewi Holdings Limited, for consideration of £2,600,000, resulting in a gain on disposal of £2,317,000 which was recognised as profit on disposal of investment in subsidiary.”
• “On 9 August 2024, the Company agreed to transfer its freehold and leasehold property interests, together with the associated liabilities and environmental permits relating to the Aucheninnes and Galdenoch landfill sites, to its former subsidiary undertaking, Safewaste Limited, for consideration of £4,423,000. In connection with this transaction, the Company issued 100 £1 ordinary shares to former group undertaking Renewi Holdings Limited, comprising £100 nominal value and £3,437,000 recognised as share premium, with the remaining balance applied in settlement of intercompany balances.”
• “On 10 October 2024, Biffa Group acquired the Company via newly formed parent undertaking is Biffa Treatment Services Holdings Limited. The Company was renamed Biffa Treatment Services Limited (formerly Renewi UK Services Limited). The acquisition did not result in any change in principal activities from the previous year. Biffa Group received £114,909,000 in cash from Renewi PLC as consideration for the purchase. The Company's newly incorporated parent subscribed to £114,909,000 shares in Biffa Treatment Services Limited for £1 each.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

3

last 12 months

Capital events

2

last 24 months

Officers appointed

1

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  +3.4%

  £147,842,000 → £152,824,000

• Cash

  +343.3%

  £1,379,000 → £6,113,000

• Net assets

  +92.5%

  -£245,547,000 → -£18,370,000

• Employees

  +3.5%

  550 → 569

• Operating profit

  -169.2%

  £1,136,000 → -£786,000

• Profit before tax

  -22.9%

  -£3,591,000 → -£4,413,000

• Wages

  +3.4%

  £23,989,000 → £24,803,000

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