WASTE RECYCLING GROUP (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-14 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£670K
-133.4% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£511K
+35.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 8 times since incorporation
- WASTE RECYCLING GROUP (UK) LIMITED 2012-05-18 → present
- WRG (MANAGEMENT) LIMITED 2004-07-21 → 2012-05-18
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (WASTE SERVICES) LIMITED 1999-06-29 → 2004-07-21
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (SOUTHERN WASTE SERVICES) LIMITED 1999-05-24 → 1999-06-29
- SHANKS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED 1999-04-30 → 1999-05-24
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (WASTE SERVICES) LIMITED 1998-12-24 → 1999-04-30
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (LANDFILL) LIMITED 1995-04-03 → 1998-12-24
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (WASTE SERVICES) LIMITED 1991-04-22 → 1995-04-03
- DMWSL 072 LIMITED 1990-11-29 → 1991-04-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£792,000 | -£511,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£792,000 | -£511,000 | |
| Net profit | -£594,000 | -£383,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | -£287,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Equity | -£287,000 | -£670,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 103.4% | 108.4% |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WASTE RECYCLING GROUP (UK) LIMITED · parent
- FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited 100%
- WRG (Northern) Limited 100%
- WRG (Midlands) Limited 100%
- WRG Waste Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 10 June 2024 our Spanish parent, FCC Servicios Medio Ambiente completed the purchase of the UK operations of Urbaser. This acquisition strengthens our business position as one of the country's leading waste management operators.”
- “Earlier in the year we had announced a partnership that would see the rollout of coffee pod recycling across all our household waste recycling centres (HWRC's).”
- “We received confirmation that we had been awarded a 3 year extension to our existing contract with Cheshire West and Chester Council for the provision of Residual Waste Disposal Services. This contract has now been extended until the 31st March 2027.”
- “We celebrated with our apprentices, National Apprenticeship Week.”
- “We opened a new Re-Use shop, run by Dove House Hospice in partnership with Hull City Council.”
- “We opened a reuse shop, for the residents of Barry, in the Vale of Glamorgan.”
- “We were once again working with Cycle Community CIC which was based at Goldwyn School in Ashford, Kent to encourage the reuse of unwanted bikes with life still left in them.”
- “Working with Wigan Council, Wigan residents were encouraged to participate in The Great Cable Challenge, a nationwide campaign aimed at tackling the millions of cables sitting idle across UK households.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGDON, Steven John | Director | 2023-08-02 | May 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Fraser Wilson | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2008-10-21 |
| BUNTON, Victoria | Secretary | 2011-10-26 | 2012-12-20 |
| CALDER, Samantha Jane | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2006-09-28 |
| CANNON, Sara Philipa | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2004-06-30 |
| CROWHURST, Georgina Violet | Secretary | 2019-10-15 | 2020-01-28 |
| DE FEO, Caterina | Secretary | 2009-08-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| FAVIER TILSTON, Claire | Secretary | 2006-12-15 | 2013-01-10 |
| HARDMAN, Steven Neville | Secretary | 2004-07-14 | 2004-08-16 |
| KING, Jane Leslie | Secretary | — | 2000-11-29 |
| NUNN, Carol Jayne | Secretary | 2012-12-20 | 2019-05-17 |
| WATERHOUSE, Alan | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2005-07-27 |
| AVERILL, Michael Charles Edward | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2004-07-01 |
| BURNS, Phillip Wesley | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2004-10-25 |
| CASSELLS, Leslie James Davidson | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| CLARKE, Michael James | Director | 1999-04-29 | 2004-07-01 |
| DOWNES, David John | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2004-07-01 |
| ELLIS, Christopher John | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2013-11-28 |
| FOWLER, Alastair John Neil | Director | — | 1993-09-30 |
| HARDMAN, Steven Neville | Director | 2004-08-16 | 2008-04-30 |
| HEWITT, Michael Roger | Director | — | 1994-01-12 |
| KAYE, Paul | Director | 1992-01-27 | 1993-11-25 |
| MARTIN, Joanna Simone, Doctor | Director | 1992-01-27 | 1993-11-24 |
| MEREDITH, James Robert | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2009-11-27 |
| MEREDITH, James Robert | Director | 1993-03-29 | 2003-03-31 |
| MORIN, Kenneth Robert | Director | — | 1999-02-01 |
| NEWMAN, Geoffrey John | Director | — | 1996-08-30 |
| ORTS-LLOPIS, Vicente Federico | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| PHILPOTT, Michael John | Director | — | 1995-11-30 |
| ROBINSON, Malcolm | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2008-06-27 |
| RUNCIMAN, Hugh Leishman Inglis | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| SERRANO MINCHAN, Agustin | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2022-02-11 |
| STEINER, Leon | Director | — | 1992-03-23 |
| STEWART, Quentin Richard | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2004-10-25 |
| TASKER, Robert Leslie | Director | — | 1993-03-29 |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| WHEELER, David Frederick | Director | 1992-01-27 | 1993-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wrg Acquisitions 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 261 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-04-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-133.4%
-£287,000 -£670,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+35.5%
-£792,000 -£511,000
-
Profit before tax
+35.5%
-£792,000 -£511,000
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