CUMBRIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD.
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-23 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-09
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+36.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£18M
+133.5% vs 2024
Employees
214
+4.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£12M
+1,087.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,816,000 | £44,781,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,452,000 | £1,165,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,006,000 | £11,948,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,366,000 | £10,270,000 | |
| Cash | £3,736,000 | £5,109,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,185,000 | £19,499,000 | |
| Net assets | £7,697,000 | £17,972,000 | |
| Equity | £7,697,000 | £17,972,000 | |
| Average employees | 204 | 214 | |
| Wages | £6,852,000 | £7,369,000 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 2.6% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 22.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.3% | 43.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.32x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | 2.16x |
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 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having reviewed forecasts of future activity, including the review of any impact from post balance sheet events, the Directors have the 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 of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- CUMBRIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD. · parent
- Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited 100%
- Cumbria Land Management (Flusco) Ltd - Dormant 100%
- Cumbria Land Management (Teeside) Ltd - Dormant 100%
Significant events
- “On 1 February 2025 CWM disposed of all assets associated with its landfill business, along with LWM, to a 3rd party.”
- “On 23 December 2024 CWR acquired 100% of the shareholding in Wicks Services Ltd (WSL) and Wicks Metals Ltd (WML), and on 29 October 2024 acquired 100% of the shareholding in Derwent Recycling Services Ltd (DRS).”
- “The sale of the landfill activities and Lakeland Waste Management Limited generated a profit on disposal of £8.9m.”
- “As a result of the sale of the company, Cumbria Waste Management ceased to be owned by the local authority and as such its participation within the Cumbria Local Government Pension Scheme concluded on 22 December 2023.”
- “On 14 October 2025 100% of the share capital within Project Chicago Topco Limited was acquired by FCC Environment (UK) Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 34 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGDON, Steven John | Director | 2025-10-14 | May 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Fraser Wilson | Director | 2025-10-14 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2005-04-27 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 1993-11-02 | 2001-03-08 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-04-27 | 2021-03-31 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| FRASER, Alan | Secretary | 1991-11-20 | 1993-07-01 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Lawrence | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2001-11-29 |
| WILSON, David James Malcolm | Secretary | 1993-06-30 | 1993-11-02 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| BARLTROP, Robert Michael | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2021-11-30 |
| BROWN, Jeffrey Frank | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2011-12-13 |
| BURNET, John Elliot | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-06-03 |
| BYRNE, Antony Paul | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2023-12-22 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2025-10-14 |
| CLARE, Tom | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2003-11-21 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| DIXON, Kenneth | Director | 1992-06-03 | 2001-04-01 |
| HUSBAND, Ian Douglas | Director | 1993-03-10 | 1993-11-01 |
| MAXWELL, John William | Director | 1992-02-21 | 1995-06-30 |
| MOORE, Alan | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2023-12-22 |
| NICHOLSON, Alan David | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-09-01 |
| PONTING, Terence John | Director | 1992-05-14 | 2016-01-01 |
| RIDDELL, Marshall Charles | Director | 1998-11-16 | 2020-02-19 |
| RUTHERFORD, Ian | Director | 2001-12-11 | 2002-12-02 |
| RUTHERFORD, Ian | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2001-09-21 |
| SHORT, Lawson, Cllr | Director | 2001-09-21 | 2001-12-11 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2001-11-29 |
| SPAUL, Thomas | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-12-22 |
| SWARBRICK, William Alfred | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-06-03 |
| TAIT, Agnes Mary | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-05-28 |
| TROTTER, John Ernest | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-06-02 |
| WADDINGTON, Charles Anthony | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2017-06-06 |
| WATERHOUSE, John Roger | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1998-09-09 |
| WOOD, Ian | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2025-10-14 |
| YOUNG, Stewart Farries | Director | 1992-06-03 | 1997-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Chicago Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-22 | Active |
| Cumbria County Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+18.4%
£37,816,000 £44,781,000
-
Cash
+36.8%
£3,736,000 £5,109,000
-
Net assets
+133.5%
£7,697,000 £17,972,000
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Employees
+4.9%
204 214
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Operating profit
-19.8%
£1,452,000 £1,165,000
-
Profit before tax
+1,087.7%
£1,006,000 £11,948,000
-
Wages
+7.5%
£6,852,000 £7,369,000
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