FCC RECYCLING (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
£59M
-3.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£91M
+7.2% vs 2023
Employees
1,103
+19.5% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£7M
+485% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED 2012-05-11 → present
- WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED 2002-07-11 → 2012-05-11
- WASTENOTTS LIMITED 1991-12-24 → 2002-07-11
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 | £149,159,000 | £169,236,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£14,431,000 | -£4,649,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,817,000 | £6,996,000 | |
| Net profit | -£225,000 | £6,145,000 | |
| Cash | £60,846,000 | £58,834,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £117,418,000 | £124,804,000 | |
| Net assets | £85,000,000 | £91,145,000 | |
| Equity | £85,000,000 | £91,145,000 | |
| Average employees | 923 | 1,103 | |
| Wages | £41,216,000 | £44,592,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -9.7% | -2.7% | |
| Net margin | -0.2% | 3.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -12.3% | -3.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.5% | 85.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.71x | 0.80x | |
| Interest cover | -3.83x | -3.64x |
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
- FCC RECYCLING (UK) LIMITED · parent
- T Shooter Limited 100%
- Hykeham O&M Services Limited 100%
- RE3 Holdings Limited 100%
- FCC Wrexham PFI Holdings Limited 100%
- Wrexham PFI (Phase II Holding) Limited 100%
- Severn Waste Services Limited 50%
- Mercia Waste Management Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 1 October 2024 the Company completed the purchase of the trade and assets of the remaining municipal collection contracts of fellow FCC subsidiary, FCC Environment Services (UK) Limited, for £3.4million, satisfied by an intercompany receivable.”
- “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.”
- “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.”
- “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). This was an expansion to a pilot scheme at 11 HWRC's, and in July we announced that this had been introduced at the Judkins Recycling Centre in Nuneaton, and sites in Wigan, in partnership with Podback, the pod recycling service.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 56 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 56 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUTY, Kenneth Ian | Secretary | 1996-12-20 | 1997-06-27 |
| 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 |
| CROWHURST, Georgina Violet | Secretary | 2019-10-15 | 2020-01-28 |
| DE FEO, Caterina | Secretary | 2009-08-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| DOWNES, Jane Claire | Secretary | 1996-03-27 | 1997-06-27 |
| ELLIS, David Michael | Secretary | 1991-12-19 | 1996-03-27 |
| FAVIER TILSTON, Claire | Secretary | 2006-12-15 | 2013-01-10 |
| HARDMAN, Steven Neville | Secretary | 2004-06-22 | 2004-08-16 |
| NUNN, Carol Jayne | Secretary | 2012-12-20 | 2019-05-17 |
| WATERHOUSE, Alan | Secretary | 1997-06-27 | 2005-07-27 |
| ANDREWS, Paul James | Director | 2008-02-20 | 2010-11-09 |
| BARNES, Timothy Miles Henry | Director | 1998-09-01 | 1999-09-30 |
| BOYES, Christopher | Director | 1997-06-20 | 1998-08-31 |
| BURNS, Phillip Wesley | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2003-09-30 |
| BUTLER, Terence Henry | Director | 1996-06-21 | 1996-12-13 |
| CASSELLS, Leslie James Davidson | Director | 2004-01-15 | 2009-11-30 |
| COX, Christopher Marthinus | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2007-05-31 |
| COX, Christopher Marthinus | Director | 2002-11-20 | 2003-07-31 |
| DICKINSON, Ian David | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2003-07-31 |
| DIGGLE, Thomas Charles Andrew | Director | 1996-03-27 | 1998-06-18 |
| ELLIS, Christopher John | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2013-11-28 |
| ELLIS, David Michael | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1999-12-15 |
| ETHERIDGE, Hugh Charles | Director | 2001-09-24 | 2003-07-31 |
| FOSTER, Antony Frank | Director | 2001-01-02 | 2003-01-31 |
| GOSTICK, James Robert | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1997-05-31 |
| HARDMAN, Steven Neville | Director | 2004-08-09 | 2008-04-30 |
| HUNTINGTON, John Michael | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2001-04-04 |
| JENNINGS, Stephen Nigel | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2010-06-11 |
| JENNINGS, Stephen Nigel | Director | 2002-09-13 | 2003-07-31 |
| KELLY, Robert David Lindsay | Director | 1998-06-18 | 1999-02-10 |
| KUNDI, Tarlochan Singh | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2005-04-27 |
| MAJOR, Joseph Thomas | Director | 2002-09-13 | 2003-07-31 |
| MEREDITH, James Robert | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2009-11-27 |
| NEEDHAM, Terence Victor | Director | 1995-11-22 | 1996-03-27 |
| ORTS-LLOPIS, Vicente Federico | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| PRIOR, Ruth Catherine | Director | 2003-09-08 | 2004-01-15 |
| PURI, Nathu Ram | Director | 1992-10-16 | 1994-10-14 |
| ROBINSON, Malcolm | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2008-06-27 |
| RYAN, Andrew Mark | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2011-12-19 |
| SANDY, Nigel Desmond Alexander | Director | 2001-05-14 | 2003-07-31 |
| SERRANO MINCHAN, Agustin | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2022-02-11 |
| SIMPSON, Alan John | Director | 1991-12-19 | 1996-03-27 |
| STEWART, Quentin Richard | Director | 2003-07-31 | 2003-09-30 |
| TAUNT, Nigel David Wynne | Director | 1996-03-27 | 1997-06-20 |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| TOMLINSON, Roderick Stuart | Director | 1997-11-21 | 2003-07-31 |
| TRENDELL, William Anthony | Director | 1999-09-30 | 2001-09-24 |
| WAKE, Judith Amanda | Director | 1992-10-16 | 1996-03-27 |
| WARNETT, William Robert | Director | 1998-06-18 | 1999-03-05 |
| WELSH, Christopher Kentigern | Director | 1999-01-15 | 1999-07-31 |
| WHITTLE, Keith | Director | 1999-12-15 | 2000-09-21 |
| WHITTLE, Michael Gary | Director | 1993-11-16 | 1995-11-14 |
| WIEGNER, James Robert | Director | 2004-09-01 | 2008-02-20 |
| WYNN, Paul David, Non-Exectuive Director | Director | 1996-03-27 | 1998-03-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fcc Environment (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-07 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 312 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-03 | 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 | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-01-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2022-09-26 | 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 | |
| 2021-09-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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
+13.5%
£149,159,000 £169,236,000
-
Cash
-3.3%
£60,846,000 £58,834,000
-
Net assets
+7.2%
£85,000,000 £91,145,000
-
Employees
+19.5%
923 1,103
-
Operating profit
+67.8%
-£14,431,000 -£4,649,000
-
Profit before tax
+485%
-£1,817,000 £6,996,000
-
Wages
+8.2%
£41,216,000 £44,592,000
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