EMR GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-26 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-12
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£32M
+52.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£255M
-71.3% vs 2023
Employees
1,782
-1.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-112.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-02-23
- EMR GROUP LIMITED 2026-02-23 → present
- EUROPEAN METAL RECYCLING LIMITED 1994-12-21 → 2026-02-23
- NOBLEDRIFT LIMITED 1994-08-02 → 1994-12-21
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 | £1,574,000,000 | £1,674,000,000 | |
| Operating profit | £15,000,000 | £3,000,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £16,000,000 | -£2,000,000 | |
| Net profit | -£8,000,000 | -£2,000,000 | |
| Cash | £21,000,000 | £32,000,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £972,000,000 | £387,000,000 | |
| Net assets | £888,000,000 | £255,000,000 | |
| Equity | £888,000,000 | £255,000,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,811 | 1,782 | |
| Wages | £81,000,000 | £86,000,000 |
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 | 1.0% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | -0.5% | -0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.5% | 0.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.74x | |
| Interest cover | 2.50x | 0.33x |
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
- KPMG UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis The Directors' assessment of the Company as a going concern is disclosed within the principal accounting policies”
Group structure
- EMR GROUP LIMITED · parent
- EMR GmbH 100%
- European Metal Recycling Marketing India Private Limited 100%
- EMR (Jersey) Limited 100%
- EMR Maritime GmbH 100%
- European Metal Recycling (Dormant) Ltd 100%
- European Metal Recycling (Hong Kong) Limited 100%
- European Metal Recycling (International) Ltd 100%
- Henderson Kerr Limited 100%
- Joseph Holloway Limited 100%
- Mayer Environmental Ltd 100%
- Mountstai Metal Corporation Limited 100%
- EMR IT Services India Private Limited
Significant events
- “During the year the Company was involved in a minor reorganisation to introduce a new intermediate holding company, Augens Ltd. The Company transferred ownership of its European and US metal recycling businesses to Augens Ltd via a £612m dividend in specie.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| TINSLEY, Christopher John | Secretary | 2010-05-20 | — | — |
| LEIJNSE, Edwin | Director | 2016-11-22 | Sep 1967 | Dutch |
| SHEPPARD, Christopher Phillip | Director | 2007-11-20 | Jul 1974 | British |
| SHEPPARD, Robin | Director | 1994-09-26 | Aug 1954 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARMER, Peter Thomas | Secretary | 2003-07-17 | 2005-05-01 |
| CALLAGHAN, Peter John | Secretary | 2000-05-03 | 2001-12-18 |
| HUGHES, Michael Blake | Secretary | 2005-10-24 | 2010-05-20 |
| ILES, Colin David | Secretary | 1994-09-19 | 1996-12-01 |
| INGALL, David James | Secretary | 1996-12-01 | 2000-03-29 |
| MAHER, Michael John | Secretary | 2005-05-01 | 2005-10-24 |
| WARREN, Nicholas | Secretary | 2001-12-18 | 2003-07-17 |
| WARREN, Nick | Secretary | 2000-03-29 | 2000-05-03 |
| LONDON LAW SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-08-02 | 1994-09-19 |
| CROWE, Alan Michael | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2000-05-31 |
| CUMMINS, Michael John | Director | 1998-03-16 | 2000-05-03 |
| EDDOLLS, Charles Raueleigh Cooper | Director | 1994-12-08 | 1999-02-11 |
| ILES, Colin David | Director | 1994-11-29 | 2017-10-12 |
| LANDLESS, David Farrington | Director | 2017-06-30 | 2021-09-23 |
| PYSDEN, Edward Scott | Director | 2010-10-27 | 2021-09-23 |
| ROBERTS, John Brian | Director | 2000-05-03 | 2002-08-16 |
| SHEPPARD, Phillip Robert | Director | 1994-09-26 | 2011-08-22 |
| WALLACE, Malcolm Ian Cameron | Director | 1994-11-29 | 1998-01-05 |
| LONDON LAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-08-02 | 1994-09-19 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Augens Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2024-02-06 | Active |
| Ausurus Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-02-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 243 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-23 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2026-02-23 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-23 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2026-02-23 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2026-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-28 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-02-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-02-01 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2022-08-17 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2022-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-12-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2021-11-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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
+6.4%
£1,574,000,000 £1,674,000,000
-
Cash
+52.4%
£21,000,000 £32,000,000
-
Net assets
-71.3%
£888,000,000 £255,000,000
-
Employees
-1.6%
1,811 1,782
-
Operating profit
-80%
£15,000,000 £3,000,000
-
Profit before tax
-112.5%
£16,000,000 -£2,000,000
-
Wages
+6.2%
£81,000,000 £86,000,000
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