CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-07 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-21
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+74% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+13.4% vs 2024
Employees
146
+9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-23.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED 1996-04-19 → present
- MOVEAQUA LIMITED 1996-02-21 → 1996-04-19
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 | £34,941,000 | £38,425,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,964,000 | £1,422,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,028,000 | £1,556,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,739,000 | £1,163,000 | |
| Cash | £2,616,000 | £4,552,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,731,000 | £9,897,000 | |
| Net assets | £8,731,000 | £9,897,000 | |
| Equity | £8,731,000 | £9,897,000 | |
| Average employees | 134 | 146 | |
| Wages | £4,335,000 | £4,898,000 |
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 | 5.6% | 3.7% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 3.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.5% | 14.4% | |
| Current ratio | 2.47x | 1.01x |
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 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 RECYCLING LIMITED · parent
- Wicks Services Ltd 100%
- Wicks Metals Ltd 100%
- Derwent Recycling Services Ltd 100%
- Derwent Secure Shredding Ltd 100%
- ECR Recycling Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 23 December 2024 CWR acquired 100% of the shareholding in Wicks Services Ltd (WSL) and Wicks Metals Ltd (WML)”
- “On 29 October 2024 CWR acquired 100% of the shareholding in Derwent Recycling Services Ltd (DRS)”
- “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 · 18 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 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2005-04-27 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 1996-04-09 | 2001-03-08 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-04-27 | 2021-03-31 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Lawrence | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2001-11-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-21 | 1996-04-09 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Director | 1996-04-09 | 2018-05-31 |
| BROWN, Graham Dowell | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1999-04-23 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2025-10-14 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| NICHOLSON, Alan David | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-09-01 |
| RIDDELL, Marshall Charles | Director | 2002-09-06 | 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 |
| WATERHOUSE, John Roger | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1998-09-09 |
| YOUNG, Stewart Farries | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1997-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-02-21 | 1996-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumbria Waste Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 119 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 | |
| 2024-03-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 11
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
+10%
£34,941,000 £38,425,000
-
Cash
+74%
£2,616,000 £4,552,000
-
Net assets
+13.4%
£8,731,000 £9,897,000
-
Employees
+9%
134 146
-
Operating profit
-27.6%
£1,964,000 £1,422,000
-
Profit before tax
-23.3%
£2,028,000 £1,556,000
-
Wages
+13%
£4,335,000 £4,898,000
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