FCC WASTE MANAGEMENT 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
£1M
-57.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£28M
+153.1% vs 2023
Employees
1,440
-19.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£14M
+172.2% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-11-01
- FCC WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2024-11-01 → present
- URBASER LIMITED 1998-12-14 → 2024-11-01
- OXENVALE LIMITED 1998-06-25 → 1998-12-14
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 | £77,272,000 | £89,459,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£29,267,000 | £1,259,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£19,966,000 | £14,406,000 | |
| Net profit | -£19,480,000 | £16,675,000 | |
| Cash | £3,262,000 | £1,382,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £135,711,000 | £142,823,000 | |
| Net assets | £10,895,000 | £27,570,000 | |
| Equity | £10,895,000 | £27,570,000 | |
| Average employees | 1,792 | 1,440 | |
| Wages | £38,618,000 | £44,846,000 |
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 | -37.9% | 1.4% | |
| Net margin | -25.2% | 18.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | -21.6% | 0.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.8% | 85.5% | |
| Current ratio | 0.65x | 0.88x | |
| Interest cover | -4.51x | 0.13x |
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 WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- FCC (Gloucestershire) Investments Limited 100%
- FCC (Gloucestershire) Holdings Limited 100%
- FCC (Gloucestershire) Intermediate Limited 100%
- FCC (Gloucestershire) Limited 100%
- FCC O&M Services Limited 100%
- Wastewise Holdings Limited 100%
- Biowise Limited 100%
- Waste Wise (UK) Limited 100%
- Waste Wise Limited 100%
- Crossco (1370) Limited 100%
- Crossco (1371) Limited 100%
- J&B Recycling Limited 100%
- J&B Bio Limited 100%
- UBB Waste (Essex) Limited 70%
- Severn Waste Services Limited 50%
- Mercia Waste Management Limited 50%
Significant events
- “On 10 June 2024 FCC Environment (UK) Limited acquired the whole of Urbaser's UK activities, including the Company.”
- “On 1 November 2024, the name of Urbaser Limited was changed to FCC Waste Management Limited.”
- “May 2024: awarded a 3 year extension to our existing contract with Cheshire West and Chester Council for the provision of Residual Waste Disposal Services, extended until 31st March 2027.”
- “July 2024: announced a partnership that would see the rollout of coffee pod recycling across all our household waste recycling centres (HWRC's).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGDON, Steven John | Director | 2024-06-10 | May 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Fraser Wilson | Director | 2024-06-10 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ASENSIO, Emilio | Secretary | 1998-12-02 | 2000-03-07 |
| BOZZANO, Eduardo Dominguez-Adame | Secretary | 2000-03-07 | 2012-04-24 |
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Stephen | Secretary | 2012-04-24 | 2024-10-31 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-06-25 | 1998-12-02 |
| ALVAREZ-CEDRON, Antonio | Director | 1998-12-02 | 2001-12-28 |
| ASIN, Susana | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2013-12-03 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1998-06-25 | 1998-12-02 |
| DE LA PARTE, Luis | Director | 2000-02-01 | 2007-08-09 |
| FERNANDEZ, Jose Daniel | Director | 2007-08-09 | 2024-06-10 |
| GARCIA DE HERREROS, David | Director | 2007-08-09 | 2010-05-24 |
| LLORENTE, Eduardo | Director | 1998-12-02 | 2010-05-24 |
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2013-11-29 | 2024-10-31 |
| NARANJO, Jose | Director | 2001-12-28 | 2010-05-24 |
| NUNEZ, Pedro | Director | 1998-12-02 | 2000-02-01 |
| ONTANON, Jose | Director | 2000-03-07 | 2011-12-31 |
| PEIRO BALAGUER, Javier | Director | 2005-06-24 | 2024-07-01 |
| PEREZ, Carlos Abilio | Director | 2010-05-24 | 2011-06-26 |
| PEREZ, Carlos Abilio | Director | 2010-05-24 | 2023-10-09 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1998-06-25 | 1998-12-02 |
| SANZ, Jose Maria | Director | 2012-03-26 | 2022-04-07 |
| VERA HEREDIA, Diego Pablo | Director | 2022-04-07 | 2024-07-12 |
| FINANCIAL DIRECTOR | Corporate Director | 2012-03-26 | 2012-03-26 |
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 | 2024-06-10 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-01 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-01 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-19 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-06-19 | PSC09 | persons-with-significant-control | Withdrawal of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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
+15.8%
£77,272,000 £89,459,000
-
Cash
-57.6%
£3,262,000 £1,382,000
-
Net assets
+153.1%
£10,895,000 £27,570,000
-
Employees
-19.6%
1,792 1,440
-
Operating profit
+104.3%
-£29,267,000 £1,259,000
-
Profit before tax
+172.2%
-£19,966,000 £14,406,000
-
Wages
+16.1%
£38,618,000 £44,846,000
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