HANFORD WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-23 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-09
Watchouts
Cash
£6M
-0.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£5M
+1,172.8% vs 2023
Employees
3
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£12M
+1.4% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence until the termination of the Waste Disposal Contract on 31 March 2025. At that date, given no extension of the Waste Disposal Contract is in place, the group and company cannot be a going concern and so will be wound up in an orderly fashion. As this winding up has always been contemplated, any losses or asset write downs arising have already been incorporated in these financial statements, or in those for earlier years. As a result, the financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern.
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- HANFORD WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED 2007-07-25 → present
- ROMANYMARSH LIMITED 2007-06-14 → 2007-07-25
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £28,761,000 | £26,912,760 | |
| Operating profit | £11,852,840 | £11,766,745 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,543,376 | £11,704,693 | |
| Net profit | £8,763,271 | £8,873,871 | |
| Cash | £6,058,395 | £6,019,563 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £508,708 | £5,289,445 | |
| Net assets | £415,574 | £5,289,445 | |
| Equity | £415,574 | £5,289,445 | |
| Average employees | 3 | 3 | |
| Wages | £331,789 | £477,692 |
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 | 41.2% | 43.7% | |
| Net margin | 30.5% | 33.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2330.0% | 222.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.3% | 55.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 1.83x | |
| Interest cover | 28.25x | 28.00x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The directors have at the time of approving the financial statements, a reasonable expectation that the group and company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence until the termination of the Waste Disposal Contract on 31 March 2025. At that date, given no extension of the Waste Disposal Contract is in place, the group and company cannot be a going concern and so will be wound up in an orderly fashion. As this winding up has always been contemplated, any losses or asset write downs arising have already been incorporated in these financial statements, or in those for earlier years. As a result, the financial statements are prepared on a basis other than going concern.”
Group structure
- HANFORD WASTE SERVICES HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Hanford Waste Services Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 25 October 2022, the group terminated the operations and maintenance contract with MES Environmental Limited due to the insolvency of its parent company, CNIM Groupe S.A. Also, on 26 October 2022 the group appointed North Midlands Operations Limited as the new operations and maintenance contractor to operate the facility under the terms of a new operations and maintenance agreement until 31 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| STERLINGS LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-07-25 | — | — |
| BIRLEY SMITH, Gaynor | Director | 2008-05-07 | Jul 1966 | English |
| BROTHERS, Neil Philip | Director | 2024-03-31 | Nov 1985 | British |
| GRAY, Jessica Margaret | Director | 2023-01-24 | Apr 1978 | British |
| HASELHURST, Mark Richard | Director | 2023-01-24 | Mar 1981 | British |
| LOGAN, Dermot | Director | 2018-10-23 | Jul 1972 | Irish |
| SHEEHAN, Richard Keith | Director | 2011-01-24 | May 1975 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2007-06-14 | 2007-07-25 |
| ALMERAS, Jerome, Sir | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2018-08-16 |
| ANCEL, Stanislas | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2020-08-13 |
| ARIE, Michel Bernard | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2011-01-01 |
| BANON, Pierre Stephane Marc | Director | 2018-10-31 | 2025-08-22 |
| BEAZLEY LONG, Graham Maurice | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2008-05-07 |
| BONNEVIALLE, Jean-Baptiste | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2019-03-01 |
| BRETONES, Sylvie Josee | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2008-10-10 |
| COSTA, Stefano | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2016-10-11 |
| CROWTHER, Nicholas John Edward | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2008-05-07 |
| DAVIS, Roland Arthur | Director | 2007-07-25 | 2008-10-09 |
| DE MATHAREL, Renaud | Director | 2008-12-03 | 2012-08-01 |
| DE VILLEPIN-LOUVARD, Eleonore | Director | 2008-10-13 | 2018-07-31 |
| FEILENREITER, Thomas Kurt | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2018-06-29 |
| JOLY, Bernard Roger | Director | 2016-10-11 | 2020-08-13 |
| KUMAR, Rahul | Director | 2012-07-17 | 2018-08-16 |
| LEVY, Adrian Joseph Morris | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2007-07-25 |
| MATOS, Flavio Arantes | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2020-08-13 |
| MORAN, Enis | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2018-10-23 |
| PIKE, Andrew | Director | 2020-11-24 | 2024-03-31 |
| PUDGE, David John | Director | 2007-06-14 | 2007-07-25 |
| RAULD, Didier | Director | 2013-06-14 | 2016-02-12 |
| SMITH, Jeremy Gordon, Mr. | Director | 2018-08-28 | 2023-01-20 |
| WARD, James William | Director | 2008-05-07 | 2011-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Icon Infrastructure Operations (Sterling) Ltd | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2023-02-13 | Active |
| Innisfree Nominees Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-07 |
| Regent Efw Development Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-02-13 |
| Innisfree M&G Ppp Llp | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-02-13 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-13 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-07 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-02-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
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Turnover
-6.4%
£28,761,000 £26,912,760
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Cash
-0.6%
£6,058,395 £6,019,563
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Net assets
+1,172.8%
£415,574 £5,289,445
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Employees
0%
3 3
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Operating profit
-0.7%
£11,852,840 £11,766,745
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Profit before tax
+1.4%
£11,543,376 £11,704,693
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Wages
+44%
£331,789 £477,692
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers