BIFFA ARGYLL & BUTE LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-19 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-05
Watchouts
Cash
£1M
+3.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
-39.8% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£1M
-24.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-10-17
- BIFFA ARGYLL & BUTE LTD 2024-10-17 → present
- RENEWI ARGYLL & BUTE LIMITED 2017-10-09 → 2024-10-17
- SHANKS ARGYLL & BUTE LIMITED 2000-11-14 → 2017-10-09
- LOTHIAN FIFTY (689) LIMITED 2000-09-20 → 2000-11-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,524,000 | £9,577,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,651,000 | £1,220,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £1,793,000 | £1,355,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,653,000 | £1,205,000 | |
| Cash | £1,255,000 | £1,303,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,113,000 | £2,477,000 | |
| Net assets | £4,113,000 | £2,477,000 | |
| Equity | £4,113,000 | £2,477,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 17.3% | 12.7% | |
| Net margin | 17.4% | 12.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 40.1% | 49.3% | |
| Current ratio | 3.43x | 2.20x | |
| Interest cover | 330.20x | — |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered these factors, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the Directors consider it appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “On 10 October 2024, Renewi PLC, the Company's former parent, sold the Company to the Biffa Group, with Biffa Treatment Services Holdings Limited becoming the new parent of the Company.”
- “Following its acquisition by the Biffa Group, the Company was renamed Biffa Argyll & Bute Limited (formerly Renewi Argyll & Bute Limited).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARSONS, Sarah | Secretary | 2024-10-10 | — | — |
| ANGELL, Marc Anthony | Director | 2025-10-13 | Aug 1980 | British |
| BROOKES, Alistair Daniel | Director | 2015-04-01 | Oct 1976 | British |
| OWEN, Craig | Director | 2022-12-09 | Jul 1978 | British |
| TOPHAM, Michael Robert Mason | Director | 2024-10-10 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CANNON, Sara Philipa | Secretary | 2000-11-07 | 2001-10-10 |
| GRIFFIN-SMITH, Philip Bernard | Secretary | 2008-10-24 | 2023-05-31 |
| LEWIS, Joanne Elizabeth Taunton | Secretary | 2001-10-10 | 2008-10-24 |
| MURRAY, Dominic Pieter James | Secretary | 2023-06-01 | 2024-10-10 |
| BURNESS | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-09-20 | 2000-11-07 |
| AITCHISON, Nigel Ian | Director | 2006-08-01 | 2008-01-23 |
| AVERILL, Michael Charles Edward | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2007-09-30 |
| BAYLEY, Elizabeth Mary | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Robert Ian | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-02-25 |
| CARTWRIGHT, Robert Ian | Director | 2005-04-30 | 2009-10-13 |
| CATLING, Nigel Frank | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2016-11-30 |
| CLARKE, Michael James | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2005-04-30 |
| COWAN, Mark Alfred | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2019-11-08 |
| DOWNES, David John | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2005-12-31 |
| EGLINTON, Peter Damian | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2015-03-31 |
| GOODFELLOW, Ian Frederick | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2012-04-26 |
| HOLMES, Paul Frederek | Director | 2012-04-26 | 2013-03-31 |
| KYLE, Roy | Director | 2020-12-01 | 2022-12-08 |
| LUCAS, Richard Dexter | Director | 2001-08-24 | 2003-01-16 |
| MARTIN, Brian James | Director | 2003-01-16 | 2004-05-14 |
| MCVICKER, Alan William Fullerton | Director | 2006-01-25 | 2006-07-21 |
| MEREDITH, James Robert | Director | 2000-11-07 | 2003-03-31 |
| MULLIGAN, David Kevin | Director | 2014-02-10 | 2015-03-31 |
| PATRICKSON, Alan Duncan | Director | 2003-05-07 | 2005-12-01 |
| RAWLING, Mark Andrew | Director | 2018-11-14 | 2020-11-30 |
| RAY, Stephen Leslie | Director | 2008-01-23 | 2010-01-29 |
| RICHFORD, Adam Nathaniel | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2017-02-07 |
| SAUNDERS, Mark Ian | Director | 2009-07-01 | 2011-07-31 |
| SIMPSON, Jeremy John Cobbett | Director | 2011-08-01 | 2014-03-31 |
| STEVENSON, Robin Bruce | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2012-09-25 |
| STOCKLEY, Darren | Director | 2005-07-25 | 2009-07-31 |
| SURCH, Christopher | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2010-10-29 |
| TRANTER, Julian Ashley | Director | 2010-01-29 | 2011-04-07 |
| TURNER, Michael Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2017-02-07 | 2018-11-22 |
| TURNER, Michael Andrew, Mr. | Director | 2012-10-22 | 2015-03-31 |
| WELHAM, Fraser Andrew Norton | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-05-27 |
| BURNESS (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-09-20 | 2000-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bank Of Scotland Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-10-17 |
| Biffa Argyll & Bute Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 163 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-17 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-06-06 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-06-06 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+0.6%
£9,524,000 £9,577,000
-
Cash
+3.8%
£1,255,000 £1,303,000
-
Net assets
-39.8%
£4,113,000 £2,477,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-26.1%
£1,651,000 £1,220,000
-
Profit before tax
-24.4%
£1,793,000 £1,355,000
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