MTS CLEANSING SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-04-30
Overdue
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-20 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-06
Watchouts
Cash
£509K
-41.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
+15.1% vs 2023
Employees
495
+8.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£4M
-7.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Annual accounts overdue
Due 2026-04-30.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Following the balance sheet date, the company became aware that it had not been successful in retaining all its current work with Southern Water from September 2025. Although difficult to accurately forecast the impact of this, the Directors believe it may represent 60% - 80% of recent total turnover for Southern Water. The Directors are confident that a combination of winning replacement work and restructuring will allow the business to continue as a going concern and effectively manage cashflow. The Company has already started to work with Southern Water's Clean Rivers and Seas Taskforce which is a new income stream and has also secured extensions to the work with Severn Trent Water. These factors do however create a material uncertainty in relation to going concern.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2024-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £108,457,979 | £150,337,481 | |
| Operating profit | — | £4,717,782 | £4,851,283 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £4,058,178 | £3,767,664 | |
| Net profit | — | £3,314,069 | £2,839,586 | |
| Cash | — | £875,400 | £509,128 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £26,471,978 | £30,728,965 | |
| Net assets | — | £18,764,274 | £21,603,860 | |
| Equity | £16,126,125 | £18,764,274 | £21,603,860 | |
| Average employees | — | 455 | 495 | |
| Wages | — | £25,985,754 | £30,951,285 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £1,396,421 | £1,552,637 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-04-30 vs 2023-04-30
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Turnover
+38.6%
£108,457,979 £150,337,481
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Cash
-41.8%
£875,400 £509,128
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Net assets
+15.1%
£18,764,274 £21,603,860
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Employees
+8.8%
455 495
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Operating profit
+2.8%
£4,717,782 £4,851,283
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Profit before tax
-7.2%
£4,058,178 £3,767,664
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Wages
+19.1%
£25,985,754 £30,951,285
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-05-01 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 4.3% | 3.2% | |
| Net margin | — | 3.1% | 1.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 17.8% | 15.8% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.23x | 1.19x | |
| Interest cover | — | 7.15x | 4.48x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- MTS CLEANSING SERVICES LIMITED 2017-09-19 → present
- M.T.S. CLEANSING SERVICES LIMITED 2000-04-03 → 2017-09-19
- MUNICIPAL TANKER SERVICES LIMITED 1986-08-11 → 2000-04-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Kreston Reeves LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Following the balance sheet date, the company became aware that it had not been successful in retaining all its current work with Southern Water from September 2025. Although difficult to accurately forecast the impact of this, the Directors believe it may represent 60% - 80% of recent total turnover for Southern Water. The Directors are confident that a combination of winning replacement work and restructuring will allow the business to continue as a going concern and effectively manage cashflow. The Company has already started to work with Southern Water's Clean Rivers and Seas Taskforce which is a new income stream and has also secured extensions to the work with Severn Trent Water. These factors do however create a material uncertainty in relation to going concern.”
Group structure
- MTS CLEANSING SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Sucklifts Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The year ended 30th April 2024 resulted in another record turnover of £150 million. This underlines the tremendous growth experienced by the company in the past few years with a 38.6% increase over last year's previous record.”
- “After the balance sheet date, our main customer, Southern Water Services Limited, conducted a tender process for the award of the Waste Management and Recycling Services Agreement which we currently service. The Company was pleased to be awarded this work again in the Kent area for planned and emergency tankering, although we were not successful in our bid for the remainder of the Southern Water area for this type of work.”
- “The Company is pleased to report that it has secured the contract with Southern Water for Waste Tankering in the Kent area as stated above, which is due to begin in September 2025, although we were not successful in our bid for the remainder of the Southern Water area for this type of work. We can also confirm we were successful in retaining the Grits and Screenings work for the whole Southern Water area as well as being a nominated supplier for secondary reactive and planned tankering.”
- “We are also proud to report that contract extensions with our work with Severn Trent Water have been secured.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CRUST, Antony Keith | Secretary | 2023-11-01 | — | — |
| CRUST, Allen Charles | Director | 1998-01-02 | May 1971 | British |
| CRUST, Antony Keith | Director | 1998-01-02 | Jan 1968 | British |
| CRUST, Brian Alexander | Director | 1998-01-02 | Dec 1965 | British |
| CRUST, Keith Albert | Director | — | Dec 1947 | British |
| CRUST, Terry Stanley | Director | 2006-11-20 | May 1968 | British |
| HENDERSON, Christopher Rodney | Director | 2017-04-05 | Dec 1966 | British |
| LEE, Paul John | Director | 2024-01-24 | May 1978 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRUST, Antony Keith | Secretary | — | 2020-08-13 |
| SPENCER-TANNER, Richard | Secretary | 2020-08-13 | 2023-11-01 |
| CAROLAN, Julie | Director | 2003-06-23 | 2004-10-20 |
| CRUST, Brian Stanley | Director | — | 2025-06-13 |
| CRUST, Sian Marie | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2022-04-28 |
| CRUST, Spencer John | Director | 2009-03-01 | 2024-05-03 |
| DIAMOND, Leonard William | Director | 2000-10-16 | 2006-03-31 |
| DIAMOND, Scott Leonard | Director | 2017-04-05 | 2024-01-24 |
| GILSON, Stephen Patrick, Mr. | Director | 2004-02-01 | 2023-10-20 |
| POTTS, Luke | Director | 2022-11-18 | 2026-02-06 |
| RUSH, Sandra, Ms. | Director | 2009-09-21 | 2019-01-07 |
| SIVYER, Andrew Charles Alexander | Director | 2004-06-01 | 2012-01-01 |
| SPENCER-TANNER, Richard | Director | 2019-01-07 | 2023-11-01 |
| WARREN, Derek | Director | 2000-03-23 | 2002-11-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mts Cleansing Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2021-11-01 | Active |
| Mr Brian Stanley Crust | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2021-11-01 |
| Mr Keith Albert Crust | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-01 | Ceased 2021-11-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 255 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2026-02-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-02 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-21 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-14 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-11-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.