CUMBRIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD.
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Cash
£5.1m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£20m
highest in 3 filed years
Employees
211
Average over period
Profit before tax
£2.5m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £37,816,000 | £44,781,000 | £36,635,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,452,000 | £1,165,000 | £2,440,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,006,000 | £11,948,000 | £2,487,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,366,000 | £10,270,000 | £1,770,000 | — | |
| Cash | £3,736,000 | £5,109,000 | £5,123,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £22,185,000 | £19,499,000 | £21,780,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £7,697,000 | £17,972,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £7,697,000 | £17,972,000 | £19,761,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 204 | 214 | 211 | — | |
| Wages | £6,852,000 | £7,369,000 | £5,897,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £179,000 | £231,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £24,000 | £51,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £147,000 | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 9 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.8% | 2.6% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 22.9% | 4.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 6.0% | 11.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.3% | 43.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.48x | 1.32x | 1.81x | |
| Interest cover | 2.64x | 2.16x | — |
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
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At 31 December 2025, the Company had net assets of £19.8 million, net current assets of £6.8 million and cash at bank and in hand of £5.1 million. The Directors have reviewed the Company's projected cash flows... identified no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists”
Group structure
- CUMBRIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LTD. · parent
- Cumbria Waste Recycling Limited 100%
- Cumbria Land Management (Flusco) Ltd 100%
- Cumbria Land Management (Teesside) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 14 October 2025, FCC Environment (UK) Limited completed the acquisition of the Cumbria Waste Group (“CWG”), including the Company.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 34 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 34 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2005-04-27 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 1993-11-02 | 2001-03-08 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-04-27 | 2021-03-31 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| FRASER, Alan | Secretary | 1991-11-20 | 1993-07-01 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Lawrence | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2001-11-29 |
| WILSON, David James Malcolm | Secretary | 1993-06-30 | 1993-11-02 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Director | 1995-07-01 | 2018-05-31 |
| BARLTROP, Robert Michael | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2021-11-30 |
| BROWN, Jeffrey Frank | Director | 2004-02-11 | 2011-12-13 |
| BURNET, John Elliot | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-06-03 |
| BYRNE, Antony Paul | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2023-12-22 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2025-10-14 |
| CLARE, Tom | Director | 2002-12-02 | 2003-11-21 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| DIXON, Kenneth | Director | 1992-06-03 | 2001-04-01 |
| HUSBAND, Ian Douglas | Director | 1993-03-10 | 1993-11-01 |
| MAXWELL, John William | Director | 1992-02-21 | 1995-06-30 |
| MOORE, Alan | Director | 2021-02-22 | 2023-12-22 |
| NICHOLSON, Alan David | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-09-01 |
| PONTING, Terence John | Director | 1992-05-14 | 2016-01-01 |
| RIDDELL, Marshall Charles | Director | 1998-11-16 | 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 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Lawrence | Director | 2001-03-08 | 2001-11-29 |
| SPAUL, Thomas | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-12-22 |
| SWARBRICK, William Alfred | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-06-03 |
| TAIT, Agnes Mary | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-05-28 |
| TROTTER, John Ernest | Director | 1991-11-20 | 1992-06-02 |
| WADDINGTON, Charles Anthony | Director | 2002-04-02 | 2017-06-06 |
| WATERHOUSE, John Roger | Director | 1994-01-04 | 1998-09-09 |
| WOOD, Ian | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2025-10-14 |
| YOUNG, Stewart Farries | Director | 1992-06-03 | 1997-06-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Project Chicago Bidco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-22 | Active |
| Cumbria County Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-22 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-05 | 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 | |
| 2025-11-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-10-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-02-13 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-02-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.