YORWASTE LIMITED
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Cash
£4.1m
-46.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£11m
+9.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
294
+3.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£948k
-42.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £46,284,240 | £45,261,501 | £47,231,594 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £2,090,152 | £2,388,807 | £1,646,877 | -31.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,351,607 | £1,650,000 | £948,000 | -42.5% | |
| Net profit | £780,223 | £1,115,659 | £968,477 | -13.2% | |
| Cash | £6,675,752 | £7,774,414 | £4,134,917 | -46.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £25,085,198 | £27,413,987 | £28,720,341 | +4.8% | |
| Net assets | £9,146,321 | £10,261,980 | £11,230,457 | +9.4% | |
| Equity | £9,146,321 | £10,261,980 | £11,230,457 | +9.4% | |
| Average employees | 291 | 284 | 294 | +3.5% | |
| Wages | £8,949,154 | £9,548,783 | £9,975,688 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £154,867 | £155,665 | £145,590 | -6.5% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £9,994 | £10,013 | £9,994 | -0.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £113,599 | £113,852 | £113,998 | +0.1% |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.3% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | 1.7% | 2.5% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 8.7% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 70.3% | 69.6% | 71.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.43x | 2.51x | 2.15x | |
| Interest cover | 2.59x | 2.60x | 1.73x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company meets its day-to-day working capital requirements through its bank facilities. The Company's forecasts and projections, taking account of reasonably possible changes in trading performance, show that the Company should be able to operate within the level of its current facilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ATKINSON, David Phillip | Director | 2025-09-01 | Apr 1975 | British |
| BATTERSBY, Karl | Director | 2020-11-02 | Jun 1971 | British |
| BAXTER, Anna Eleanor, Cllr | Director | 2026-05-22 | Sep 2002 | British |
| BOYLE, Alexander | Director | 2017-08-24 | Nov 1970 | British |
| WEIGHELL, John Keith | Director | 2015-08-28 | Jul 1942 | British |
| WHITE, Gregory Brian, Cllr | Director | 2025-06-17 | Nov 1964 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Paul | Secretary | 1994-09-05 | 2017-08-24 |
| PARSONS, David Charles | Secretary | — | 1994-07-25 |
| ASHTON, David James | Director | — | 2009-11-30 |
| BARKER, Arthur William, Councillor | Director | 2005-06-13 | 2011-10-14 |
| BARKER, Stephen James | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2017-09-21 |
| BOWE, David Raymond | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2020-10-30 |
| BUCKLEY, Martin Howard | Director | 2009-10-07 | 2021-12-31 |
| DERHAM, Geoffrey Douglas | Director | 2017-09-21 | 2019-02-28 |
| FERRIS, Neil James | Director | 2015-05-01 | 2024-08-27 |
| GILCHRIST, James | Director | 2024-09-02 | 2025-06-01 |
| GRIEVE, Stephen Anthony | Director | — | 2015-03-31 |
| HARRISON, Paul | Director | 1998-02-01 | 2017-08-24 |
| HARRISON-TOPHAM, Thomas Roger Nevile | Director | 2011-10-14 | 2017-05-31 |
| JONES, Gilbert Arthur | Director | — | 2006-09-25 |
| LEE, Andrew | Director | 2022-05-23 | 2025-06-17 |
| MELLY, Rachel, Cllr | Director | 2023-05-25 | 2025-05-22 |
| MITCHELL, Deborah | Director | 2025-06-02 | 2025-09-01 |
| PHILLIPS, John | Director | 2009-10-07 | 2019-12-31 |
| RANSON, Roger Phillip | Director | 2012-06-07 | 2013-08-29 |
| REDMAN, James Timothy Kingsley | Director | — | 2010-01-31 |
| REID, Ann Lorraine, Cllr | Director | 2015-08-28 | 2017-05-31 |
| RICHARDSON, Darren | Director | 2013-09-16 | 2014-05-30 |
| STREET, Richard William | Director | — | 2001-09-27 |
| TAYLOR, Kallum Mark | Director | 2025-05-22 | 2026-05-21 |
| WALLER, Andrew Michael | Director | 2017-06-06 | 2023-05-25 |
| WOOLLEY, William Roger | Director | 2011-03-25 | 2012-06-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The North Yorkshire Council | Legal person | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| City Of York Council | Legal person | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 158 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-10 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | PSC06 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.