CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED
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Cash
£1.8m
lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.3m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
152
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£4.6m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 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 | £34,941,000 | £38,425,000 | £31,674,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £1,964,000 | £1,422,000 | -£4,722,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,028,000 | £1,556,000 | -£4,642,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £1,739,000 | £1,163,000 | -£4,570,000 | — | |
| Cash | £2,616,000 | £4,552,000 | £1,784,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,731,000 | £9,897,000 | £5,337,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £8,731,000 | £9,897,000 | £5,337,000 | — | |
| Equity | £8,731,000 | £9,897,000 | £5,337,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 134 | 146 | 152 | — | |
| Wages | £4,335,000 | £4,898,000 | £4,245,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £157,000 | £191,000 | £227,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £38,000 | £42,000 | £22,000 | — |
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 | 5.6% | 3.7% | -14.9% | |
| Net margin | 5.0% | 3.0% | -14.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 22.5% | 14.4% | -88.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.5% | 54.2% | 64.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.47x | 10.13x | 1.04x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED 1996-04-19 → present
- MOVEAQUA LIMITED 1996-02-21 → 1996-04-19
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have reviewed the Company's projected cash flows and carefully considered the risks to the Company's financial position and cash flows... and have identified no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists”
Group structure
- CUMBRIA WASTE RECYCLING LIMITED · parent
- Derwent Recycling Services Limited 100%
- Wicks Services Limited 100%
- Wicks Metals Limited 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 · 18 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 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 2001-11-29 | 2005-04-27 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Secretary | 1996-04-09 | 2001-03-08 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Secretary | 2005-04-27 | 2021-03-31 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Secretary | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| SIMPSON, Paul Lawrence | Secretary | 2001-03-08 | 2001-11-29 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-02-21 | 1996-04-09 |
| BAREHAM, Michael Alexander Guy | Director | 1996-04-09 | 2018-05-31 |
| BROWN, Graham Dowell | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1999-04-23 |
| CHANT, Andrew John | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2025-10-14 |
| DEXTER, Roy Ian Lawson | Director | 2021-03-31 | 2025-10-14 |
| NICHOLSON, Alan David | Director | 1997-07-01 | 1998-09-01 |
| RIDDELL, Marshall Charles | Director | 2002-09-06 | 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 |
| WATERHOUSE, John Roger | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1998-09-09 |
| YOUNG, Stewart Farries | Director | 1996-04-09 | 1997-06-30 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-02-21 | 1996-04-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cumbria Waste Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 121 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-15 MA Memorandum articles
| 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 | |
| 2026-02-27 | 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 | |
| 2025-11-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-05 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 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 | |
| 2025-06-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-04-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-03-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.