MERCIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£29m
-7.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£18m
-35.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£12m
-41.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Utilities median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £77,603,000 | £76,797,000 | £74,224,000 | -3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £27,495,000 | £27,519,000 | £18,640,000 | -32.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £20,047,000 | £20,872,000 | £12,296,000 | -41.1% | |
| Net profit | £14,851,000 | £15,506,000 | £8,875,000 | -42.8% | |
| Cash | £25,170,000 | £31,536,000 | £29,181,000 | -7.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £166,497,000 | £164,922,000 | £151,751,000 | -8% | |
| Net assets | £27,176,000 | £28,182,000 | £18,057,000 | -35.9% | |
| Equity | £27,176,000 | £28,182,000 | £18,057,000 | -35.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 0 | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 35.4% | 35.8% | 25.1% | |
| Net margin | 19.1% | 20.2% | 12.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 16.5% | 16.7% | 12.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 85.3% | 84.0% | 89.1% | |
| Current ratio | 2.63x | 3.56x | 2.54x | |
| Interest cover | 3.40x | 3.60x | 2.51x |
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
- MERCIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 1998-05-15 → present
- SABREWOOD LIMITED 1998-03-11 → 1998-05-15
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 a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- MERCIA WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Beacon Waste Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGDON, Steven John | Director | 2024-06-10 | May 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Fraser Wilson | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NUNEZ, Tomas | Secretary | 1998-12-21 | 1998-12-21 |
| CLIFFORD CHANCE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1998-03-11 | 2009-10-16 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-10-16 | 2025-02-27 |
| CHARLTON, Peter John | Nominee Director | 1998-03-11 | 1998-05-14 |
| ORTS-LLOPIS, Vicente Federico | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2024-01-31 |
| PEIRO BALAGUER, Javier | Director | 2010-09-30 | 2024-07-01 |
| RICHARDS, Martin Edgar | Nominee Director | 1998-03-11 | 1998-05-14 |
| FCC ENVIRONMENT SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 1998-05-14 | 2025-07-04 |
| URBASER LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-07-26 | 2025-07-04 |
| URBASER SA | Corporate Director | 1998-11-13 | 2001-07-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fcc Recycling (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-02-28 | Active |
| Fcc Environment Services (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-02-28 |
| Fcc Waste Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-24 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-03-22 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-04 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.