GRUNDON WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
Operating as Grundon, the family-owned company provides integrated commercial waste collection, recycling, hazardous waste treatment, and disposal services across the UK.
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Cash
£5.1M
-53.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£223M
+10.1% vs 2024
Employees
850
-10.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£27M
-6.4% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £168,972,846 | £175,933,988 | +4.1% | |
| Operating profit | £4,651,763 | £8,933,932 | +92.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £28,787,099 | £26,953,363 | -6.4% | |
| Net profit | £26,340,480 | £23,313,575 | -11.5% | |
| Cash | £10,919,417 | £5,091,701 | -53.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £236,603,972 | £256,312,529 | +8.3% | |
| Net assets | £202,820,300 | £223,316,230 | +10.1% | |
| Equity | £202,820,300 | £223,316,230 | +10.1% | |
| Average employees | 946 | 850 | -10.1% | |
| Wages | £40,939,420 | £42,781,901 | +4.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,502,729 | £1,425,189 | -5.2% |
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 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 5.1% | |
| Net margin | 15.6% | 13.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 3.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 24.1% | 24.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.29x | 1.98x | |
| Interest cover | 5.59x | 8.66x |
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
- GRUNDON WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED 2001-07-25 → present
- GRUNDON WASTE MANAGEMENT SERVICES LIMITED 2001-07-04 → 2001-07-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Kirk Rice LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the forecasts and the funding available, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, the going concern basis has been adopted in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- GRUNDON WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED · parent
- Thorney Park Golf Limited 100%
- PDE Waste Technologies Limited 100%
- S Grundon (Services) Limited 100%
- S Grundon (Waste) Limited 100%
- Brosland Limited 100%
- OCO Technology Group Limited 100%
- OCO Technology Limited 100%
- OCO International 87.5%
- OCO Technology Australia Pty Ltd 87.5%
- Carbon8 Aggregates Limited 100%
- Catch CO2 Limited 100%
Significant events
- “At the reporting date, Grundon Waste Management Limited have committed to provide further loan drawdowns of £1.3m to its subsidiary, O.C.O. Technology Group Limited, for a loan facility in relation to replacing a building on its site. The 16 year mortgage was signed on 4 September 2025.”
- “Subsequent to the reporting date, Grundon Waste Management Limited acquired 100% of the share capital of another waste management company and its subsidiaries, on 20 January 2026. The net assets acquired were £1,545,174.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, Simon | Secretary | 2017-11-21 | — | — |
| ARNOLD, Simon | Director | 2020-12-01 | Mar 1977 | British |
| ATKINSON, Philip John | Director | 2019-01-22 | Dec 1977 | British |
| GRUNDON, Neil Norman | Director | 2001-07-04 | Aug 1969 | British |
| GRUNDON, Norman Stephen | Director | 2001-07-04 | Nov 1941 | British |
| HARRIS, Jonathan Peter | Director | 2021-01-01 | Jun 1968 | British |
| ROBINSON, Toni Michelle | Director | 2024-08-19 | May 1968 | British |
| SMITH, Bradley James | Director | 2013-10-01 | Nov 1977 | British |
| SULLIVAN-WEBB, Clayton Sinclair | Director | 2003-08-19 | Feb 1973 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| STEGGALL, Derek | Secretary | 2001-07-04 | 2002-04-23 |
| SULLIVAN-WEBB, Clayton Sinclair | Secretary | 2002-04-23 | 2017-11-21 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-07-04 | 2001-07-04 |
| MALONE, Andrew Peter | Director | 2002-04-23 | 2017-11-30 |
| MITCHELL, Anthony John | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2005-04-28 |
| ROSCOE, Stephen Brian | Director | 2002-04-23 | 2024-08-19 |
| SHORT, Andrew Graham John | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| SKEHENS, Richard Macandrew | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2014-07-31 |
| STEGGALL, Derek | Director | 2001-07-04 | 2003-06-30 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-07-04 | 2001-07-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Kay Louise Woodbridge | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2023-04-05 | Active |
| Mr Oscar John Wingham | Individual | Shares 25–50% (as trust), Voting 25–50% (as trust) | 2022-09-08 | Active |
| Mr Neil Norman Grundon | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-04 | Active |
| Mr Norman Stephen Grundon | Individual | Shares 50–75% (as trust), Voting 50–75% (as trust) | 2016-07-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-16 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-07-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-13 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-01-26 | CH01 | officers | Change person director 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.