DUNMOW SKIPS LTD
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Cash
£38K
-60.3% lowest in 6 filed years
Net assets
£4M
-1.2% vs 2024
Employees
128
+1.6% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£72K
-92.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £22,817,659 | £23,623,467 | +3.5% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £1,736,796 | £837,048 | -51.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £949,305 | £72,039 | -92.4% | |
| Net profit | £508,964 | £1,121,209 | £703,489 | £227,679 | £632,928 | -£209,244 | -133.1% | |
| Cash | £130,123 | £219,081 | £151,405 | £152,098 | £95,104 | £37,745 | -60.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £4,147,293 | £11,909,131 | £13,292,206 | £12,708,665 | £13,224,409 | £13,047,672 | -1.3% | |
| Net assets | £1,661,707 | £3,250,943 | £3,766,202 | £3,691,792 | £4,095,136 | £4,047,887 | -1.2% | |
| Equity | £1,661,707 | £3,250,943 | £3,766,202 | £3,691,792 | £4,095,136 | £4,047,887 | -1.2% | |
| Average employees | 79 | 91 | — | 125 | 126 | 128 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £6,993,253 | £6,780,916 | -3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £194,008 | £173,989 | -10.3% |
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 | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 7.6% | 3.5% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 2.8% | -0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 13.1% | 6.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 81.3% | 81.1% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.71x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 2.17x | 1.12x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Clay Ratnage Strevens & Hills
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- DUNMOW SKIPS LTD · parent
- Kartaway Limited 100%
- The Grab Hire (UK) Company Limited 100%
- We Take Waste Limited 100%
- Tanner Skip Hire Limited 100%
- EWD Group Ltd 100%
- Eastern Waste Disposal Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no events subsequent to the year end which materially affect the results for the year or the group's state of affairs at 31 January 2025.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, the group invested in a new waste transfer station at the Chelmsford site, in order to provide significant operational improvements and capacity. However, the installation of the new plant brought its own operational difficulties which resulted in downtime and reduced capacity for a period. The directors expect the group to report stronger growth and profitability in the last quarter's trading now the installation of the plant has been completed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARNES, Edward Michael John | Director | 2013-04-01 | Jun 1986 | British |
| MALINS, Sam Alexander | Director | 2012-05-01 | Aug 1984 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MALINS, Jane Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-10-19 | 2025-02-10 |
| MALINS, Stephen | Secretary | 2020-12-18 | 2025-02-10 |
| FORM 10 SECRETARIES FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-10-08 | 2001-10-15 |
| CROMIE, Ian | Director | 2017-07-21 | 2018-03-29 |
| MALINS, Stephen | Director | 2001-10-19 | 2020-12-18 |
| FORM 10 DIRECTORS FD LTD | Corporate Nominee Director | 2001-10-08 | 2001-10-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Edward Michael John Barnes | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-18 | Ceased 2025-04-04 |
| Mr Sam Alexander Malins | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2020-12-18 | Active |
| Mr Stephen Malins | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-18 |
| Mrs Jane Elizabeth Malins | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-12-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 105 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-10-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-10-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-07 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-03-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-10-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-10-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-10-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-14 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-10 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-01-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.