BIFFA (WEST SUSSEX) RECYCLING LIMITED
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Cash
£839K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£2.1M
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.3M
Period ending 2025-03-28
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Charges registered
Companies House lists one or more registered charges (e.g. mortgages or debentures). Some may since have been satisfied — see the official charges register for current status.
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-28
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,603,000 | £29,988,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,563,000 | £5,453,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £1,552,000 | £4,325,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £255,000 | £6,157,000 | — | |
| Cash | £811,000 | £839,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,974,000 | £19,221,000 | — | |
| Net assets | -£8,292,000 | -£2,135,000 | — | |
| Equity | -£8,292,000 | -£2,135,000 | — | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | |
| 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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 12 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-29 | 2025-03-28 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 9.3% | 18.2% | |
| Net margin | 0.9% | 20.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.5% | 28.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 125.1% | 105.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.20x | |
| Interest cover | 2.54x | 4.82x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BIFFA (WEST SUSSEX) RECYCLING LIMITED 2021-09-10 → present
- VIRIDOR WASTE (WEST SUSSEX) LIMITED 2004-02-06 → 2021-09-10
- PINCO 2031 LIMITED 2003-10-21 → 2004-02-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date these financial statements are signed and, therefore, have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PARSONS, Sarah | Secretary | 2021-08-31 | — | — |
| ANGELL, Marc Anthony | Director | 2024-11-01 | Aug 1980 | British |
| TOPHAM, Michael Robert Mason | Director | 2021-08-31 | Nov 1972 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRETT-HAGUE, Helen Patricia | Secretary | 2016-03-25 | 2018-11-22 |
| HEELEY, Margaret Lilian | Secretary | 2008-05-05 | 2014-07-28 |
| HEELEY, Margaret Lilian | Secretary | 2004-02-13 | 2007-04-05 |
| HUGHES, Lyndi Margaret | Secretary | 2020-07-09 | 2021-08-31 |
| MASSIE, Scott Edward | Secretary | 2018-11-22 | 2020-07-08 |
| PUGSLEY, Simon Anthony Follett | Secretary | 2018-11-22 | 2020-07-08 |
| RICHARDS, Christopher Paul | Secretary | 2007-04-05 | 2008-05-05 |
| SENIOR, Karen | Secretary | 2014-11-01 | 2020-07-08 |
| WOODIER, Kenneth David | Secretary | 2012-03-13 | 2016-03-25 |
| ZMUDA, Richard Cyril | Secretary | 2012-03-13 | 2016-11-30 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2003-10-21 | 2004-02-13 |
| BRADSHAW, Kevin Michael | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2021-08-31 |
| BURROWS SMITH, Mark | Director | 2012-10-01 | 2015-06-30 |
| HELLINGS, Michael | Director | 2004-02-13 | 2012-09-30 |
| HURLEY, Barrie Sidney | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2011-12-31 |
| HURLEY, Barrie Sidney | Director | 2004-02-13 | 2010-03-22 |
| JAMES, Paul Anthony | Director | 2023-09-19 | 2024-10-31 |
| JONAS, Christopher William | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2018-02-28 |
| KIRKMAN, Andrew Michael David | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2015-09-18 |
| MADDOCK, Nicholas William | Director | 2020-10-12 | 2021-08-31 |
| PARSONS, Sarah Christine | Director | 2023-05-24 | 2023-09-19 |
| PIDDINGTON, Phillip Charles | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2020-10-12 |
| PIKE, Richard Neil | Director | 2021-08-31 | 2023-03-31 |
| REES, Elliot Arthur James | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2020-10-12 |
| ROBERTSON, David Balfour | Director | 2004-02-13 | 2006-10-31 |
| WARREN, Graham Henry | Director | 2006-11-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| PINSENT MASONS DIRECTOR LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2003-10-21 | 2004-02-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Syracuse Waste Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-07-31 | Active |
| Viridor Waste Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-01-28 | Ceased 2021-07-31 |
| Viridor Waste Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-01-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 132 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-03 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-29 | DISS40 | gazette | Gazette filings brought up to date | |
| 2024-05-28 | GAZ1 | gazette | Gazette notice compulsory | |
| 2023-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
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.