UBB WASTE (ESSEX) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-23 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-09
Watchouts
Cash
£17K
-74.2% vs 2023
Net assets
-£61K
0% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Insolvency history on file
Companies House holds prior insolvency events for this company. Detail and outcome on the official register.
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Material uncertainty over going concern
Following the resolution of the legal case in 2020 with Essex County Council, the directors no longer consider UBB Waste (Essex) Limited to be a going concern. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a break up basis. The Basildon MBT facility will no longer be operational and is expected to be fully demolished during 2026.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£130,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | — | — | |
| Cash | £66,000 | £17,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | |
| Net assets | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | |
| Equity | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | |
| Average employees | 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
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Cash
-74.2%
£66,000 £17,000
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Net assets
0%
-£61,000 -£61,000
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Employees
—
Not reported
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | — | 213.1% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.22x |
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 101
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Following the resolution of the legal case in 2020 with Essex County Council, the directors no longer consider UBB Waste (Essex) Limited to be a going concern. Accordingly the financial statements have been prepared on a break up basis. The Basildon MBT facility will no longer be operational and is expected to be fully demolished during 2026.”
Significant events
- “On 31 May 2012, Financial Close was reached for the Essex contract. Construction commenced in winter 2014 and the Readiness Test Certificate was obtained on 25 November 2015 and started Hot Testing and Commissioning. The facility had significant design flaws and did not perform as expected, leading to a legal dispute with Essex County Council (the Council).”
- “On 10th June 2024 the Company and the whole of the Urbaser UK Group was sold to FCC Environment (UK) Limited. The sale has not impacted the entity's financial performance. The ultimate parent company is further expanded on in note 9 of these financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALLAS, Mike Kane | Director | 2021-08-24 | Feb 1981 | New Zealander |
| LONGDON, Steven John | Director | 2024-06-10 | May 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Fraser Wilson | Director | 2024-06-10 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Stephen | Secretary | 2019-12-04 | 2024-10-31 |
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Stephen | Secretary | 2012-03-09 | 2015-07-02 |
| CURZON CORPORATE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2015-07-02 | 2019-12-04 |
| NOROSE COMPANY SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2012-03-09 | 2012-03-09 |
| GLADWELL, Lynn | Director | 2014-03-21 | 2018-11-05 |
| MCCARTHY, Christopher Stephen | Director | 2015-07-02 | 2024-10-31 |
| PEIRO BALAGUER, Javier | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2024-07-01 |
| RAY, Stephen Leslie | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2014-03-21 |
| REDBURN, Timothy John | Director | 2016-07-18 | 2017-12-11 |
| ROOKE, Simon | Director | 2018-02-26 | 2020-05-12 |
| SANZ, Jose Maria | Director | 2012-05-14 | 2015-07-02 |
| WALKER, Brian Roland | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2018-02-26 |
| WESTON, Clive | Director | 2012-03-09 | 2012-03-09 |
| WORTHY, Stephen Douglas | Director | 2017-04-27 | 2021-08-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balfour Beatty Infrastructure Projects Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-08-07 | Active |
| Fcc (Gloucestershire) Investments Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2022-08-07 | Active |
| Ubb Waste (Essex) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-08-07 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 93 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-03-10 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-30 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-11-01 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-03-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-07-14 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-14 | 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.