ROOKERY SOUTH LIMITED
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Cash
£42m
+17.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£22m
+21.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
3
+50% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£18m
+41.6% vs 2024
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 | £121,160,243 | £106,932,330 | £103,367,470 | -3.3% | |
| Operating profit | £60,384,688 | £38,888,096 | £42,883,032 | +10.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £25,592,612 | £12,874,481 | £18,233,728 | +41.6% | |
| Net profit | £18,484,030 | £6,112,163 | £12,567,017 | +105.6% | |
| Cash | £30,034,451 | £35,739,840 | £41,858,549 | +17.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £431,905,391 | £418,836,345 | -3% | |
| Net assets | — | £18,153,550 | £22,040,574 | +21.4% | |
| Equity | £12,949,384 | £18,153,550 | £22,040,574 | +21.4% | |
| Average employees | 2 | 2 | 3 | +50% | |
| Wages | £102,230 | £77,071 | £177,020 | +129.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 49.8% | 36.4% | 41.5% | |
| Net margin | 15.3% | 5.7% | 12.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 9.0% | 10.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 96.1% | 95.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.98x | 1.66x | 2.00x | |
| Interest cover | 2.23x | 1.46x | 1.69x |
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
- ROOKERY SOUTH LIMITED 2018-07-31 → present
- COVANTA ROOKERY SOUTH LIMITED 2009-12-03 → 2018-07-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young, Chartered Accountants
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the Company's expected cashflows for the foreseeable future, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to meet all obligations as they fall due for a period of more than twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. Accordingly, the financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In March 2026, the Company declared and paid a dividend of £6,300,000 to its immediate holding company, Rookery South Holding Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIALVI, Hassan Mustafa | Secretary | 2024-07-30 | — | — |
| GREGORY, Maria | Director | 2024-07-30 | Oct 1984 | British |
| MATSUMURA, Elvire Sachiko | Director | 2026-04-01 | Sep 1980 | French,Japanese |
| MCSHANE, Anthony Thomas | Director | 2022-06-21 | Dec 1969 | British |
| SHAFQAT, Ahad | Director | 2023-07-23 | Apr 1986 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREGORY, Maria | Secretary | 2023-07-23 | 2024-07-30 |
| OYEGOKE, Toye | Secretary | 2021-01-01 | 2023-07-23 |
| VISTRA COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2013-10-25 | 2021-01-01 |
| BELLYNCK, Christophe | Director | 2019-03-18 | 2026-03-31 |
| BYGOTT-WEBB, Bejamin | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2024-03-05 |
| CHILTON, Malcolm David | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2013-04-22 |
| CHOWDHARY, Priya | Director | 2022-06-21 | 2023-07-23 |
| COLE, Paul | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2013-11-30 |
| COOK, Iain | Director | 2023-10-14 | 2024-07-30 |
| EDGAR, Matthew John | Director | 2019-03-18 | 2022-06-08 |
| HARTLEY, Andrew Horsley Clifford | Director | 2019-03-18 | 2020-07-01 |
| JONES, Steven Paul | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2013-05-31 |
| KOLTIS, Tommy John | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2023-10-14 |
| MULCAHY, Matthew Robert | Director | 2013-11-14 | 2022-06-21 |
| PENHALLURICK, Fiona Puleston | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2013-11-30 |
| SIM, Stuart Fraser | Director | 2012-02-24 | 2013-09-30 |
| SIMPSON, Timothy John | Director | 2013-04-24 | 2018-07-20 |
| WHITNEY, Scott Warren | Director | 2009-12-03 | 2011-04-30 |
| WILSON, Stuart Andrew | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2022-03-30 |
| WRIGHT, Peter Stephen | Director | 2010-02-01 | 2013-11-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Covanta Holding Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2018-08-02 | Ceased 2018-08-02 |
| Rookery South Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-08-02 | Active |
| Covanta Energy Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-08-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 127 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-18 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.