UBB WASTE (ESSEX) LIMITED
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Cash
£2k
-88.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£61k
0% vs 2024
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£0
Period ending 2025-12-31
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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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
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.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials 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 | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | -£130,000 | -£150,000 | -15.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £0 | £0 | — | |
| Cash | £66,000 | £17,000 | £2,000 | -88.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | 0% | |
| Net assets | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | -£61,000 | 0% | |
| Equity | -£61,000 | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 0 | 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. 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 185.9% | 458.8% | 710.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.54x | 0.22x | 0.14x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“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.”
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 94 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.