KCM WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED
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Cash
£74K
-12.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£1.4M
+41.9% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
138
+14% highest in 6 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.1M
+289.7% highest in 5 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs 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 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £15,552,523 | £14,652,769 | £14,855,052 | +1.4% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,084,020 | £694,227 | £1,529,770 | +120.4% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £604,364 | £89,450 | £915,321 | £288,081 | £1,122,698 | +289.7% | |
| Net profit | — | £446,003 | £130,421 | £717,103 | £225,323 | £924,197 | +310.2% | |
| Cash | £28,844 | £73,313 | £45,766 | £507,579 | £84,542 | £74,091 | -12.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,639,899 | £3,791,262 | £3,247,994 | £3,933,093 | £5,559,089 | £5,474,552 | -1.5% | |
| Net assets | £678,043 | £979,053 | £834,474 | £1,151,577 | £965,433 | £1,369,630 | +41.9% | |
| Equity | £678,043 | £979,053 | £834,474 | £1,151,577 | £965,433 | £1,369,630 | +41.9% | |
| Average employees | 82 | 127 | 122 | 119 | 121 | 138 | +14% | |
| Wages | — | £2,489,230 | £2,811,673 | £3,169,517 | £3,779,330 | £3,724,550 | -1.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £89,488 | £89,488 | — | — |
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 | 2020-08-31 | 2021-08-31 | 2022-08-31 | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 7.0% | 4.7% | 10.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 4.6% | 1.5% | 6.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 27.6% | 12.5% | 27.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 86.4% | 89.2% | 84.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 0.76x | 1.23x | 1.39x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 6.42x | 1.71x | 3.76x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Nuvo Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 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.”
Significant events
- “On 20 September 2023, the company became a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking of Hickling Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HICKLING, Emma | Secretary | 2024-05-24 | — | — |
| HICKLING, Charles Philip | Director | 2012-08-15 | Sep 1958 | British |
| HICKLING, Keith Mark | Director | 2012-08-15 | Dec 1959 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hickling Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2025-03-13 | Active |
| Mr Charles Philip Hickling | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-13 |
| Mr Keith Mark Hickling | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-03-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 47 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-17 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-17 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-03-13 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-24 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-01-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-06 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- 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.