WRG (MIDLANDS) LIMITED
Get an alert when WRG (MIDLANDS) LIMITED files next
Leroy will email you the moment a new filing lands at Companies House — one short note per filing, nothing else.
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£8.2M
-5% vs 2023
Employees
4
+33.3% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£544K
-172% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
-
Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,009,000 | £1,523,000 | -24.2% | |
| Operating profit | £219,000 | -£154,000 | -170.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£200,000 | -£544,000 | -172% | |
| Net profit | -£197,000 | -£393,000 | -99.5% | |
| Cash | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,397,000 | £56,000 | -96% | |
| Net assets | -£7,828,000 | -£8,221,000 | -5% | |
| Equity | — | — | — | |
| Average employees | 3 | 4 | +33.3% | |
| Wages | £258,000 | £175,000 | -32.2% | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.9% | -10.1% | |
| Net margin | -9.8% | -25.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 15.7% | -275.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 418.1% | 419.8% | |
| Current ratio | 0.66x | 0.28x | |
| Interest cover | 0.52x | -0.39x |
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 5 times since incorporation
- WRG (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 2004-07-19 → present
- SHANKS MIDLANDS LIMITED 1999-05-24 → 2004-07-19
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1989-12-05 → 1999-05-24
- SHANKS AND MCEWAN (MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1987-10-22 → 1989-12-05
- SHANKS & MCEWAN (EAST MIDLANDS) LIMITED 1986-09-25 → 1987-10-22
- SHANKS AND MCEWAN (ENGLAND) LIMITED 1966-03-25 → 1986-09-25
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The ongoing military conflict between Russia and Ukraine, as well as heightened conflicts in the Middle East, continue to contribute to elevated levels of political instability and uncertainty worldwide.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 40 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LONGDON, Steven John | Director | 2023-08-02 | May 1966 | British |
| MCKENZIE, Fraser Wilson | Director | 2024-02-01 | Oct 1965 | British |
Show 40 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOLTON, Jonathan Mark | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2008-10-20 |
| BUNTON, Victoria | Secretary | 2011-10-26 | 2012-12-20 |
| CALDER, Samantha Jane | Secretary | 2005-07-27 | 2006-09-28 |
| CANNON, Sara Philipa | Secretary | 2000-11-30 | 2004-06-30 |
| CROWHURST, Georgina Violet | Secretary | 2019-10-15 | 2020-01-28 |
| DE FEO, Caterina | Secretary | 2009-08-01 | 2010-08-31 |
| FAVIER TILSTON, Claire | Secretary | 2006-12-15 | 2013-01-10 |
| HARDMAN, Steven Neville | Secretary | 2004-07-14 | 2004-08-16 |
| KING, Jane Leslie | Secretary | 1991-07-09 | 2000-11-29 |
| MATHER, Peter Daniel | Secretary | — | 1991-07-09 |
| NUNN, Carol Jayne | Secretary | 2012-12-20 | 2019-05-17 |
| WATERHOUSE, Alan | Secretary | 2004-07-01 | 2005-07-27 |
| AVERILL, Michael Charles Edward | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2004-07-01 |
| BURNS, Phillip Wesley | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2004-10-25 |
| CASSELLS, Leslie James Davidson | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2009-11-30 |
| CLARKE, Michael James | Director | 1999-04-29 | 2004-07-01 |
| COULSON, Kenneth George | Director | — | 1991-11-01 |
| DOWNES, David John | Director | 1994-01-12 | 2004-07-01 |
| ELLIS, Christopher John | Director | 2008-06-27 | 2013-11-28 |
| FOWLER, Alastair John Neil | Director | 1990-06-01 | 1993-09-30 |
| HARDMAN, Steven Neville | Director | 2004-08-16 | 2008-04-30 |
| HEWITT, Michael Roger | Director | — | 1994-01-12 |
| MACDUFF, James Andrew | Director | — | 1991-03-31 |
| MARTIN, Joanna Simone, Doctor | Director | 1993-03-29 | 1993-11-24 |
| MATHER, Peter Daniel | Director | — | 1991-07-09 |
| MEREDITH, James Robert | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2009-11-27 |
| MEREDITH, James Robert | Director | 1994-02-16 | 2003-03-31 |
| MORIN, Kenneth Robert | Director | 1991-07-09 | 1999-02-01 |
| NEWMAN, Geoffrey John | Director | 1990-06-01 | 1996-08-30 |
| ORTS-LLOPIS, Vicente Federico | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| PLATTS, Anthony Russell | Director | — | 1991-07-09 |
| ROBINSON, Malcolm | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2008-06-27 |
| RUNCIMAN, Hugh Leishman Inglis | Director | — | 1992-12-31 |
| SERRANO MINCHAN, Agustin | Director | 2009-08-01 | 2022-02-11 |
| STEINER, Leon | Director | 1991-07-09 | 1992-03-23 |
| STEWART, Quentin Richard | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2004-10-25 |
| TASKER, Robert Leslie | Director | 1991-07-09 | 1993-03-29 |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2009-12-01 |
| TAYLOR, Paul | Director | 2009-12-01 | 2023-08-01 |
| WHEELER, David Frederick | Director | 1992-07-01 | 1993-03-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waste Recycling Group (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2019-12-05 | Active |
| Glas Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-06-18 | Ceased 2019-12-05 |
| Waste Recycling Group (Uk) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-07 | Ceased 2018-06-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 268 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-01-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2019-12-19 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.