FCC WASTE SERVICES (UK) LIMITED
Company number 00988844 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
FCC Waste Services (UK) Limited is a mid-tier integrated waste management operator undergoing a fundamental strategic transition from landfill-dependent revenue toward energy-from-waste and circular economy infrastructure, backed by the financial capacity of its Madrid-listed parent FCC Group. While revenue of £163.4m demonstrates meaningful scale, persistent operating losses (£2.9m in 2025) indicate structural cost challenges — likely driven by declining landfill volumes against a fixed cost base, acquisition integration costs, and the capital-intensive nature of EfW investment. The company's competitive positioning is strengthened by recent acquisitions (Urbaser UK, Cumbria Waste Group) and long-term municipal contracts, but margin recovery remains the critical performance imperative against peers achieving 6–10% operating margins.
What it does
The principal activity of the Company during the year was handling, recycling and disposal of waste materials.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1970-09-08
- Employees
- 542 (2025 accounts · was 469 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 3 Sidings Court, White Rose Way, Doncaster, England, DN4 5NU
- Postcode
- DN4 5NU
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-06-30
- Next due by
- 2027-07-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 38210 Treatment and disposal of non-hazardous waste
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 2 current · 51 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by WASTE RECYCLING GROUP (UK) LIMITED — since 2016-04-07
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£8,850,000 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z9399280 (Tier 1), registered since 2006.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WRG WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | 2012-05-11 |
| SHANKS WASTE SERVICES LIMITED | 2004-07-21 |
| SHANKS & MCEWAN (SOUTHERN WASTE SERVICES) LIMITED | 1999-05-24 |
| SHANKS & MCEWAN (SOUTHERN) LTD. | 1995-04-03 |
| LONDON BRICK LANDFILL LIMITED | 1986-06-17 |
| LONDON BRICK LAND DEVELOPMENT LIMITED | 1977-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 7
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 3 SIDINGS COURT, WHITE ROSE WAY, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORHSHIRE DN4 5NU | 2005-01-07 |
| 1 SIDINGS COURT, WHITE ROSE WAY, DONCASTER, SOUTH YORKSHIRE DN4 5NU | 2004-08-12 |
| DUNEDIN HOUSE AUCKLAND PARK, MOUNT FARM BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK1 1BU | 2004-07-22 |
| DUNEDIN HOUSE AUCKLAND PARK, MOUNT FARM BLETCHLEY, MILTON KEYNES BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK1 1BU | 2004-07-22 |
| WOODSIDE HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD, WOBURN SANDS, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS MK17 8TA | 1998-06-10 |
| WOODSIDE HOUSE, CHURCH ROAD, WOBURN SANDS, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKS MK17 8TA | 1998-06-10 |
| 69-71 BROMHAM ROAD, BEDFORD, MK40 2BL | 1990-02-09 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 21 similar companies in DN, with 542 staff. 3rd oldest of its local peers.
The class of 1970
54%
of the 3,725 companies incorporated in 1970 are still active today; 40% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 72 titles
- Freehold
- 14
- Leasehold
- 58
- Most recent registration
- 2025-05-02
- Where
- Buckinghamshire (15), Staffordshire (14), East Riding Of Yorkshire (11)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NN406616 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| NN406617 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| NN406619 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| NN406620 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| NN406621 | West Northamptonshire | Leasehold | 2025-05-02 | — |
| HE75807 | Herefordshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| HE75808 | Herefordshire | Leasehold | 2024-11-14 | — |
| WT479029 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-10 | — |
| WT479031 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-10 | — |
| WT479033 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-10 | — |
| WT479036 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-10 | — |
| WT479008 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-09 | — |
| WT479013 | Wiltshire | Leasehold | 2024-09-09 | — |
| BM472379 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2024-02-07 | — |
| BD353114 | Bedford | Freehold | 2023-05-31 | — |
| BM463826 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2022-12-29 | — |
| BM462736 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2022-11-15 | — |
| BM462737 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2022-11-15 | — |
| BM462738 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2022-11-15 | — |
| BM462739 | Buckinghamshire | Leasehold | 2022-11-15 | — |
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Businesses that transport or deal in waste must register with the Environment Agency. You can check this company on the official register of waste carriers, brokers and dealers.