SACKERS LIMITED
Company number 01526052 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Sackers Limited is a mid-sized UK metal recycler that has faced severe headwinds from regulatory changes and margin compression, resulting in a rare going concern qualification from its auditors. While the £54M turnover demonstrates significant operational scale, the aggressive balance sheet leverage and loss of a key revenue stream (cable processing) have necessitated a defensive restructuring, including the divestment of its Waste Division. The company's survival hinges on the success of its debt reduction strategy and its ability to restore margins within its core metals business in a highly volatile commodity environment.
Shareholders' funds
£1,519,207
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
The principal activities of the company during the period continued to be the recycling of scrap metals and delivery of total waste management solutions.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1980-11-03
- Employees
- 89 (2024 accounts · was 94 in 2023)
- Registered office
- Railway Sidings Gipping Road, Great Blakenham, Ipswich, Suffolk, United Kingdom, IP6 0JB
- Postcode
- IP6 0JB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 8 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-10
- Next due by
- 2027-07-24
Nature of business (SIC)
- 38110 Collection of non-hazardous waste
- 38120 Collection of hazardous waste
- 38320 Recovery of sorted materials
- 39000 Remediation activities and other waste management services
Officers 4 current · 17 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2827114 (Tier 2), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- sackers.co.uk
- Phone
- 01473 830373
Sackers is proud to be your local scrap yard in Ipswich, Suffolk. We offer scrap metal disposal & waste management services. Call us today to learn more.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| S. SACKER (CLAYDON) LIMITED | 2019-08-13 |
| CLAYDON METALS LIMITED | 1985-02-07 |
| WALEPARK LIMITED | 1981-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| RAILWAY SIDINGS, GIPPING ROAD, GREAT, BLAKENHAM, IPSWICH, SUFFOLK, IP6 0JB | 2016-06-16 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 36 similar companies in IP
2nd largest employer among its local peers (89 staff).
The oldest of its local peers, trading since 1980.
No.4 of the largest collection of non-hazardous waste companies in Ipswich →
Competitors Ipswich
This company ranks 4 among collection of non-hazardous waste in Ipswich.
The class of 1980
49%
of the 8,850 companies incorporated in 1980 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 5 titles
- Freehold
- 4
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-09-13
- Where
- Suffolk (5)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SK424045 | Suffolk | Leasehold | 2022-09-13 | — |
| SK288949 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2007-02-07 | — |
| SK206083 | Suffolk | Freehold | 2000-06-26 | — |
| SK121851 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1992-10-13 | — |
| SK113159 | Suffolk | Freehold | 1992-01-30 | — |
For addresses and the authoritative register entry, use HM Land Registry's official search (£3 per title).
Information produced by HM Land Registry. © Crown copyright 2026. Dataset as at 2026-08.
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.