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STRATEGIC REPORT, REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS AND

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

FOR

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)






CONTENTS OF THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025




Page

Company Information 1

Strategic Report 2

Report of the Directors 3

Report of the Independent Auditors 5

Income Statement 9

Other Comprehensive Income 10

Balance Sheet 11

Statement of Changes in Equity 12

Notes to the Financial Statements 13


ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

COMPANY INFORMATION
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025







DIRECTORS: Mrs Z L Hassall
J P Fray
N A D Hassall
A Hulme
S J Rymill





SECRETARY: S L Haycock





REGISTERED OFFICE: The Mill
Morton
Oswestry
Shropshire
SY10 8BH





REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593 (England and Wales)





AUDITORS: D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited
Kingsland House
39 Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6BL

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

STRATEGIC REPORT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The directors present their strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

REVIEW OF BUSINESS
ASH Waste Services Limited provides waste disposal services in the North West of England.

The company has consolidated its improved financial performance from previous years and continues to increase profit on core business.

Key performance indicators

2025 2024 % change
Turnover £36,469,970 £32,359,912 12.70%
Gross profit £19,971,211 £16,780,284 19.02%
Profit before tax £5,701,741 £6,242,724 (8.67% )

PRINCIPAL RISKS AND UNCERTAINTIES
The company operates in a very competitive and highly regulated market which is a continuing risk and may result in sales being lost to competitors. The company manages this risk by providing excellent service in all its activities and ensuring compliance with regulatory bodies.

Financial risk management objectives and policies
The company's activities expose it to a number of financial risks including cash flow and liquidity. The board approves treasury policies, which are controlled on a day-to-day basis by senior management.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





N A D Hassall - Director


10 December 2025

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

The directors present their report with the financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 March 2025.

PRINCIPAL ACTIVITY
The principal activity of the company in the year under review was that of waste management.

DIVIDENDS
An interim dividend of £38,888.88 per share was paid on 31 March 2025. The directors recommend that no final dividend be paid.

The total distribution of dividends for the year ended 31 March 2025 will be £3,500,000 (2024: £4,000,000).

DIRECTORS
The directors shown below have held office during the whole of the period from 1 April 2024 to the date of this report.

Mrs Z L Hassall
J P Fray
N A D Hassall
A Hulme
S J Rymill

DISCLOSURE IN THE STRATEGIC REPORT
The company has chosen, in accordance with s414C(11) of the Companies Act, to set out in the company's strategic report information regarding the review of business and a description of the principal risks and uncertainties facing the company.

STATEMENT OF DIRECTORS' RESPONSIBILITIES
The directors are responsible for preparing the Strategic Report, the Report of the Directors and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.

Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law), including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'. Under company law the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period. In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:

-select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
-make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent;
-prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.

The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company's transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.

STATEMENT AS TO DISCLOSURE OF INFORMATION TO AUDITORS
So far as the directors are aware, there is no relevant audit information (as defined by Section 418 of the Companies Act 2006) of which the company's auditors are unaware, and each director has taken all the steps that he or she ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself or herself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information.

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

REPORT OF THE DIRECTORS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025


AUDITORS
The auditors, D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited, will be proposed for re-appointment at the forthcoming Annual General Meeting.

ON BEHALF OF THE BOARD:





N A D Hassall - Director


10 December 2025

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of ASH Waste Services Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025 which comprise the Income Statement, Other Comprehensive Income, Balance Sheet, Statement of Changes in Equity and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:
-give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;
-have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
-have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC's Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

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.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information
The directors are responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors, but does not include the financial statements and our Report of the Auditors thereon.

Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact. We have nothing to report in this regard.

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:
- the information given in the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
- the Strategic Report and the Report of the Directors have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED


Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report or the Report of the Directors.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
- adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
- the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
- certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
- we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the Statement of Directors' Responsibilities set out on page three, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED


Auditors' responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue a Report of the Auditors that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;

- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management, and from our commercial knowledge and experience of the sector;

- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, employment, environmental, health and safety legislation. We also consider regulations such as General Data Protection Regulations and Anti money laundering throughout the audit.

- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations identified above through making enquiries of management; and

- identified laws and regulations were communicated within the audit team regularly and the team remained alert to instances of non-compliance throughout the audit.

We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:

- making enquiries of management as to their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and

- reviewing the client's system notes and internal controls.

To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:

- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;

- tested journal entries to identify unusual transactions;

- review of the cashbook to identify any large or unusual transactions that appear to have no commercial basis.

- assessed whether judgements and assumptions made in determining the accounting estimates set out in note 3 were indicative of potential bias; and

- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions.

In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:

- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;


REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITORS TO THE MEMBERS OF
ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims; and

- reviewing correspondence with HMRC.

There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.

Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.

A further description of our responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements is located on the Financial Reporting Council's website at www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our Report of the Auditors.

Use of our report
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in a Report of the Auditors and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.




Francis Nock F.C.C.A. (Senior Statutory Auditor)
for and on behalf of D.R.E. & Co. (Audit) Limited
Kingsland House
39 Abbey Foregate
Shrewsbury
Shropshire
SY2 6BL

10 December 2025

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

INCOME STATEMENT
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

31.3.25 31.3.24
Notes £    £   

TURNOVER 36,469,970 32,359,912

Cost of sales (16,498,759 ) (15,579,628 )
GROSS PROFIT 19,971,211 16,780,284

Administrative expenses (14,159,762 ) (10,533,697 )
5,811,449 6,246,587

Other operating income 6,404 9,670
OPERATING PROFIT 6 5,817,853 6,256,257

Interest receivable and similar income 9,638 35,763
5,827,491 6,292,020

Interest payable and similar expenses 7 (125,750 ) (49,296 )
PROFIT BEFORE TAXATION 5,701,741 6,242,724

Tax on profit 8 (1,398,978 ) (1,133,148 )
PROFIT FOR THE FINANCIAL YEAR 4,302,763 5,109,576

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

31.3.25 31.3.24
Notes £    £   

PROFIT FOR THE YEAR 4,302,763 5,109,576


OTHER COMPREHENSIVE INCOME - -
TOTAL COMPREHENSIVE INCOME
FOR THE YEAR

4,302,763

5,109,576

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

BALANCE SHEET
31 MARCH 2025

31.3.25 31.3.24
Notes £    £    £    £   
FIXED ASSETS
Tangible assets 10 3,575,243 3,016,718

CURRENT ASSETS
Stocks 11 75,556 77,571
Debtors 12 4,648,440 3,182,262
Cash at bank 1,029,455 1,064,296
5,753,451 4,324,129
CREDITORS
Amounts falling due within one year 13 4,683,763 3,699,334
NET CURRENT ASSETS 1,069,688 624,795
TOTAL ASSETS LESS CURRENT
LIABILITIES

4,644,931

3,641,513

PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES 16 377,973 177,318
NET ASSETS 4,266,958 3,464,195

CAPITAL AND RESERVES
Called up share capital 17 90 90
Retained earnings 18 4,266,868 3,464,105
SHAREHOLDERS' FUNDS 4,266,958 3,464,195

The financial statements were approved by the Board of Directors and authorised for issue on 10 December 2025 and were signed on its behalf by:





N A D Hassall - Director


ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

STATEMENT OF CHANGES IN EQUITY
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

Called up
share Retained Total
capital earnings equity
£    £    £   
Balance at 1 April 2023 90 2,354,529 2,354,619

Changes in equity
Dividends - (4,000,000 ) (4,000,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 5,109,576 5,109,576
Balance at 31 March 2024 90 3,464,105 3,464,195

Changes in equity
Dividends - (3,500,000 ) (3,500,000 )
Total comprehensive income - 4,302,763 4,302,763
Balance at 31 March 2025 90 4,266,868 4,266,958

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

1. STATUTORY INFORMATION

ASH Waste Services Limited is a private company, limited by shares, incorporated and registered in England and Wales. The company's registered number and registered office can be found on the Company Information page.

The principal place of business is Unit 16 Wilkinson Court, Clywedog Road South, Wrexham Industrial Estate, Wrexham, LL13 9AE.

2. STATEMENT OF COMPLIANCE

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland" and the Companies Act 2006.

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Basis of preparing the financial statements
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention.

These financial statements are for the individual entity only.

The financial statements are presented in Sterling (£), rounded to the nearest £1.

Financial Reporting Standard 102 - reduced disclosure exemptions
The company has taken advantage of the following disclosure exemptions in preparing these financial statements, as permitted by FRS 102 "The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland":

the requirements of Section 7 Statement of Cash Flows;
the requirement of paragraph 3.17(d);
the requirements of paragraphs 11.42, 11.44, 11.45, 11.47, 11.48(a)(iii), 11.48(a)(iv), 11.48(b) and 11.48(c);
the requirements of paragraphs 12.26, 12.27, 12.29(a), 12.29(b) and 12.29A;
the requirements of paragraphs 26.18(b), 26.19 to 26.21 and 26.23;
the requirements of paragraphs 29.28(b) and 29.29;
the requirement of paragraph 33.7;
the requirements of paragraph 24(b) of IFRS 6.

Turnover
Turnover represents net invoiced sales of services, excluding value added tax. Turnover is recognised when the services are provided to the customer.

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are stated at historic cost less accumulated depreciation. Costs include original purchase price of the asset and the costs attributable to bringing the asset to its working condition for its intended use.

Depreciation is provided at the following annual rates in order to write off each asset over its estimated useful life:

Improvements to property- not provided and 20% on cost
Plant and machinery- varying rates between 10-20% on cost
Fixtures and fittings- varying rates between 33-100% on cost
Motor vehicles- 33% on cost and at varying rates between 10-20% on cost

No depreciation has been provided in respect of the land element of improvements to property on the grounds that land has an unlimited useful life.

Stocks
Stocks are valued at the lower of cost and net realisable value, after making due allowance for obsolete and slow moving items.

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued

Financial instruments
The company has chosen to adopt Sections 11 and 12 of FRS 102 in respect of financial instruments.

(i) Financial assets

Basic financial assets, including trade and other receivables, loans to fellow group companies and cash and bank balances, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Such assets are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

At the end of each reporting period financial assets measured at amortised cost are assessed for objective evidence of impairment. If an asset is impaired the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset's original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.

If there is decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.

Financial assets are derecognised when (a) the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or (b) substantially all the risks and rewards of the ownership of the asset are transferred to another party, or (c) despite having retained some significant risks and rewards of ownership, control of the asset has been transferred to another party who has the practical ability to unilaterally sell the asset to an unrelated third party without imposing additional restrictions.

(ii) Financial liabilities

Basic financial liabilities, including trade and other payables, bank loans and loans from fellow group companies, are initially recognised at transaction price, unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest.

Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method. Fees paid on the establishment of loan facilities are recognised as transaction costs of the loan to the extent that it is probable that some or all of the facility will be drawn down. In this case, the fee is deferred until the draw-down occurs. To the extent there is no evidence that it is probable that some or all of the facility will be drawn down, the fee is capitalised as a pre-payment for liquidity services and amortised over the period of the facility to which it relates.

Trade payables are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Accounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade payables are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.

Financial liabilities are derecognised when the liability is extinguished, that is when the contractual obligation is discharged, cancelled or expires.


ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

3. ACCOUNTING POLICIES - continued
Taxation
Taxation for the year comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in the Income Statement, except to the extent that it relates to items recognised in other comprehensive income or directly in equity.

Current or deferred taxation assets and liabilities are not discounted.

Current tax is recognised at the amount of tax payable using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the balance sheet date.

Deferred tax
Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences that have originated but not reversed at the balance sheet date.

Timing differences arise from the inclusion of income and expenses in tax assessments in periods different from those in which they are recognised in financial statements. Deferred tax is measured using tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the year end and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised only to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Hire purchase and leasing commitments
Assets obtained under hire purchase contracts or finance leases are capitalised in the balance sheet. Those held under hire purchase contracts are depreciated over their estimated useful lives. Those held under finance leases are depreciated over their estimated useful lives or the lease term, whichever is the shorter.

The interest element of these obligations is charged to profit or loss over the relevant period. The capital element of the future payments is treated as a liability.

Rentals paid under operating leases are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the period of the lease.

Pension costs and other post-retirement benefits
The company makes contributions to employees' stakeholder pension schemes. Contributions payable are charged to the profit and loss account in the period to which they relate.

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Wages and salaries 8,411,287 6,547,034
Social security costs 784,854 588,801
Other pension costs 207,545 166,463
9,403,686 7,302,298

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

4. EMPLOYEES AND DIRECTORS - continued

The average number of employees during the year was as follows:
31.3.25 31.3.24

Administrative staff 100 79
Direct staff 113 94
213 173

5. DIRECTORS' EMOLUMENTS
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Directors' remuneration 220,924 208,345
Directors' pension contributions to money purchase schemes 6,628 6,250

Information regarding the highest paid director is as follows:
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Emoluments etc 129,935 118,549
Pension contributions to money purchase schemes 3,898 3,556

Some of the directors of the company are remunerated by a fellow group company. The total remuneration for directors of this company not disclosed elsewhere in the group is £203,483 (2024: £200,039).

6. OPERATING PROFIT

The operating profit is stated after charging/(crediting):

31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Hire of plant and machinery 881,009 505,412
Depreciation - owned assets 1,091,293 926,240
Depreciation - assets on hire purchase contracts 168,730 321,315
Profit on disposal of fixed assets (6,808 ) (772 )
Auditors' remuneration 18,307 2,817
Auditors' remuneration for non audit work 1,224 1,269
Payments made under operating leases 411,671 277,200

7. INTEREST PAYABLE AND SIMILAR EXPENSES
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Hire purchase 125,750 49,296

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

8. TAXATION

Analysis of the tax charge
The tax charge on the profit for the year was as follows:
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Current tax:
UK corporation tax 1,200,000 1,046,965
Adjustment in respect of prior
year (1,677 ) 71
Total current tax 1,198,323 1,047,036

Deferred tax 200,655 86,112
Tax on profit 1,398,978 1,133,148

Reconciliation of total tax charge included in profit and loss
The tax assessed for the year is lower than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK. The difference is explained below:

31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Profit before tax 5,701,741 6,242,724
Profit multiplied by the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25%
(2024 - 25%)

1,425,435

1,560,681

Effects of:
Expenses not deductible for tax purposes 23,036 11,220
Capital allowances in excess of depreciation (222,529 ) (91,713 )
Adjustments to tax charge in respect of previous periods (1,677 ) 71
Deferred tax 200,655 86,112
Group relief (25,942 ) (433,223 )
Total tax charge 1,398,978 1,133,148

9. DIVIDENDS
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Interim 3,500,000 4,000,000

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

10. TANGIBLE FIXED ASSETS
Improvements Fixtures
to Plant and and Motor
property machinery fittings vehicles Totals
£    £    £    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2024 78,919 4,433,147 362,617 5,970,126 10,844,809
Additions - 1,650,395 52,679 129,516 1,832,590
Disposals - (14,250 ) - - (14,250 )
At 31 March 2025 78,919 6,069,292 415,296 6,099,642 12,663,149
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 39,254 2,451,648 304,713 5,032,476 7,828,091
Charge for year 4,808 710,596 46,040 498,579 1,260,023
Eliminated on disposal - (208 ) - - (208 )
At 31 March 2025 44,062 3,162,036 350,753 5,531,055 9,087,906
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 34,857 2,907,256 64,543 568,587 3,575,243
At 31 March 2024 39,665 1,981,499 57,904 937,650 3,016,718

Fixed assets, included in the above, which are held under hire purchase contracts are as follows:
Plant and Motor
machinery vehicles Totals
£    £    £   
COST
At 1 April 2024 95,000 1,662,509 1,757,509
Transfer to ownership (95,000 ) (1,662,509 ) (1,757,509 )
At 31 March 2025 - - -
DEPRECIATION
At 1 April 2024 90,251 1,163,906 1,254,157
Charge for year 4,750 163,980 168,730
Transfer to ownership (95,001 ) (1,327,886 ) (1,422,887 )
At 31 March 2025 - - -
NET BOOK VALUE
At 31 March 2025 - - -
At 31 March 2024 4,749 498,603 503,352

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

11. STOCKS
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Fuel and bag stocks 75,556 77,571

12. DEBTORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Trade debtors 1,833,283 1,677,683
Amounts owed by group companies 2,401,866 1,231,227
Tax 220,000 95,850
Prepayments and accrued income 193,291 177,502
4,648,440 3,182,262

13. CREDITORS: AMOUNTS FALLING DUE WITHIN ONE YEAR
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts (see note 14) - 211,843
Trade creditors 2,239,137 1,810,026
Amounts owed to group companies 1,330,256 791,443
Social security and other taxes 878,244 746,659
Accrued expenses 236,126 139,363
4,683,763 3,699,334

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS

Minimum lease payments fall due as follows:

Hire purchase
contracts
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Gross obligations repayable:
Within one year - 225,011

Finance charges repayable:
Within one year - 13,168

Net obligations repayable:
Within one year - 211,843

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

14. LEASING AGREEMENTS - continued

Non-cancellable
operating leases
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Within one year 196,572 211,277
Between one and five years 109,681 128,488
306,253 339,765

15. SECURED DEBTS

The following secured debts are included within creditors:

31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Hire purchase contracts - 211,843

A Composite Accounting Agreement is in place in respect of bank borrowings and this is further explained in the contingent liabilities note. Bank borrowings are also secured by a cross guarantee and debenture with other group companies, as detailed in the contingent liabilities note.

A debenture is registered at Companies House dated 4 January 2008. The debenture secures all money and liabilities now or in the future due, owing or incurred by ASH Waste Services Limited to Barclays Bank Plc.

Hire purchase liabilities are secured upon the assets to which they relate.

16. PROVISIONS FOR LIABILITIES
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Deferred tax
Accelerated capital allowances 377,973 177,318

Deferred
tax
£   
Balance at 1 April 2024 177,318
Charge to Income Statement during year 200,655
Balance at 31 March 2025 377,973

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

17. CALLED UP SHARE CAPITAL

Allotted, issued and fully paid:
Number: Class: Nominal 31.3.25 31.3.24
value: £    £   
90 Ordinary £1 90 90

Ordinary shares are entitled to full voting rights and dividends.

18. RESERVES
Retained
earnings
£   

At 1 April 2024 3,464,105
Profit for the year 4,302,763
Dividends (3,500,000 )
At 31 March 2025 4,266,868

Retained earnings includes all current and prior period retained profits and losses.

19. CONTINGENT LIABILITIES

During a prior year the company entered into a Composite Accounting Agreement with its parent company and fellow subsidiaries. Under the terms of the agreement and the guarantees given, the bank is authorised to allow set-off for interest purposes and in certain circumstances offset bank balances against liabilities within the Composite Accounting System.

The contingent liability for the company at 31 March 2025 in respect of group bank borrowings amounted to £nil (2024: £nil).

20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES

The immediate parent company is ASH Group (UK) Limited. ASH Group (UK) Limited is the parent of the smallest
group for which consolidated financial statements are prepared, which include ASH Waste Services Limited.

The ultimate parent company is LAF Holdings Limited. LAF Holdings Limited is the parent of the largest group for
which consolidated financial statements are prepared, which include ASH Waste Services Limited.

The registered office of both the immediate parent company and the ultimate parent company is the same as that of ASH Waste Services Limited. Group accounts are freely available from Companies House.

ASH WASTE SERVICES LIMITED (REGISTERED NUMBER: 06097593)

NOTES TO THE FINANCIAL STATEMENTS - continued
FOR THE YEAR ENDED 31 MARCH 2025

20. RELATED PARTY DISCLOSURES - continued

Other related parties
31.3.25 31.3.24
£    £   
Sales to 186,533 117,275
Purchases and management charges from 6,927,901 7,576,615
Dividends to 3,500,000 4,000,000
Amount due from related party 2,415,348 4,445,048
Amount due to related party 1,330,256 -

21. ULTIMATE CONTROLLING PARTY

The ultimate controlling party is LAF Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.