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ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

Business services · Knottingley
Large

Acumen Waste Services Limited specializes in waste management and industrial site services, offering a comprehensive range of solutions including hazardous waste treatment, emergency response, and industrial site maintenance. Established in 1994, they serve a diverse customer base across England.

acumenwaste.co.uk ↗

Summary from the supplier’s website — unverified

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Awarded
£71.9m
Live
24
Buyers
24
12m
£14.6m
At a glance
  • Quick answer
Profile
  • Social value
  • ESG & policies
  • Capabilities6
  • Buyer references
  • Accreditations
Track record · verified
  • KPI performance
  • Contracts24 / 57
  • Top buyers24
  • Category mix
  • Geography
  • Peers5
Trust & risk
  • Red flags0
  • Compliance
  • Modifications
  • News
Company
  • Companies House
  • Financial
  • Org tree
Quick answer — ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITEDUpdated 06 Jul 2026

At a glance · for buyers and watchdogs

ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED has won £71.9m across 24 public-sector buyers, with 24 live contracts. No active Companies House risk flags.

Why: top buyer Environment Agency at 41% · 99% in Business services · 0 active risk flags · 0 modifications.

Decision signals
0Active red flags
ActiveCompany status
24 of 57Live contracts
41%Top-buyer concentration
99%Category exposure
0Contract modifications
If you're a buyer:CapabilitiesReferencesKPIComplianceWatchdog?FlagsModificationsConcentrationNews

Social value

Commitments mapped to the Government Social Value Model themes.

⚑ Self-reported
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No social-value commitments yet

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ESG & policies vault · 0/5

Key governance & sustainability policies. Published documents link out; missing ones are greyed.

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Net-zero planNot provided✓
Modern slavery statementNot provided✓
EDI policyNot provided✓
Anti-briberyNot provided✓
Data protectionNot provided✓

Capabilities

What this supplier does, where they sit, who they sell to.

◐ From website & notices
Services · 4
Waste ManagementComprehensive waste management services including total waste management and emergency response. ↗Hazardous Waste TreatmentSpecialized treatment and transfer services for hazardous waste. ↗Industrial Site ServicesOn-site solutions for cleaning, decommissioning, and maintenance. ↗Emergency Response24/7 emergency response services for spillages and environmental incidents. ↗
Frameworks & DPS · 6 from notices
  • SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE WASTE & RECYCLING MANAGEMENTN H S Shared Business Services · £16.7m
  • North, Anglian & Midlands Operational Waste Management FrameworkDEFRA · £1.8m
  • 378_20 Hazardous & Specialist Waste Services (including Site Clearances)Espo · £625k
  • 378B_21 Hazardous Waste Collection and Disposal ServicesEspo · £227k
  • CWC22007 - Disposal of Paint (Waste Services)City of Wolverhampton Council · £170k
  • 3753.EFM.SW.23 Hazardous Waste Removal ServicesUNIVERSITY OF SHEFFIELD · £140k

Extracted automatically from acumenwaste.co.uk on Jul 2026. Not independently verified — treat as the supplier’s own marketing claims.

Case studies

Delivery stories the supplier has published, with sector and outcome.

⚑ Self-reported
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No case studies yet

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Buyer references

Named public-sector contacts who have agreed to act as a reference.

✓ Confirmed by buyer
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No buyer references yet

Public-sector buyers can confirm they'll act as a reference for this supplier. Confirmed references — with the contract they relate to — show here.

Accreditations & memberships

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No accreditations recorded

B-Corp, ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage and similar credentials appear here once added by a claimed supplier and cross-checked against the issuing register.

KPI performance

Delivery, budget and satisfaction scores reported quarterly by buyers.

✓ Verified
84

No verified KPI scores yet

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Contracts · 24 live · 33 historic

Pulled from Contracts Finder & Find a Tender. Most recent first.

✓ From notices
TitleBuyerCPVAwardedValueTermStatus
EA - National Ops Waste
Environment Agency7999310001 Jul 2026£7.5m3 yrsLive
CBRN Remediation Services Framework - 2026
DEPARTMENT FOR ENVIRONMENT, FOOD AND RURAL AFFAIRS—11 Apr 2026—8 yrspending
Processing of Sweepings Waste
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council—01 May 2026£882k2.9 yrspending
Thrapston/Woodford Pollution Incident (Emergency Response)
Environment Agency9052000004 Feb 2026£104k3 moClosed
Kidlington Waste Removal
Environment Agency—19 Jan 2026£6.1m17 moLive
Collection and disposal of chemical waste from HWRCs
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council—18 Dec 2025£25k6 moClosed
Hoads Wood Waste Clearance
Environment Agency9050000029 Oct 2024£7.5m2.8 yrsLive
C Scrap Discard Waste Disposal
Tees Valley Combined Authority9000000005 Feb 2024£90k3 moClosed
SUSTAINABLE HEALTHCARE WASTE & RECYCLING MANAGEMENT
N H S Shared Business Services9050000023 Oct 2023£16.7m4 yrsLive
Hazardous Waste and Oil Framework
Leeds City Council9000000001 Jan 2023£200k4 yrsLive
Total live value £42.4m · mean award £1.3m1–10 of 57

Top buyers · 24 buyers · top 3 = 84%

Share of awarded value. Concentration fires above 40% for any single buyer.

✓ From notices
1
Environment Agency
6 contracts
41%
since 2024
2
N H S Shared Business Services
1 contract
23%
since 2023
3
DEFRA
15 contracts
20%
since 2020
4
London Universities Purchasing Consortium
2 contracts
6%
since 2023
5
Leeds City Council
3 contracts
2%
since 2016
6
PROCURE PLUS HOLDINGS LIMITED
2 contracts
2%
since 2019
7
Espo
4 contracts
1%
since 2016
8
City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council
5 contracts
1%
since 2025
9
UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED
1 contract
1%
since 2018
10
Blackburn With Darwen Borough Council
1 contract
1%
since 2017

Category mix

CPV-division share of last-12m awarded value. Single-category exposure: 99%.

✓ From notices
Business services79
99%
Sewage & refuse90
1%
⚠ Concentration: 99% of recent awarded value sits in a single CPV division. A category-specific downturn would materially affect revenue.

Geography

Distribution of awarded value by buyer region.

✓ From notices
UK · schematic only
London26 contracts
88%
Yorkshire9 contracts
5%
North West5 contracts
3%
East Midlands5 contracts
2%
North East5 contracts
1%
South West1 contract
1%
West Midlands1 contract
0%
Scotland1 contract
0%
Eastern1 contract
0%
Region resolved for 76% of awarded value (by buyer postcode); the remainder lacks a usable address.

Peers

Suppliers with overlapping CPVs & buyers (last 24m). ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED highlighted.

✓ From notices
SupplierSME?Awarded · 24mContracts
SR
Suez Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd
No£360.0m3
AW
ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
No£14.6m—
BN
Bidvest Noonan (UK) Limited
No£5.2m1
SK
Smurfit Kappa Recycling
No£4.6m1
R(
RECONOMY (UK) LIMITED
No£4.4m1
RT
RIVERSIDE TRUCK RENTAL LIMITED
No£2.7m1
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Red flags · 0 active

Automated scan of Companies House status, charges and insolvency records.

✓ Verified
✓ Clean. No active risk signals from Companies House status, charges or insolvency records.

Compliance scorecard

Derived from Companies House filings — not a full supplier-assurance check.

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Trading status
Active
Live at Companies House
Annual accounts
Up to date
Last made up to 30 Dec 2024
Confirmation statement
Up to date
Next due 20 Apr 2027
Outstanding charges
0
No charges registered
Insolvency history
None
No insolvency cases registered
Certifications (ISO, Cyber Essentials, Living Wage, B-Corp, modern-slavery) are supplier self-reported and appear once a claimed profile adds them.

Modifications

Variations to awarded contracts logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74.

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No modifications recorded

No published contract variations for this supplier. Modification notices appear here as they are issued under the Procurement Act 2023.

News mentions

UK trade press & nationals, matched to this supplier.

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No news mentions found

We haven't matched any recent UK press coverage to this supplier. Mentions appear here automatically as they're published.

Companies House

Live sync — registered details, directors, PSC and SIC codes.

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Registered details

Company no.
02916087
Status
Active
Type
Private limited
Incorporated
06 Apr 1994
Reg. office
Acumen House, Headlands Lane, Knottingley, West Yorkshire, WF11 0LA
SIC codes
38110 · 38120 · 39000 · 49410
Last accounts
30 Dec 2024
Next accounts due
30 Sept 2026

Directors & PSC

  • COOPER, Joanne Lesley — director
    Appointed 12 Feb 2026
  • MCCABE, Brian — director
    Appointed 21 Jun 2022
  • CROSSLEY, Andrew Peter — director
    Appointed 25 Apr 2014
  • SUTTON, Kristian David — director
    Appointed 14 May 2012
  • Acumen Group Holdings Limited — person with significant control
    ownership of shares 75 to 100 percent · voting rights 75 to 100 percent · right to appoint and remove directors

Financial

Filed accounts from Companies House.

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£

No financial filings on record

Turnover, profit and headcount appear here once audited or micro-entity accounts are filed at Companies House.

Org tree

Group structure and ownership.

↔ From Cos House
ACUMEN WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
02916087 · this company

Independent. No parent company or subsidiaries recorded at Companies House for this entity.