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Acumen Waste Services Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 15

  1. Adam Russell King 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Wayne Gary Fisher 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Grahame Henderson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Michael Ashall 2022-2022 Director View profile
  5. Damien Murray 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Leon Kirk 2011-2022 Director View profile
  7. Alistair Wright 2008-2011 Director View profile
  8. Kevan Brian Underhill 2007-2011 Director View profile
  9. David Thomas Edward Fergus 2004-2007 Director View profile
  10. Jonathan Stephen Morris 2001-2018 Director View profile
  11. Ian Wray 1998-2018 Director View profile
  12. Iain Johnson 2003-2007 Secretary View profile
  13. Susan Nattrass 1996-1998 Secretary View profile
  14. Mark Ainsleigh Tankard 1995-2018 Secretary View profile
  15. Mark Robert Thornton 1994-1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

6 contracts · £16,979,045 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • Bolton House Road Site Waste Clearance Buyer: Wigan Council £4,636,427 2026-09-18 Source: Find a Tender

    You are invited to tender for the contract to clear waste illegally deposited on the Bolton House Road Site, Bickershaw, Wigan, WN2 4AB. It includes waste that has been deposited to the rear of the site on Diggle Flash (A nature reserve tha…

  • Bolton House Road Site Waste Clearance Buyer: Wigan Council £4,636,427 2026-09-18 Source: Find a Tender

    You are invited to tender for the contract to clear waste illegally deposited on the Bolton House Road Site, Bickershaw, Wigan, WN2 4AB. It includes waste that has been deposited to the rear of the site on Diggle Flash (A nature reserve tha…

  • EA - National Ops Waste Buyer: Environment Agency £7,500,000 2026-06-23 CPV 79993100 Source: Contracts Finder

    Requiring container hire, collection, transport, treatment and compliant disposal of a wide range of waste streams generated across Environment Agency sites.

  • Collection and Safe Processing of Various Hazardous Chemical Waste Buyer: City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council £6,000 2026-05-11 CPV 90523000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Collection and Safe Processing of Various Chemical Hazardous Waste

  • Market Harborough Oil Pollution Incident (Emergency Response) Buyer: Environment Agency £96,127 2026-03-21 CPV 90520000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Market Harborough - Oil Pollution Incident (Emergency Response) _ Direct award from Defra Group Framework Agreement for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and HazMat Remediation. Reference Ecm_64240

  • Thrapston/Woodford Pollution Incident (Emergency Response) Buyer: Environment Agency £104,065 2026-02-03 CPV 90520000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Thrapston/Woodford Pollution Incident (Emergency Response) - Oil Clean Up and . Direct award from Defra Group Framework Agreement for Chemical, Biological, Radiological and Nuclear (CBRN) and HazMat Remediation. Reference Ecm_64240.

  • CBRN Remediation Services Framework - 2026 Buyer: Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The Remediation Services Framework is procured, on behalf of UK Government, by the Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra), Chemical, Biological, Radiation and Nuclear (CBRN) Emergencies Team. The Government will howeve…

    Framework

About

Incorporated
06/04/1994

Ownership

Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Acumen Waste Services Limited is controlled by Jonathan Stephen Morris
    Evidence
    ceased 50-75% shares · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Jonathan Stephen Morris.

5 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

4 directors on the board

7.7y median 8.1y
average tenure
14.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

1
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Utilities 31Other services 9Finance 4Business services 1Property 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
02916087
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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