The Firmwatch take
Atl Steel Limited (04309088) currently shows: At risk signal detected, based on accounts to 30 September 2024; last refreshed 24 May 2026. Net liabilities of £27m — assets do not cover obligations.
Companies House source·Accounts to 30 Sept 2024·Refreshed 24 May 2026·Methodology and caveats
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1 public risk event on file
Incorporated
23 October 2001
24 years on the register
Sector
Waste collection, treatment and disposal
SIC 38320 · matched to division
Size
Not classified
Net assets
−£27m
Bottom 10% in sector
Cash at bank
Not disclosed
Not required for this filing type
Risk events
1 on file
Public Gazette / Companies House
Analytics
Risk, value and sector comparison
Insolvency risk
68/100
high risk
Estimated public-data value
-£27,173,037 - £0
low confidence - negative net assets visible value
Sector comparison
Sector: Utilities and Waste
Sample: 12,316 companies
Negative net assets: 16.7%
- Net assets vs sector median
- -£27,175,240
- Working capital vs sector median
- -£27,492,561
- Sector median current ratio
- 1.16
Negative net assets
Visible liabilities exceed visible assets in the extracted accounts.
Negative working capital
Short-term liabilities are higher than short-term assets in the public balance sheet.
Weak current ratio
Current assets are less than 75% of current liabilities.
Risk and value are estimates from public accounts only. They are not a credit score, valuation opinion or insolvency prediction guarantee. See methodology.
Balance sheet
Full extracted balance sheet
Bottom 10% in sector · Sector medians shown for 12,316 filers in this sector (2024).
Cash at bank
Bank balances disclosed in the public accounts.
Not disclosed
Current assets
Assets expected to turn into cash within one year.
£55,987,974
Current liabilities
Amounts due within one year (short-term creditors).
£83,475,723
Working capital
Current assets minus current liabilities.
-£27,487,749
Median £5k
Fixed assets
Long-term tangible and intangible assets.
Not disclosed
Total assets less current liabilities
Fixed assets plus working capital.
-£27,048,037
Net assets
What's left after liabilities are deducted from assets.
-£27,173,037
Median £2k
Equity (capital & reserves)
Shareholder funds.
£800,149
Current ratio
Current assets divided by current liabilities. Above 1.0× is usually easier to fund.
0.7×
Median 1.2×
Figures extracted from the company's public XBRL/iXBRL filing. Fields shown as Not disclosed are not legally required for this filing type and are absent from the source document — they are not necessarily zero.
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