Avondale Environmental Limited (02463368): administration
- Status
- In administration
- Administration began
- 2025-09-02
- Administrators
- Kerry Bailey, James Bernard Stephen
- Administrators' firm
- BDO
- Formerly
- Shanks Avondale Limited; Goalday Limited
- Incorporated
- 1990-01-25
- Location
- Liverpool
- Industry
- 39000 Remediation activities and other waste management services
Why it went into administration
- Creditor pressure / legal action
- Funding withdrawn / unable to refinance
- Cash flow / liquidity pressure
- HMRC / tax arrears
- Sustained trading losses
- Regulatory change or action
From the administrators' statement
The Company was incorporated on 25 January 1990 and is an established waste treatment business. The sole shareholder of the Company is Avondale Holdings Limited (‘Holdings’ or ‘AHL’); a non-trading entity registered in England and Wales, with Robert MacFarlane registered as having significant control. The Company forms part of a group under NPL Group (UK) Limited; a group of privately owned brownfield regeneration, remediation and land development companies.
Based in the central belt of Scotland, the Group operates a landfill at Avondale, Polmont, and deals with a combination of non-hazardous and hazardous waste and soil treatment. The Company operates the only hazardous waste facility in Scotland and is considered a key piece of infrastructure for the area. Income is also generated from the sale of landfill gas which is used to generate electricity for export to the National Grid. At the date of Administration, the Company employed 19 members of staff including the onsite team, sales, operational and administrative roles.
Its permitted activities include waste processing (landfill) for customers requiring disposal of municipal & commercial waste across a variety of hazardous and non-hazardous EWC (‘European Waste Catalogue’) codes, including asbestos disposal. Additionally, the Company is licensed to operate a landfill gas-toelectricity plant on site. Historically, the Company also ran a soil-treatment facility but we understand this is no longer in operation. The Company’s waste services are provided to customers on an ad-hoc basis rather than being underpinned by committed contracts.
Administrators' statement of proposals (2025-10-27) · Companies House register