EMR GROUP LIMITED
EMR GROUP LIMITED is a private limited company registered in England and Wales under company number 02954623, according to Companies House. It was incorporated on 2 August 1994, originally under the name Nobledrift Limited, and was named European Metal Recycling Limited from 21 December 1994 until it adopted its current name on 23 February 2026. Its registered office is at Sirius House, Delta Crescent, Westbrook, Warrington, Cheshire, WA5 7NS, and the company is recorded with an “Active” status.
Companies House classifies EMR GROUP LIMITED’s principal activities under UK Standard Industrial Classification codes 38320 (recovery of sorted materials), 49410 (freight transport by road), 52242 (cargo handling for air transport activities) and 68201 (renting and operating of Housing Association real estate). According to the company’s official website, which cites this same registration number, EMR GROUP LIMITED operates as part of the EMR recycling business, recovering and processing metals, end-of-life vehicles, waste electrical equipment and cables, with specialist activities in marine structures, plastics, rail infrastructure, lithium-ion battery recycling and renewables recycling, alongside environmental consultancy and brownfield redevelopment services. It serves customers from individual traders to large construction, demolition, industrial and public-sector clients, with operations described on its website as spanning the United Kingdom, the United States, the Netherlands and Germany.
On 1 September 2026, the wider EMR business announced a rebrand from “European Metal Recycling” to “Everything Must Recycle,” retaining the EMR initials alongside a new logo and colour scheme, which trade publication letsrecycle.com linked to the business’s expansion beyond metals into a broader range of recycled materials; the same article reported the wider group operating from more than 160 sites with approximately 4,000 employees. For the year to 31 December 2020, group accounts filed with Companies House under the company’s former name reported consolidated turnover of £2.4 billion and pre-tax profit of £21 million, according to Warrington and Co. EMR GROUP LIMITED’s most recent annual accounts, made up to 31 December 2024, were filed as full company accounts on 17 September 2025, and its latest confirmation statement, dated 12 January 2026, is also on file with Companies House.
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Shareholders
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Shareholders of EMR GROUP LIMITED
Companies House’s Persons with Significant Control register, reviewed 10 September 2026, identifies one active entity with significant control over EMR GROUP LIMITED: AUGENS LIMITED (company number 15284540), a UK-registered private limited company recorded as holding 75% or more of shares and voting rights, notified with effect from 6 February 2024. This entry replaced a previous significant-control holder, Ausurus Group Ltd (company number 09123549), which held a 75%-or-more interest from 6 April 2016 until it ceased on 6 February 2024. Zavia’s internal shareholder data corroborates this, recording AUGENS LIMITED as holding two share classes verified 7 September 2026: 10,000,000 Ordinary A shares of £1 each (approximately 99.58% of issued capital) and 42,600 Ordinary B shares of £1 each (approximately 0.42%), together representing the company’s full issued share capital. As a private limited company, EMR GROUP LIMITED is required to disclose only holders meeting the statutory significant-control thresholds rather than a complete shareholder register, though in this case the sole recorded shareholder and the registered person with significant control are the same entity.
Ultimate beneficial ownership
AUGENS LIMITED’s own Persons with Significant Control register names Ausurus Group Ltd (company number 09123549) as its 75%-or-more shareholder, notified 14 November 2023. Ausurus Group Ltd’s significant-control register in turn identifies three individuals, all British nationals, each notified as holding “more than 25% but not more than 50%” of its shares: Mr Christopher Phillip Sheppard and Mr Ian Andrew Sheppard, both notified 23 August 2019, and Mr Jack Gabriel Sheppard, notified 19 March 2024 with control exercised over the trustees of a trust. Because each tier of this ownership chain is disclosed only as a percentage band rather than an exact figure, and the notification dates differ, no precise calculated effective ownership percentage can be derived for these individuals’ indirect interest in EMR GROUP LIMITED; they are identified here as the ultimate individuals with significant control at the top of the verified ownership chain.
Data availability
Classification: Major shareholders only. Companies House confirms AUGENS LIMITED’s 75%-or-more holding in EMR GROUP LIMITED and traces the ownership chain to three named individuals two tiers above, but none of the three tiers discloses an exact ownership percentage, only statutory disclosure bands, consistent with the UK’s significant-control disclosure regime.
Sources
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company number 02954623 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company number 15284540 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company number 09123549 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
| Shareholder | Type | Holding | Source Document |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUGENS LIMITED | 99.6% | Companies House | |
| AUGENS LIMITED | 99.6% | Companies House | |
| AUGENS LIMITED | 0.4% | Companies House |
Officers
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Directors and officers of EMR GROUP LIMITED
Companies House records 23 officer appointments in EMR GROUP LIMITED’s history, of which 4 are currently active and 19 have resigned. The active officers comprise three directors — Christopher Phillip Sheppard (British nationality, resident in England, a Director since 20 November 2007), Robin Sheppard (British nationality, resident in the United Kingdom, a Director since 26 September 1994) and Edwin Leijnse (Dutch nationality, resident in the Netherlands, a Director since 22 November 2016) — and one company secretary, Christopher John Tinsley, appointed 20 May 2010. This overview reflects Companies House officer data retrieved 10 September 2026.
Data availability
Classification: Full for current officers. Companies House publishes appointment dates together with nationality and country of residence as separate disclosed fields for the three individual directors, distinguishing Edwin Leijnse’s Dutch nationality and Netherlands residence from the two British, UK-resident directors. Nationality and residence are not published for Company Secretary Christopher John Tinsley, consistent with Companies House’s narrower disclosure requirements for secretarial appointments. Occupation, as distinct from legal role, is not separately reported for any of the four active officers, and the correspondence address on file for all is the company’s registered office rather than a personal address.
Sources
- Companies House – Officers list, company number 02954623 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
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Group Structure
Group structure of EMR GROUP LIMITED
EMR GROUP LIMITED is part of a verified UK corporate group. Companies House’s Persons with Significant Control register confirms AUGENS LIMITED (company number 15284540) as EMR GROUP LIMITED’s immediate parent, holding 75% or more of its shares and voting rights since 6 February 2024, replacing a previous parent, Ausurus Group Ltd (company number 09123549), which held the same significant-control threshold from 6 April 2016 until February 2024. Companies House separately confirms Ausurus Group Ltd as AUGENS LIMITED’s own 75%-or-more shareholder, notified 14 November 2023, positioning Ausurus Group Ltd as the highest identifiable corporate entity in the verified ownership chain; no further corporate parent above Ausurus Group Ltd is recorded, and its own significant-control register instead names three individuals. Companies House also confirms two verified UK subsidiaries of EMR GROUP LIMITED, recorded under the company’s former name, European Metal Recycling Limited, on their own significant-control filings: EMR GROUP DORMANT SUBS LIMITED (company number 05721604) and HENDERSON KERR LIMITED (company number SC029189), each held at 75% or more. Zavia’s internal corporate-linkage data references a substantially larger international structure, including entities in the United States, the Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Hong Kong, but these could not be independently verified against an authoritative registry source within this review. This overview reflects Companies House filings reviewed 10 September 2026.
Verified corporate relationships
| Entity | Country | Registration number | Relationship | Ownership | Status | Information date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AUGENS LIMITED | United Kingdom | 15284540 | Immediate parent | 75% or more of shares and voting rights | Active | 10 September 2026 |
| Ausurus Group Ltd | United Kingdom | 09123549 | Ultimate parent (of AUGENS LIMITED) | 75% or more of AUGENS LIMITED’s shares and voting rights | Active | 10 September 2026 |
| EMR GROUP DORMANT SUBS LIMITED | United Kingdom | 05721604 | Direct subsidiary | 75% or more of shares | Active | 10 September 2026 |
| HENDERSON KERR LIMITED | United Kingdom | SC029189 | Direct subsidiary | 75% or more of shares | Active | 10 September 2026 |
Recent structural changes
- AUGENS LIMITED replaced Ausurus Group Ltd as EMR GROUP LIMITED’s registered person with significant control, effective 6 February 2024 (Companies House PSC filing).
- The company changed its name from European Metal Recycling Limited to EMR GROUP LIMITED, effective 23 February 2026, ahead of a wider “Everything Must Recycle” rebrand announced by the group on 1 September 2026 (Companies House; letsrecycle.com).
Data availability
Classification: Partial. Companies House confirms EMR GROUP LIMITED’s immediate and ultimate corporate parents and two direct UK subsidiaries, but Zavia’s internal corporate-linkage data describes a much wider international group of dozens of entities across the UK, US, Netherlands, Germany, Switzerland and Hong Kong that could not be independently verified against authoritative registry sources in this review and are therefore not presented as verified relationships.
Sources
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company number 02954623 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company number 15284540 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company number 09123549 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
- Companies House – Persons with Significant Control, company numbers 05721604 and SC029189 (retrieved 10 September 2026)
- letsrecycle.com – “More than metals: EMR rebrands to ‘Everything Must Recycle’” (published 1 September 2026, retrieved 10 September 2026)
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Frequently Asked Questions
What does EMR GROUP LIMITED do?
EMR GROUP LIMITED (company number 02954623), formerly European Metal Recycling Limited, is a private limited company registered in England and Wales, incorporated on 2 August 1994, operating as part of the EMR ('Everything Must Recycle') recycling and waste-management business, which recovers and processes metals, end-of-life vehicles, waste electrical equipment and other materials.
Who owns EMR GROUP LIMITED?
Companies House's Persons with Significant Control register identifies AUGENS LIMITED (company number 15284540) as the entity holding 75% or more of EMR GROUP LIMITED's shares and voting rights, notified 6 February 2024.
Who is EMR GROUP LIMITED's UBO (Ultimate Beneficial Owner)?
Companies House's significant-control filings trace ownership through AUGENS LIMITED and Ausurus Group Ltd to three British individuals — Christopher Phillip Sheppard, Ian Andrew Sheppard and Jack Gabriel Sheppard — each holding between 25% and 50% of Ausurus Group Ltd, though no precise combined effective percentage in EMR GROUP LIMITED can be calculated from the disclosed bands.
What is EMR GROUP LIMITED's company registration number?
EMR GROUP LIMITED's registration number is 02954623, filed with Companies House in United Kingdom. Its current status on the register is active.
Is EMR GROUP LIMITED still an active company?
EMR GROUP LIMITED's status on Companies House is listed as active.
When was EMR GROUP LIMITED incorporated?
EMR GROUP LIMITED was incorporated on 2 August 1994, according to Companies House.
What is EMR GROUP LIMITED's registered address?
The registered address on file for EMR GROUP LIMITED is WARRINGTON, United Kingdom.
What legal structure is EMR GROUP LIMITED registered as?
EMR GROUP LIMITED is registered as a Private limited company (Ltd.) in United Kingdom.
What is EMR GROUP LIMITED's revenue?
For the year to 31 December 2020, group accounts filed with Companies House under the company's former name reported consolidated turnover of £2.4 billion and pre-tax profit of £21 million; more recent group-level revenue for EMR GROUP LIMITED specifically has not been independently verified.
Who are the officers/directors of EMR GROUP LIMITED?
Companies House records four active officers of EMR GROUP LIMITED as at 10 September 2026: directors Christopher Phillip Sheppard, Robin Sheppard and Edwin Leijnse, and company secretary Christopher John Tinsley.
Does EMR GROUP LIMITED have a parent company or subsidiaries?
Companies House confirms AUGENS LIMITED as EMR GROUP LIMITED's immediate parent and Ausurus Group Ltd as the ultimate identifiable corporate parent, with EMR GROUP DORMANT SUBS LIMITED and HENDERSON KERR LIMITED confirmed as direct UK subsidiaries.
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Where does this company information come from, and how current is it?
This record is sourced directly from Companies House and was last synced on 8 September 2026.