Whites Skip Hire

What Whites Skip Hire does

Whites Skip Hire is a family-run waste management and aggregates business headquartered in Kingston upon Hull, East Riding of Yorkshire, with a secondary branch in Beverley. It operates as a fully licensed waste transfer station and integrated recycling plant, serving both trade customers (builders, contractors, demolition companies) and domestic consumers across Hull, Beverley, and the wider HU postcode / East Yorkshire area, with bulk waste reach extending into Yorkshire and the Midlands. The core product set spans 2-yard to 40-yard skip hire (including Roll-on Roll-off and hook-lift containers), a state-of-the-art zero-emissions picking plant capable of processing 30+ tons of mixed waste per hour, and a tipping facility open to both the public and third-party waste brokers. Surrounding service lines include aggregates (gravel, sand, topsoil, Type 1 stone, turf, decking timber, paving slabs, railway sleepers, play bark), concrete supply (Gen 1 through C28/35 mixes delivered on 32-ton lorries), plant and equipment hire (micro diggers through 8-ton excavators, dumpers, rollers, telehandlers), specialist regulated waste streams (hazardous waste, mattress, tyre, and utility pole recycling), demolition services via the Hull Demolition sister brand, biomass wood chip and domestic fuel (coal and logs), grab hire and muck-away, and an in-house vehicle body manufacturing arm (Skip Worx) producing 3.5-ton skip lorry bodies and RoRo flat beds. The business makes money through unit-priced transactions on each service line (e.g., 2-yard waste skip £145, 40-yard RORO £1,600, grab hire £300/load, Gen 1 concrete £189.50/m³), with skip hire, aggregates, and tipping as the primary revenue engines. Go-to-market is direct-to-consumer via phone (01482 227468), online order forms, and own-fleet delivery across the regional service area, with a horizontal segmentation across trade and public customers and no disclosed enterprise channel or subscription pricing.

Name

Whites Skip Hire

Legal name

White Skip Hire

Website

https://white-skips.co.uk

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

Whites Skip Hire is a family-run, licensed waste transfer station and recycling plant in Hull, UK, offering skip hire (2-40 yard), aggregates, plant hire, concrete, demolition, and specialist waste recycling to trade and domestic customers across East Yorkshire.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management and Skip Hire Services

NAICS

Solid Waste Collection (562111), Hazardous Waste Collection (562112), Waste Collection (56211)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Truck & Bus Bodies (3713)

akta.pro primary industry

Roll-Off & Temporary Container MSW Hauling (Dumpsters) (BPALAAAC)

akta.pro secondary industries

Commercial MSW Collection (Front/Rear-Load) (EUAIAAAC), Special Waste Transfer (Tires, Mattresses, Appliances) (BPALABAG), Bulky Waste & White Goods Drop-Off/Transfer (BPALABAE), Industrial & Commercial Waste Collection (Roll-off/Front-load) (IMAIAFAB)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Skip hire services
• Recycling services
• Construction aggregates
• Plant equipment hire

Headquarters

HQ city

Kingston upon Hull

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices2 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B and B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Supply Chain, Infrastructure, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Skip Hire Services: Hire of skips from 2 yard to 40 yard RORO, including waste collection, delivery, and disposal. Revenue from skip rental fees plus disposal charges.
2. Aggregates and Building Materials: Sale of gravels, decorative chippings, sand, topsoil, play bark, railway sleepers, paving slabs, timber, turf, and landscaping products. Sold in bulk bags or loose loads.
3. Plant and Equipment Hire: Digger hire, dumper hire, roller hire, telehandler hire with optional driver services. Daily rental rates plus delivery charges.
4. Waste Disposal and Recycling Services: Waste tipping facility accepting general waste, wood, soil/hardcore. Hazardous waste collection, mattress recycling, tyre disposal, utility pole recycling. Biomass wood chip production.
5. Concrete Supply: Supply of various concrete mixes (Gen 1, C20, C25/30, C28/35) from 1 cubic metre to large volumes. Delivered on 32-ton lorries.
6. Vehicle and Equipment Sales: Sale of 3.5-ton mini skip bodies (new and used), skip lorries, skip body repairs, hydraulic equipment, PTO kits, and RoRo flat beds for commercial customers.
7. Fuel Sales: Sale of kiln dried logs, fresh cut logs, smokeless coal, and traditional coal for domestic heating.
8. Demolition Services: Controlled demolition, dismantling, materials recycling, and associated landscaping and civil engineering projects.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels3 records

Core offering

Whites Skip Hire is a family-run waste management business offering skip hire (2 yard to 40 yard RORO), waste collection and disposal through a fully licensed waste transfer station, and material recycling via a state-of-the-art picking plant. The company also supplies decorative and construction aggregates, landscaping products, concrete mixes, plant and digger hire, demolition services, specialist waste recycling (mattresses, tyres, utility poles, hazardous waste), and in-house manufactured 3.5-ton skip lorry bodies for the trade sector.

Product overview

Whites Skip Hire is a family-run waste management company operating as a single unified service rather than a platform-plus-modules architecture. The core offering combines skip hire services (ranging from 2-yard mini skips to 40-yard Roll-on Roll-off skips) with a fully licensed waste transfer station and recycling plant. The business portfolio spans multiple integrated service lines: landscaping products (gravel, sand, topsoil, turf, artificial grass, decking timber, railway sleepers, paving slabs); plant hire (diggers, dumpers, rollers, telehandlers); specialist waste services (hazardous waste, mattress recycling, tyre disposal, utility pole recycling, biomass); manufactured products (3.5-ton skip lorry bodies, RoRo flat beds); and construction services (concrete supply, crushed aggregates, demolition). The products are interconnected through the company's waste management and materials recycling capabilities, allowing them to offer end-to-end solutions for both trade and public customers across Hull and Beverley.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Hull Demolition: Sister company providing demolition, dismantling, materials recycling operations and associated landscaping and civil engineering projects.

Products and services

• Skip Hire Hire of skips from 2 yard to 40 yard Roll-on Roll-off, including delivery, collection, and disposal. Council permits included for highway skips. Available to trade and public customers across Hull and East Yorkshire with same-day delivery options.
• Waste Tipping Facility Fully licensed waste transfer station accepting general waste, wood, and soil/hardcore from the public and trade customers, including arctic loads, walking floor trailers, shredded waste, and trommel fines for alternative fuel use.
• Recycling Services Zero-emissions recycling plant that processes up to 30+ tons of mixed waste per hour, separating materials into recyclable elements and producing bales of cardboard, plastics, mixed waste, and biomass wood chip.
• Gravel and Decorative Aggregates Supply and delivery of decorative gravels (Graphite, Nordic Green, Flamingo, Buff Cotswold, Pea Gravel, Red Granite, Marine, Humber Cream, Dove Grey, Spanish Ice White), slate chippings, and Type 1 stone in bulk bags or loose loads with free local delivery.
• Sand and Ballast Supply of Ballast, Sharp Sand, Yellow Building Sand, Play Sandpit Sand (certified for schools), and Granite Grano Sand in bulk bags or loose loads.
• Topsoil and Compost Certified PAS 100 topsoil, topsoil improver, landscaping soil, and screened soil products supplied in bulk bags with free local delivery in Hull area.
• Decking and Timber Supply of decking boards (3.6m and 4.8m), C24 graded framing timber, green and brown tanalised railway sleepers, timber posts, and scaffolding boards for landscaping and construction projects.
• Paving Slabs Supply of Grey (Charcoal) and Buff (Cream) 450x450mm paving slabs for patios, driveways, and landscaping.
• Turf and Artificial Grass Real turf at £6 per square metre with free local delivery and artificial grass/Astroturf supply with laying service available through partners.
• Play Bark and Wood Chips Certified play bark (15-65mm) for schools and public areas with critical fall height certification, plus forest wood chip for garden borders, animal bedding, or walkways.
• Concrete Supply Supply of various concrete mixes (Gen 1, C20, C25/30, C28/35) from 1 cubic metre loads to large volumes, delivered on 32-ton lorries with optional waiting time charged at £120/hour.
• Crushed Concrete and Brick Crushed brick and concrete products (6F5, Type 1) graded by a UCAS Certified company, ranging from 40mm to dust for block paving and foundations.
• Demolition Services Controlled demolition, dismantling, materials recycling, and associated landscaping and civil engineering projects, with over 95% of materials recycled and less than 5% disposed to landfill. Concrete is crushed on site for reuse.
• Plant and Digger Hire Self-drive plant hire including micro diggers (1 ton), mini diggers (1.5 ton), 3-8 ton excavators, dumpers (1-7 ton), rollers, telehandlers (7-21m boom), plus optional driver hire at £140/day with £20/hour overtime. Delivery within HU postcodes.
• Mattress Recycling Licensed mattress recycling service collecting and recycling single mattresses (£20), double (£25), king/super-king (£30), with bed base removal available and bulk discounts on 10+ loads.
• Waste Tyre Disposal Tyre disposal service with car tyres at £2 each, truck/lorry tyres at £10 each, solid tyres from £10-£20, with 100% recycling rate and zero percent going to landfill.
• Utility Pole Recycling Utility pole and telegraph pole recycling service offering upcycling/reuse options, secure destruction with incineration at compliant plants, and 100% recycling certificate.
• Hazardous Waste Collection and Treatment Hazardous waste disposal covering asbestos, fluorescent tubes, clinical waste, chemicals, used oils, batteries, and contaminated soils/wood, with full hazardous waste testing and paperwork service.
• Biomass Wood Chip Produces 80mm wood chip for biomass boilers, stored inside for good calorific value, supplying local biomass boiler installations.
• Grab Hire and Muck Away Grab hire vehicles for soil/hardcore removal and aggregate haulage in Hull at £300 per load, including muck away service with all material recycled where available.
• Coal and Firewood Supply of smokeless coal, Columbian traditional coal, and logs (kiln dried and fresh cut) with deliveries from small sacks to 30 ton loads.
• 3.5-Ton Mini Skip Lorry Bodies In-house manufactured skip bodies for 3.5-ton vehicles (Transit, Ford, Mercedes, LDV), new from £3,000-£8,000, second-hand from £1,500, with custom design options and repairs available for commercial customers.
• Roll-on Roll-off Flat Beds Roll-on Roll-off flat beds for skip lorries and hook loaders, available for sale to commercial customers in the skip hire industry.
• Bulk Waste Services

Quantifiable outcome

• Less than 5% of demolition materials go to landfill with over 95% recycled
• +2 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Digger Hire Partner CompanyminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerWhite Skip Hire supplies digger hire through one of their partner companies, offering competitive rates on digger hire and dumper hire to their customers as an additional service offering.

Scale indicators5 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights6 records

Regional players

• Cawleys: Hertfordshire-based family-run waste management company with skip hire, recycling, aggregates, and haulage. Closely comparable integrated business model to Whites Skip Hire, though serving the South East rather than Yorkshire.
• Countrystyle Recycling: Kent-based waste transfer, recycling, and skip hire operator with licensed transfer station and aggregate production. Highly comparable integrated operating model to Whites Skip Hire, though focused on the South East rather than Yorkshire.

Broad incumbents

• Veolia UK: Global environmental services giant with UK municipal and commercial waste collection, recycling, and transfer station operations. Comparable to Whites in skip/waste/recycling offering but at national and multinational scale.
• Biffa: UK's largest listed waste management company offering skip hire, waste collection, recycling, and transfer stations at national scale. Directly comparable service portfolio to Whites Skip Hire but with materially greater fleet, branch density, and digital infrastructure.
• FCC Environment: Major UK waste management and recycling services provider with municipal contracts and transfer stations. Overlaps with Whites in commercial waste collection, transfer station operations, and recycling.

Direct peers

• R Collard: Southern England skip hire, demolition, waste management, and aggregates company. Comparable integrated service offering with own recycling facilities, demolition arm, and materials supply business.
• CSH Environmental: Mid-sized UK waste management and skip hire company offering skip hire, grab hire, aggregates, and recycling services. Direct competitor in the regional skip and aggregates space.
• Waste King: UK skip hire and waste clearance operator with regional coverage including Yorkshire. Closely comparable to Whites in customer segments, skip sizes, and service scope, operating as a smaller-scale regional/multi-regional competitor.
• HIPPO Waste: UK-focused skip hire and waste removal specialist with strong online booking platform and nationwide delivery. Directly comparable to Whites in core skip hire proposition, though with a stronger digital ordering and aggregator model.

Emerging players

• EMR (European Metal Recycling): UK scrap metal and utility pole recycling operator with nationwide coverage. Comparable to Whites' utility pole recycling and scrap aggregation streams, though operating primarily in metals rather than mixed waste.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/whitesskiphire

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries2 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

Funding detail is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

M&A

Investments

M&A and investment is available on the Subscription and Enterprise plan.Contact sales →

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