THE GRIFFITHS GROUP LIMITED

What THE GRIFFITHS GROUP LIMITED does

The Griffiths Group Limited, operating as Gavin Griffiths Group, is a privately held, family-owned waste management and recycling company founded in 2005 and headquartered in Swansea, South Wales. The company provides an integrated suite of services spanning skip hire (4–40 cubic yard skips), total waste management, haulage, aggregates supply, contracting (muck-away, crusher and screener hire), vacuum excavation, and specialist land remediation. It serves construction, commercial, industrial, public sector, and domestic customers across South Wales and the wider UK, with a 50+ vehicle fleet and three operating locations including its headquarters in Llangyfelach, the Swansea recycling facility, and the Cwmgwili recycling and wash plant site in Carmarthenshire.

The company's underlying technology base is differentiated rather than purely conventional. It operates what it describes as the UK's first containerised steam-treatment unit for soil, which uses superheated steam to neutralise Japanese Knotweed rhizomes, pathogens, and weed seeds without chemicals, processing 2–25 tonnes per hour. At Cwmgwili it also hosts what is claimed to be the UK's largest front-to-back Matec wash plant, recycling hundreds of thousands of tonnes of construction and demolition waste into industry-standard recovered aggregates. An aeration composting system produces PAS100-certified compost, and an in-cab remote system enables paperless job capture. The group operates a sister brand, GAP Alternative Fuels (created 2018), which repurposes general, UPVC, and wood waste.

Revenue is generated through a hybrid model: per-job and contractual fees for skip hire, total waste management, soil treatment, vacuum excavation, and hazardous waste services; transaction fees for haulage, aggregates, and plant and machinery sales; and per-tonne usage-based fees for soil treatment. Go-to-market is sales-led, combining a field sales team for enterprise and public-sector contracts, inside sales via a published phone line, and self-serve online booking through a dedicated skip-hire portal (griffithsskips.co.uk). The company holds CHAS certification, ConstructionLine Acclaim-level accreditation, and ISO certifications, and is the subject of multiple regional sustainability and innovation awards.

Name

THE GRIFFITHS GROUP LIMITED

Legal name

The Griffiths Group Limited

Website

https://griffiths-group.co.uk

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Short description

The Griffiths Group Limited, operating as Gavin Griffiths Group, is a Swansea-based waste management and recycling company serving construction, commercial, industrial, and public-sector clients across South Wales and the UK with skip hire, haulage, aggregates, soil treatment, and hazardous waste services.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Waste Management & Recycling Services

NAICS

Waste Collection (5621), Hazardous Waste Treatment and Disposal (562211), Materials Recovery Facilities (562920)

SIC

Refuse Systems (4953), Hazardous Waste Management (4955), Wholesale-Construction & Mining (No Petro) Machinery & Equip (5082)

akta.pro primary industry

C&D Waste Collection, Hauling & Container Services (Roll-off/Dumpsters) (EUAIAHAA)

akta.pro secondary industries

Wood Waste Processing & Recycling (Mulch/Biomass) (BPALAJAE), C&D Recycling Brokerage, Compliance & Reporting (LEED diversion, documentation) (EUAIAHAM)

Keywords

• Waste management services
• Recycling services
• Skip hire
• Soil remediation
• Aggregate supply

Headquarters

HQ city

Swansea

HQ country

United Kingdom

HQ region

Europe

Offices3 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Operations, Personnel, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Supply Chain, Marketing or Sales

Revenue model

1. Skip Hire Services: Skips from 4 to 40 cubic yards offered to commercial, public and domestic customers across Swansea to Llanelli, Neath to Ammanford and Baglan to Port Talbot. Revenue generated through rental and collection fees.
2. Total Waste Management: Comprehensive waste management services including skip hire, waste recycling, muck away services for commercial, public and industrial sectors. Revenue generated through service contracts and per-job fees.
3. Haulage Services: Transportation services using fleet of articulated trucks, grab lorries, tippers, and skip lorries. Revenue from transportation and delivery charges.
4. Aggregates Sales: Sale of washed, recovered aggregates including 0-2 and 2-4mm sand products, recycled Type 1, 10mm, 20mm and 40mm recovered aggregates, and 6F5. Revenue from product sales.
5. Soil Treatment Services: Chemical-free soil remediation using steam treatment technology. Can treat 2-25 tonnes of soil per hour. Revenue from per-tonne treatment fees.
6. Vacuum Excavation Services: Non-destructive excavation services for safe digging near underground utilities. Revenue from project-based service fees.
7. Plant & Machinery Sales: Sale of plant equipment and machinery to construction and industrial clients.
8. GAP Alternative Fuels: Sister company focused on repurposing general waste, UPVC waste and wood waste. Revenue from waste processing and recycling fees.

Pricing tiers

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Gavin Griffiths Group is a Swansea-based waste management and recycling company that provides skip hire, total waste management, haulage, recycling, aggregates supply, contracting, vacuum excavation, and chemical-free soil treatment services to commercial, public, industrial, and domestic customers across South Wales and the wider UK. Operations are anchored at facilities in Swansea and Cwmgwili, including a wash plant producing recovered aggregates and the UK's first containerised steam-treatment unit for invasive-species and contaminated soil remediation.

Product overview

Gavin Griffiths Group operates as a diversified waste management and recycling company offering a comprehensive suite of services. The core offering includes Total Waste Management, Skip Hire, Recycling, Haulage, Contracting, Aggregates, Vacuum Excavation, and Soil Treatment. The company operates the UK's first steam treatment unit for contaminated soil remediation and hosts one of the UK's largest Matec wash plants at Cwmgwili for recovered aggregates production. Recent expansion includes hazardous waste services, site services (CCTV drainage surveys, tank cleans, decommissioning), and a new Innovation Division focused on developing new treatment technologies. The portfolio is unified under a one-stop-shop model enabling customers to consolidate multiple waste management suppliers. Sister company GAP Alternative Fuels handles specialised waste streams including UPVC and wood waste repurposing.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Products and services

• Total Waste Management Comprehensive waste management services including skip hire, waste recycling, muck away services, and total onsite waste management for commercial, public, industrial and domestic projects in South Wales. Includes extensive waste reporting via industry-specific software.
• Skip Hire Hassle-free skip hire covering Swansea to Llanelli, Neath to Ammanford, and Baglan to Port Talbot, with skips from 4 to 40 cubic yards available via online booking; over 90% of waste handled is diverted from landfill.
• Recycling Materials recycling facility processing construction and demolition waste into recovered aggregates, achieving over 99% landfill diversion through sustainable practices and the UK's largest front-to-back Matec wash plant at Cwmgwili.
• Haulage Waste and material transportation using a fleet of 50+ vehicles including articulated trucks, grab lorries, tippers, and skip lorries, available UK-wide.
• Aggregates Sale of washed, recovered aggregates produced from recycled construction waste, including 0-2mm and 2-4mm sand, recycled Type 1, 10mm, 20mm, and 40mm aggregates, and 6F5.
• Contracting Muck-away services removing waste and soil from sites, plus crusher and screener hire and plant hire using modern specialised machinery for construction and waste management operations.
• Soil Treatment Chemical-free soil remediation using the UK's first containerised steam-treatment system, eradicating Japanese Knotweed, pathogens, and weed infestations; processes 2-25 tonnes per hour and is deployable UK-wide.
• Vacuum Excavation Non-destructive digging service using high-powered suction to safely excavate around underground utilities, preventing damage to gas lines, water pipes, electrical cables and telecoms fibres.
• Hazardous Waste Services

Quantifiable outcome

• 99%+ waste diverted from landfill on construction sites
• +5 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments6 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Feature5 records

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• Miles HireminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 12 March 2024Strategic business-to-business partnership between Gavin Griffiths Group and local tool hire company Miles Hire, forming a customer-focused partnership for combined services in South Wales.

Scale indicators10 records

Recent moves8 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Broad incumbents

• GAP Group: UK-wide plant and equipment hire company — comparable to Griffiths's contracting/crusher hire and plant & machinery sales lines and a potential partner/channel for cross-selling services to construction customers.

Direct peers

• Veolia UK: Operates UK waste collections, recycling, and contaminated-soil/industrial services through its Environmental Services division; competes for the same commercial, industrial and public-sector contracts Griffiths targets.
• Renewi: Integrated waste-management operator with UK collections and recycling activities; competes across commercial collections, C&D recycling and recovered-aggregates markets similar to Griffiths.
• Suez Recycling and Recovery UK: UK recycling and recovery operations covering commercial collections, MRFs and hazardous waste — overlapping with Griffiths's skip hire, materials recovery, and newly launched hazardous-waste vertical.
• Hills Waste Solutions: Regional UK waste collection, skip hire, recycling and aggregates provider operating in the South West / Home Counties — closely comparable in scale and service mix to Griffiths's regional stack.
• Biffa: Largest UK-focused waste management business (collections, recycling, MRFs, aggregates) directly overlapping with Gavin Griffiths Group's skip hire, recycling, haulage and aggregates services across commercial and C&D customers.
• FCC Environment: Major UK provider of waste collection, recycling, treatment and disposal with strong C&D and landfill-diversion services; comparable to Griffiths's total waste management offering and aggregates production.

Emerging players

• Celtic-Englobe: UK contaminated-land remediation contractor where Innovation Division co-lead Chris Taylor-King built his career; directly comparable specialised-service peer for steam soil treatment and Japanese Knotweed remediation.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat5 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

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Compliance3 records

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Subsidiaries1 record

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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