RSK Prequalification Assessment
What follows is what can be found out about RSK Geosciences from the web.
Companies House Data
Their name is actually RSK Environment Limited as it states in the report. Companies house shows that their structure, etc is as follows:
- Company Number: SC115530 - Private limited Company registered in Scotland.
- Address: 65 Sussex Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G41 1DX
- Company Secretary: Sally Evans, Appointed on 9 August 2019
- There are 55 Directors.
- There are 2 "persons with significant control", namely:
- Ares Management Limited [a corporate body, Company No: 05837428] of 5th Floor, 6 St Andrew Street, London, England, EC4A 3AE. The "control" is Ownership of shares – 75% or more.
- Rsk Group Limited [a Private Company Limited By Shares, Company No: 03761340] of Spring Lodge, 172 Chester Road, Helsby, Cheshire, WA6 0AR. The "control" is Ownership of voting rights - 75% or more as well as the Right to appoint and remove directors.
- The company has had two previous names apart from it's "off the shelf" name:
- RSK ENSR ENVIRONMENT LIMITED from 03 Apr 2003 - 22 Jan 2007
- R.S.K. ENVIRONMENT LIMITED from 8 May 1989 - 03 Apr 2003
- It's areas of trading [viz it's SIC Codes] are as follows:
- 39000 - Remediation activities and other waste management services
- 42990 - Construction of other civil engineering projects not elsewhere classified
- 71122 - Engineering related scientific and technical consulting activities
- 74901 - Environmental consulting activities
- Noted that code 74206 Geophysical, geologic and seismic surveying, Geologist (consultant) is NOT included.
- The Shareholding [all transferred to Ares Management Ltd on 6th August 2021 from RSK Group Limited] is as follows:
- 22,543 Ordinary Shares
- 4,477 Ordinary A Shares
- 382 Ordinary B Shares
- The accounts for 1997 show a profit of some £223,000 in a business mainly associated with realising landfill.
- By 2021, they had become an American owned investment group with a turnover of some £40 Million [down from £55 Million the previous year] showing a profit of £29 Million with 489 people [down from 547 in 2020].
- The accounts also indicate a large number of subsidiaries NONE of which mention "Geology" in their scope of business.
So much for the data on RSK Environment Limited. So who are the other two companies which are effectively in control ?
Starting with Ares Management Limited. Companies House reports as follows:
Ares Management Corporation,
- Address: 2000 Avenue Of The Stars, 12th Floor, Los Angeles, California, United States, 90067
- Capitalisation £28,000,000
Enough said.
Report Conclusions
The report was produced by an organisation experienced in landfill and water, rather than a firm of Geological Consultants.
No more comment is required as the following questions remain unanswered:
- The time scales within which another rockfall can be expected.
- The extent of another rockfall in terms of size and damage.
Without this information, the report is in effect invalidated as not providing adequate information with which to assess the risk.