KEYNSHAM company 4Concrete has gone into voluntary liquidation, with debts of £600,000.
It is understood that the site in Avon Mill Lane has been taken over by Wright Readymix and that operations there are continuing much as before.
The winding-up of 4Concrete was revealed in an insolvency notice in The Gazette, an official journal of record, which stated that liquidators had been appointed from Opus Restructuring LLP.
The government’s Companies House website shows that 4Concrete, based at the Old Station Yard, has two directors, Paul Roger James and Stephen James, and that the accounts are overdue.
A statement of affairs on Companies House showed that 4Concrete’s creditors included HM Revenue & Customs, which is owed £264,501.14. Another creditor is Pump Wright Limited, which is owed £2,916. It is also based in Old Station Yard and has links to Wright Readymix, which has headquarters in Warmley and plants in Avonmouth, Cheddar, Newport and Paignton.
People living near 4Concrete had complained about its operations since it opened in Avon Mill Lane in 2019. The batching plant was set up without planning permission, although this was later granted retrospectively by Bath & North East Somerset Council.
Neighbours complained that the company continued to breach planning restrictions and that their lives were being blighted by dust and noise from the plant and the continual movement of HGC vehicles using the site.
In October 2025, 4Concrete won an appeal to keep its extended working hours after a planning inspector ruled that they would not have an “unacceptable” impact on people living nearby.
One neighbour who wrote to the Voice at the time stated: “Winning the appeal now means that early noise is a permanent feature, which has a serious effect on me, my family and my neighbours, every weekday morning.”
The neighbour added that 4Concrete “have degraded our neighbourhood and the town with their noise, dust, spillages and hazardous road blocking.”
Councillor Andy Wait, who represents Keynsham East on Bath & North East Somerset Council, said: “I have been working with the residents who live close to the Old Station Yard since 2020 where Wright Readymix now work.
“Hopefully, they will be more supportive than other companies have been on the site. Some of these companies have been fined for their rule-breaking when taken to court by B&NES. However, so far, a satisfactory solution has not been found. I will continue to work with all parties to find it.”
The Voice approached Wright Readymix for comment but had not received a reply by the time we went to press.
A spokesperson for Opus Restructuring said: “Opus’ role is to manage the liquidation process and carry out the necessary enquiries into the company’s affairs. As these enquiries are still ongoing, there is no further detail on the occupation or operational arrangements at the Avon Mill Lane site, including the involvement of any third parties.”
Keynsham concrete firm in voluntary liquidation
