WAVIN LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£27K
+3.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£131M
+36.1% vs 2023
Employees
837
-3.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£43M
+15.8% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WAVIN LIMITED 2009-10-23 → present
- WAVIN PLASTICS LIMITED 1946-03-08 → 2009-10-23
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £229,403,000 | £240,593,000 | |
| Operating profit | £27,654,000 | £32,360,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £37,052,000 | £42,906,000 | |
| Net profit | £27,348,000 | £34,262,000 | |
| Cash | £26,000 | £27,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £101,849,000 | £128,027,000 | |
| Net assets | £96,483,000 | £131,288,000 | |
| Equity | £96,483,000 | £131,288,000 | |
| Average employees | 869 | 837 | |
| Wages | £35,768,000 | £33,539,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.1% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 11.9% | 14.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.2% | 25.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 69.1% | 66.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.18x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | 5.25x | 3.17x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Group structure
- WAVIN LIMITED · parent
- Warmafloor (GB) Limited 1%
- Canova Clay Limited 1%
Significant events
- “During 2024 the Directors and the wider Global Leadership Team has been exploring different options regarding the future direction for Hepworth Clay, its clay pipes and fittings business in the UK, including its Hazlehead and Forest Works manufacturing sites.”
- “During Q1 2025 a deal in principle was agreed with a potential buyer and the sale was completed 13 June 2025. The associated assets and liabilities of Hepworth Clay have been disclosed as assets held for sale on the balance sheet. No losses have been recognized in respect of its reclassification as held for sale.”
- “The Company incorporated a new subsidiary (note 17) during the year with £1 share capital to facilitate the sale of Hepworth Clay.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ARCHIBALD, Euan James | Secretary | 2024-07-02 | — | — |
| BROWN, Jay Marguerite | Director | 2023-07-01 | Oct 1969 | British |
| EARL, Christopher John | Director | 2023-03-31 | Jan 1976 | British |
| NORMAN, Neil | Director | 2022-07-04 | Jul 1966 | British |
| SCOTT, Daniel Michael | Director | 2024-04-19 | Dec 1973 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CAMPBELL, Colin James | Secretary | 1999-03-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| DOUGLAS, Neil Robert John | Secretary | 2017-09-01 | 2021-02-01 |
| IVES, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1999-03-01 |
| PHILLIPS, Robert Glyn | Secretary | 2006-06-30 | 2009-04-03 |
| TAYLOR, Paul William | Secretary | 2009-04-03 | 2017-02-19 |
| WALKER-ARNOTT, Ellen | Secretary | 2022-08-08 | 2024-07-02 |
| OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2021-02-01 | 2023-12-01 |
| BARKER, Keith Stuart | Director | 2009-04-03 | 2010-07-31 |
| BULLUS, Clive | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2006-01-17 |
| BYRNE, Desmond Oliver | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2001-07-01 |
| CAMPBELL, Colin James | Director | 1999-03-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| CARR, Laurence Anthony | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2006-01-17 |
| CURNYN, Michael Robert | Director | 2009-04-03 | 2012-08-31 |
| CURTIS, Peter James | Director | 1995-06-15 | 2004-03-31 |
| DEROCHE, Jean Pierre | Director | 1993-03-09 | 1999-01-01 |
| DOE, Brian | Director | — | 2004-12-21 |
| DOUGLAS, Neil Robert John | Director | 2017-09-01 | 2023-06-02 |
| DOWLMAN, Anthony John | Director | 1993-03-09 | 2003-12-01 |
| DRIESSEN, Alfons Johan | Director | — | 2000-05-01 |
| FORSYTH, Calum James | Director | 1999-11-18 | 2012-07-31 |
| HADFIELD, William George | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| HOUBEN, Philippus Petrus Franciscus Clemens | Director | 2000-05-01 | 2006-01-17 |
| HULLETT, Graham Keith | Director | 1997-08-01 | 1998-11-30 |
| IVES, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1999-03-01 |
| JONES, David Thomas | Director | 2004-01-01 | 2008-05-31 |
| JONKHOFF, Bastiaan Michiel | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2017-08-31 |
| KING, Christopher Robert | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| LAUMANS, Bernard Augustinus Querin | Director | — | 1993-03-09 |
| MACLAURIN, Paul | Director | 2012-08-31 | 2022-05-05 |
| MURPHY, Brendan Francis | Director | 2010-07-31 | 2012-02-27 |
| NICHOLLS, Alan Brent | Director | 2013-06-01 | 2021-02-20 |
| REDDICK, Terence William | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2006-12-31 |
| SAGE, John | Director | 2009-04-03 | 2012-10-31 |
| SELLICK, Anthony John | Director | 2004-07-01 | 2006-01-17 |
| TAYLOR, Andrew Rankine | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2010-08-17 |
| TAYLOR, Paul William | Director | 2006-01-17 | 2017-02-19 |
| WARD, Michael Gordon | Director | 2018-07-05 | 2023-09-07 |
| WHITTLE, Alan | Director | — | 1993-02-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavin Uk (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-11-30 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
| Wavin Hepworth Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-11-30 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 227 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-11 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-11 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-01-12 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-01-11 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2023-12-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-12-12 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-11-30 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2023-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-30 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2023-11-30 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2023-10-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+4.9%
£229,403,000 £240,593,000
-
Cash
+3.8%
£26,000 £27,000
-
Net assets
+36.1%
£96,483,000 £131,288,000
-
Employees
-3.7%
869 837
-
Operating profit
+17%
£27,654,000 £32,360,000
-
Profit before tax
+15.8%
£37,052,000 £42,906,000
-
Wages
-6.2%
£35,768,000 £33,539,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers