WATES FOUNDATION LIMITED(THE)
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
Cash
£34K
+17.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£25M
+6.6% vs 2023
Employees
4
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2024-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Health Care median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,482,280 | £1,570,298 | |
| Cash | £28,562 | £33,564 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,912,043 | £25,485,174 | |
| Net assets | £23,912,043 | £25,482,341 | |
| Equity | £23,912,043 | £25,482,341 | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | |
| Wages | £42,527 | £49,822 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | 1.88x | 1.84x |
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 102
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Trustees are satisfied that this approach ensures the Foundation is a going concern.”
Significant events
- “The transfer of assets from The Wates Foundation (charity number 247941) to The Wates Foundation Limited has taken place during the year concluding on 31 December 2024 with the transfer of the investment portfolio.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MALLAM, Felicity Mary | Secretary | 2021-07-15 | — | — |
| BRODIE, Christian Norman | Director | 2021-07-15 | Feb 1957 | British |
| BRODIE, Hugo | Director | 2025-07-17 | Apr 1990 | British |
| HEYNES, Jason Alexander Gordon | Director | 2023-07-06 | Apr 1973 | British |
| KING, Emily Ann | Director | 2025-07-17 | Apr 1976 | British |
| PRICE, Alison Clare | Director | 2025-07-17 | May 1965 | British |
| WATES, Jonathan Giles Macartney | Director | 2021-07-15 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERTHOUD, Martin Seymour, Sir | Secretary | 1993-01-11 | 2001-04-04 |
| GOODISON, Alan Clowes | Secretary | — | 1993-01-11 |
| WHEELWRIGHT, Brian David | Secretary | 2001-04-04 | 2016-06-29 |
| WRIGHT, Jeremy | Secretary | 2016-06-29 | 2020-06-06 |
| ADAMS, Nichola Jane | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2025-07-17 |
| AGACE, Christopher Paul | Director | 2005-07-05 | 2011-07-05 |
| EDWARDS, Andrew Jonathan Hugo, Reverend | Director | 1997-07-02 | 2001-07-16 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas | Director | 2016-06-29 | 2019-06-25 |
| EDWARDS, Nicholas | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2010-07-06 |
| ELLIOTT, Annabelle Louisa Mary | Director | 2008-07-08 | 2013-07-02 |
| HEYNES, Jonathan James Edward | Director | 2011-07-05 | 2017-06-28 |
| HEYNES, Oliver John Charles | Director | 2017-06-28 | 2023-07-06 |
| KING, Emily Ann | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2013-07-02 |
| MINCH, Katherine Jean | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2015-07-01 |
| PRICE, Alison Clare | Director | 2002-11-12 | 2008-07-08 |
| RITCHIE, Ann Penelope | Director | — | 2005-07-05 |
| SPOTSWOOD BROWN, Claire Alexandra Joy | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2019-06-25 |
| TANNER, Victoria | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2025-07-17 |
| WATES, Andrew Eugene Paul | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2021-07-15 |
| WATES, Andrew Trace Allan | Director | — | 1998-07-20 |
| WATES, Christopher David Gordon | Director | 2013-07-02 | 2019-06-25 |
| WATES, David Wallace | Director | 1992-07-15 | 2002-07-02 |
| WATES, Elizabeth Jane | Director | — | 2010-07-06 |
| WATES, James Garwood Michael, Sir | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2010-07-06 |
| WATES, John William | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2016-06-29 |
| WATES, John Norman, Mr. | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2010-07-06 |
| WATES, John William | Director | 2001-11-13 | 2007-07-03 |
| WATES, John Norman, Mr. | Director | — | 2001-07-17 |
| WATES, Luke Adam | Director | 2019-06-25 | 2025-07-17 |
| WATES, Michael Edward | Director | 1998-07-20 | 2004-07-06 |
| WATES, Neil Edward | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2021-07-15 |
| WATES, Paul Christopher Ronald | Director | — | 1992-07-15 |
| WATES, Richard James | Director | 2010-07-06 | 2015-07-01 |
| WATES, Susan Mary | Director | 2001-07-17 | 2004-07-06 |
| WATES, Susan Mary | Director | — | 1997-07-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy Wyckham Wright | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-06-29 | Ceased 2020-06-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 186 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2022-11-30 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2022-11-30 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-11-30 CC04 Statement of companys objects
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2022-11-30 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-11-30 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2022-11-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+17.5%
£28,562 £33,564
-
Net assets
+6.6%
£23,912,043 £25,482,341
-
Employees
0%
4 4
-
Wages
+17.2%
£42,527 £49,822
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers