WAVE ACTIVE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-28 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£633K
-56.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£3M
+54% vs 2024
Employees
327
+2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
+249.5% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- WAVE ACTIVE LIMITED 2023-01-30 → present
- WAVE LEISURE TRUST LIMITED 2006-01-10 → 2023-01-30
- LEWES DISTRICT LEISURE TRUST LIMITED 2005-11-14 → 2006-01-10
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,487,604 | £7,812,922 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £334,015 | £1,167,261 | |
| Net profit | £334,015 | £1,167,261 | |
| Cash | £1,447,031 | £632,962 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,749,155 | £2,691,185 | |
| Net assets | £2,015,992 | £3,105,253 | |
| Equity | £2,015,992 | £3,105,253 | |
| Average employees | 319 | 327 | |
| Wages | £3,171,965 | £3,533,897 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 5.1% | 14.9% | |
| Current ratio | 2.33x | 2.16x |
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
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- McCabe Ford Williams
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Although uncertainty surrounding inflation and energy pricing past 31 March 2025 remains, the Charity has produced forecasts that indicate the Charitable Company will remain able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due for the foreseeable future. Therefore, the Board is confident that no material uncertainty exists that would put doubt on the Charity's ability to continue as a going concern and has therefore produced the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- WAVE ACTIVE LIMITED · parent
- Wave Active Ventures Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Fort was closed for 12 months whilst works were carried out and when it re-opened the impact was palpable. The project had been completed on budget and on time, but, beyond that, the quality of the refurbishment was transformational, notably the reworked exhibitions within the Fort's casemates.”
- “Since it opened in February 2025, BBC Radio Sussex has broadcast from the Fort, Carol Kirkwood from BBC Breakfast broadcast the weather from the Fort and in April, the Charity received a Royal Visit from the Duke of Gloucester who was impressed with what has been achieved.”
- “Saltdean Lido (commenced 1st May 2023)”
- “Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing, Eastbourne (freehold purchase in partnership with South Downs Health & Care GP Federation. Commenced operation 1st August 2024).”
- “on 26th March 2024 the new partnership was selected as preferred bidder and on 1st August 2024 "Hillbrow Health and Wellbeing" opened to the public.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 39 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLLARD, Deborah Joy | Secretary | 2018-04-24 | — | — |
| ELLIS, Kevin David | Director | 2018-07-31 | Jun 1965 | British |
| GOLF-PAPEZ, Maja, Dr | Director | 2025-11-17 | Oct 1986 | Slovenian |
| HARWOOD-SMITH, Catherine | Director | 2023-06-05 | Oct 1978 | British |
| KEENAN, Charlotte Louise, Cllr | Director | 2024-02-05 | Dec 1976 | British |
| KIHLSTROM, Eric William | Director | 2022-04-04 | Sep 1965 | British |
| MILLER, Marcel Philippe | Director | 2018-02-22 | Nov 1968 | British |
| O'CONNOR, Laurence, Cllr | Director | 2020-07-24 | Apr 1958 | British |
Show 39 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| WINGATE, Stephen Andrew | Secretary | 2005-12-12 | 2018-03-22 |
| LAWGRAM SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-11-14 | 2005-12-12 |
| ALGAR, Raymond John | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2012-07-04 |
| ARMSTRONG, Jill Margaret | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2015-03-17 |
| BEAUMONT, Mark William | Director | 2015-07-16 | 2024-11-18 |
| BLACKMAN, Robert James | Director | 2011-05-25 | 2014-01-21 |
| BOORMAN, Elizabeth | Director | 2017-07-17 | 2019-05-23 |
| BURCH, Vincent | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2013-07-03 |
| CLARKE, Philip James | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2025-11-17 |
| COLLICT, Edward Nelson | Director | 2009-05-22 | 2011-05-05 |
| CROWLEY, Peter John | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2014-03-26 |
| DAWSON, Steve | Director | 2012-07-04 | 2015-07-16 |
| DAWSON, Steven Barry | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2009-06-18 |
| DENIS, Johnny, Clr | Director | 2021-12-08 | 2023-05-22 |
| EVANS, Tracey | Director | 2009-12-16 | 2011-01-24 |
| FRY, Lisa | Director | 2017-08-18 | 2020-03-09 |
| GANDER, Paul Eric | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2017-06-08 |
| GARDINER, Peter Frederick, Professor | Director | 2016-05-11 | 2017-05-10 |
| GUTSELL, Ian Charles | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2013-07-03 |
| HARWOOD, Nicholas | Director | 2009-06-18 | 2012-07-04 |
| HEARN, David John | Director | 2012-01-24 | 2018-09-30 |
| KEITCH, Adrian Hugh | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2014-10-20 |
| KERR, Duncan Ross | Director | 2014-03-03 | 2016-02-25 |
| MARSHALL, David Howard | Director | 2010-02-17 | 2016-07-14 |
| MILLER, Candice | Director | 2013-07-03 | 2015-02-26 |
| MINGAY, Clare Deborah | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2010-01-19 |
| MORAN, David James | Director | 2016-02-25 | 2016-04-18 |
| O'KEEFFE, Ruth, Councillor | Director | 2014-05-27 | 2016-05-11 |
| PRICE, Mike | Director | 2015-06-16 | 2024-11-18 |
| ROBERTSON, Robert | Director | 2007-05-23 | 2009-05-22 |
| SAUNDERS, Joanne Suzan | Director | 2023-05-22 | 2024-02-05 |
| SAUNDERS, Martin John | Director | 2011-06-30 | 2017-07-19 |
| SAUNDERS, Steven Peter, Cllr | Director | 2019-05-23 | 2020-07-24 |
| TAYLOR, Ralph Philip, Cllr | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2007-05-01 |
| VAN WYK, Karl Heinirch, Dr | Director | 2016-06-03 | 2019-07-01 |
| VERNON, Jonathan Ferguson | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2009-06-18 |
| WISNIEWSKI, Alan Jurek Charles Edward | Director | 2017-05-26 | 2023-03-13 |
| WOOD, Jacqueline Mary | Director | 2005-12-12 | 2012-01-16 |
| WHALE ROCK DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-11-14 | 2005-12-12 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 160 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-01-30 CERTNM Certificate change of name company
- 2023-01-30 CONNOT Change of name notice
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2023-01-30 | CONNOT | change-of-name | Change of name notice | |
| 2023-01-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+20.4%
£6,487,604 £7,812,922
-
Cash
-56.3%
£1,447,031 £632,962
-
Net assets
+54%
£2,015,992 £3,105,253
-
Employees
+2.5%
319 327
-
Profit before tax
+249.5%
£334,015 £1,167,261
-
Wages
+11.4%
£3,171,965 £3,533,897
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