01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- WAVEMAKER LIMITED
- Company number
- 04078547
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 December 2025Next accounts due
30 September 2027Last statement made up to
23 June 2026Next statement due
7 July 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Turnover
- £169,482,000
- Profit before tax
- £43,246,000
- Profit after tax
- £42,921,000
- Net assets
- £229,640,000
- Current assets
- £437,308,000
- Equity
- £229,640,000
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Wpp Toronto Ltd
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Notified
- 31 August 2021
Wpp Samson Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Notified
- 31 August 2017
- Ceased
- 31 August 2021
Mediaedge:Cia Uk Investments Ltd
- Owns 50% to 75% of shares
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 31 August 2017
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. BritDB joins them only by the exact company number and does not create separate pages for individuals. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted from this public view.
05 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
06 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
07 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
08 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
con_10007 DESNZ - COMMS - Media Strategy, Planning and Buying
Department for Energy Security & Net Zero · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- £50,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying & Planning Services
Department for Work & Pensions · updated 7 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Planning and Buying Services
Financial Conduct Authority · updated 6 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying Services for National Highways
National Highways Limited · updated 30 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying
NHS Blood and Transplant · updated 29 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
The Provision of Media and Marketing for HSE
Health and Safety Executive · updated 28 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying Services
UK Export Finance · updated 21 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 3
Media Strategy, Planning and Buying
Department for Business & Trade · updated 20 July 2026
- Tender value
- £80,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying Contract
Mayor's Office for Policing and Crime · updated 17 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying Services
HM Revenue & Customs · updated 17 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying 2026 Design102 Lot 1
Ministry of Justice · updated 17 July 2026
- Tender value
- £20,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Safer Road Users Media
Kent County Council · updated 15 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
DSIT - COMMS - Media Buying and Planning
Department for Science, Innovation & Technology · updated 10 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Media Buying 2026 MoJ
Ministry of Justice · updated 10 July 2026
- Tender value
- £64,700,000
- Awards
- 1
PA23 UK6 - Contract award notice - Media buying
Foreign, Commonwealth and Development Office · updated 10 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Transitional Arrangement - Media Buying
Department for Work & Pensions · updated 22 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
DHSC: Media Buying and Planning (FY26-27)
Department of Health & Social Care · updated 19 June 2026
- Tender value
- £245,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Home Office Media Services 2026
Home Office · updated 18 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 2
Media Planning and Buying Service
Department for Culture, Media and Sport · updated 15 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Provision of Media and Creative Services for ONS
Office for National Statistics · updated 29 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Showing the first 20 of 24 linked procurement processes.
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
09 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
10 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
Advertising agencies
11 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
24 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
12 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Company name
Previous name: MEDIAEDGE:CIA UK LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
13 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.