The Waveguide Solution Ltd
Registered name: THE WAVEGUIDE SOLUTION LTD
Part of Global Invacom Group Limited groupThe Waveguide Solution Ltd made £4.2m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
The Waveguide Solution Ltd’s revenue grew 56% to £4.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.1m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in Canterbury; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Canterbury, South East
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.7m | £4.2m |
| Cost of sales | −£1.5m | −£1.5m | −£1.9m |
| Gross profit | £1m | £1.2m | £2.3m |
| Operating profit | −£23.1k | £193k | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | −£28.3k | £183k | £1.2m |
| Profit after tax | −£15.4k | £190k | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | −£15.4k | £190k | £1.1m |
| Employees (average) | 24 | 23 | 24 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −0.6% | 7% | 25.8% |
| Gross margin | 41% | 44.2% | 55.4% |
| Revenue per employee | £103k | £118k | £177k |
| Profit per employee | −£643 | £8.3k | £45.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲9.1% | ▲56.5% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▲475.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4.2% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 25.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 55.4%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £177k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £45.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Global Invacom Group Limited (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Global Invacom Holdings Limited75–100%
- The Waveguide Solution Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- Global Invacom Manufacturing (UK) LimitedRev. £4.7m · Profit −£333k
- Global Invacom LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Global Skyware LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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