Wave UK Services Limited
Registered name: WAVE UK SERVICES LIMITED
Wave UK Services Limited made £5.1m revenue and £283k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Wave UK Services Limited’s revenue grew 34% to £5.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £283k profit and 27 employees. The company is classified under “other activities of employment placement agencies” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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) | £2.7m | £3.8m | £5.1m |
| Gross profit | £2.7m | £3.8m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £206k | £283k | £383k |
| Profit before tax | £206k | £283k | £378k |
| Profit after tax | £153k | £215k | £283k |
| Profit (best available) | £153k | £215k | £283k |
| Employees (average) | 15 | 20 | 27 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.6% | 5.6% | 5.5% |
| Gross margin | 100% | 100% | 100% |
| Revenue per employee | £182k | £191k | £190k |
| Profit per employee | £10.2k | £10.8k | £10.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.2% | ▲34.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲40.6% | ▲31.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▲35% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 100%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £190k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.5k
- 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
- ▲35%
- Now 27
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £283k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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