WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED
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Cash
£2.3M
-55.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£8.9M
+14.1% vs 2024
Employees
387
+10.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1.1M
-54.5% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 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 Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,981,245 | £27,688,332 | +10.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £2,419,148 | £1,099,888 | -54.5% | |
| Net profit | £2,419,148 | £1,099,888 | -54.5% | |
| Cash | £5,284,192 | £2,336,906 | -55.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,434,928 | £9,407,132 | +11.5% | |
| Net assets | £7,801,763 | £8,898,173 | +14.1% | |
| Equity | £7,801,763 | £8,898,173 | +14.1% | |
| Average employees | 349 | 387 | +10.9% | |
| Wages | £10,859,907 | £13,751,243 | +26.6% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £116,218 | £0 | -100% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 9.7% | 4.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 41.4% | 35.3% | |
| Current ratio | 2.30x | 2.71x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED 2005-02-16 → present
- TRUST FOR WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY 1983-04-06 → 2005-02-16
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- HaysMac LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the trustees' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- WESSEX ARCHAEOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Wessex Archaeology Ventures Limited 1%
- Trident WA GmbH 1%
- MOLA-Wessex Archaeology 0.5%
Significant events
- “We experienced a major cyber Incident in December 2024, which resulted in a rebuild of some our core systems and a strengthening of our cybersecurity and IT systems.”
- “One of our major planned infrastructure projects for this financial year, the A303 Stonehenge tunnel scheme, was unexpectedly cancelled two months before we were ready to deploy a whole team.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 36 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LEWIS, Kirsty Lydia | Secretary | 2026-01-13 | — | — |
| CULLEY, Kathryn Louise | Director | 2025-05-22 | Apr 1975 | British |
| GIBSON, Natasha Elena, Dr | Director | 2025-02-27 | Jun 1970 | British,American,South African |
| LADDLE, Robert William | Director | 2025-05-27 | Sep 1966 | British |
| MILLER, Simon Jonathan | Director | 2026-03-26 | Jul 1963 | British |
| SCHULTZ, Alexander Paul | Director | 2024-05-24 | Jul 1982 | British,American |
| SEK, Sarah Marie | Director | 2026-01-26 | Sep 1981 | British |
| SKEATES, Robin Gerald, Professor | Director | 2024-02-13 | May 1965 | British |
Show 36 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALLEN, David William Hayfield | Secretary | — | 2004-11-17 |
| BEATTIE, Robert Hayes | Secretary | 2004-11-17 | 2012-12-13 |
| PHILLIPS, Ian Giles | Secretary | 2013-02-07 | 2020-07-31 |
| SEALEY, Paul Andrew | Secretary | 2020-12-08 | 2023-10-09 |
| SMITH, Stephen | Secretary | 2023-10-27 | 2026-01-13 |
| ALLEN, David William Hayfield | Director | — | 2011-12-31 |
| ALLISON, Gerald Anthony | Director | 2007-02-23 | 2015-07-01 |
| BEATTIE, Robert Hayes | Director | 2004-11-17 | 2012-12-13 |
| BELL, Martin Guy, Dr | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2011-12-31 |
| BRAYNE, Christopher Mark | Director | 2012-11-23 | 2023-07-31 |
| COOK, Rosemary Karen Veronica | Director | 2012-05-25 | 2024-11-26 |
| CRAM, Charles Leslie | Director | — | 2004-09-24 |
| DAVIES, Susan Margaret | Director | 2012-07-12 | 2012-11-02 |
| DEAN, Peter David | Director | 2012-07-12 | 2015-06-01 |
| DENMEAD, Madeline | Director | 2024-02-13 | 2026-02-12 |
| EVANS, John Davies, Professor | Director | — | 2002-09-27 |
| FRY, Anthony Michael | Director | 2017-10-27 | 2018-09-03 |
| FULFORD, Michael Gordon, Professor | Director | — | 1994-09-26 |
| GAMBLE, Clive Stephen, Emeritus Professor | Director | 1995-06-02 | 2006-09-22 |
| HALE, Jonathan James | Director | 2006-11-17 | 2011-07-21 |
| JAMIESON, Parvis Homayounfar | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2024-02-08 |
| JOHNSON, Janet Nichola, Ms. | Director | 2013-10-17 | 2025-05-22 |
| KEY, Robert | Director | 2004-11-17 | 2013-07-18 |
| MAITLAND, John Benjamin Gladwin | Director | 2026-03-26 | 2026-04-26 |
| MOORE, Christopher William | Director | 2013-07-18 | 2013-12-12 |
| PEILL, Ian Ralph | Director | 2001-07-27 | 2009-07-30 |
| PUTNAM, William George | Director | — | 1999-09-29 |
| SELBY, Ian Christopher, Dr | Director | 2011-09-16 | 2024-06-04 |
| TROW, Stephen David | Director | 2024-02-08 | 2026-03-12 |
| TURTON, Eugenie Christine | Director | 2008-09-26 | 2017-11-13 |
| VOADEN, Sarah Louise Urquhart | Director | 2017-02-10 | 2024-10-31 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Geoffrey John, Professor | Director | 2000-09-20 | 2011-12-31 |
| WALTON, David Bendyshe | Director | 1992-01-24 | 2009-10-23 |
| WATSON, Christopher Michael | Director | 2013-10-17 | 2025-11-26 |
| WHIMSTER, Rowan Pirrie, Dr | Director | 2016-04-22 | 2024-02-08 |
| WRIGHT, Tom Knox | Director | 2024-06-17 | 2025-12-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 221 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-30 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-12 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-03-11 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-13 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 6
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.