CANOE WALES
Company number 02478971 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Canoe Wales stands at an inflection point: its institutional mandate and heritage assets provide a defensible market position, but persistent financial erosion and recent governance instability threaten organisational viability. The 40.7% decline in net assets over three years, combined with long-term liabilities exceeding reserves, demands immediate corrective action on financial management and board stabilisation. With disciplined execution of a commercial growth strategy centred on its unique facility and membership base, Canoe Wales can reverse its trajectory—without intervention, it risks becoming another NGB requiring emergency rescue funding.
Shareholders' funds
£88,980
Balance sheet as at 2025-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Incorporated
- 1990-03-09
- Employees
- 17 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- Canolfan Tryweryn, Frongoch, Bala, Gwynedd, LL23 7NU
- Postcode
- LL23 7NU
- Accounts category
- Total Exemption Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-07
- Next due by
- 2027-04-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 94990 Activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified
Officers 9 current · 69 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
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CANOE WALES (COMMERCIAL) LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z2352674 (Tier 1), registered since 2011.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- canoewales.com
- Phone
- 000000999, 000009999, 000384939
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WELSH CANOEING ASSOCIATION | 2008-11-24 |
Previous registered addresses 2
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GISTERED OFFICE CHANGED ON 15/05/2008 FROM, CANOLFAN TRYWERYN, NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTRE, FRONGOCH, BALA GWYNEDD, LL23 7NU | 2008-05-15 |
| CANOLFAN TRYWERYN, NATIONAL WHITEWATER CENTRE, FRONGOCH, BALA GWYNEDD, LL23 7NU | 2008-05-15 |
Among its peers
2nd largest employer
of 18 similar companies in LL, with 17 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
Competitors Wrexham
This company ranks 14 among activities of other membership organizations not elsewhere classified in Wrexham.
The class of 1990
50%
of the 20,399 companies incorporated in 1990 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 2 titles
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2018-02-01
- Where
- Gwynedd (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CYM733513 | Gwynedd | Leasehold | 2018-02-01 | — |
| CYM724575 | Gwynedd | Leasehold | 2017-10-18 | — |
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