WAYMADE PLC
Company number 01856320 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Waymade PLC occupies a defensible niche position within the UK pharmaceutical distribution sector, leveraging four decades of trading history and specialty medicine focus to compete on margins rather than volume against dominant full-line wholesalers. The company's family-controlled ownership structure (75%+ held by the Patel family) provides strategic agility but creates governance and succession risks typical of such arrangements, while its modest capital base may constrain growth ambitions as larger competitors increasingly target the specialty distribution segment. The transition between various corporate identities and the PLC designation without apparent public market listing suggests a company that has strategically evolved its positioning, with current "global access to specialty medicines" branding indicating an international sourcing model well-suited to post-Brexit supply chain realities, though scale disadvantages relative to major wholesalers remain a structural challenge.
Overview
- Company type
- Public Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1984-10-17
- Registered office
- Monarch House, Miles Gray Road, Basildon, Essex, United Kingdom, SS14 3RW
- Postcode
- SS14 3RW
- Capital
- 1,410,000 USD
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-02
- Next due by
- 2027-07-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 46460 Wholesale of pharmaceutical goods
Officers 5 current · 8 resigned
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z6607549 (Tier 2), registered since 2002.
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Contact details
- Website
- waymade.com
Celebrating four decades of global access to specialty medicines, improving the health of our patients now and into the future.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WAYMADE LIMITED | 2013-01-02 |
| WAYMADE PLC | 2012-10-29 |
| WAYMADE HEALTHCARE PLC | 2012-10-12 |
| WAYMADE PLC | 1995-12-29 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 20-22 BEDFORD ROW, LONDON, WC1R 4JS | 2017-06-07 |
| 12 HELMET ROW LONDON, EC1V 3QJ | 2016-05-12 |
| 72 NEW CAVENDISH STREET, LONDON, W1M 8AU | 2014-03-14 |
| 27/31 BLANDFORD STREET, LONDON, W1H 3AD | 1998-07-02 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 9 similar companies in SS, trading since 1984
The class of 1984
51%
of the 14,117 companies incorporated in 1984 are still active today; 41% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2020-11-27
- Where
- Essex
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AA19713 | Essex | Leasehold | 2020-11-27 | — |
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