HANSON WADE LIMITED
Company number 06752216 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hanson Wade has established itself as a highly profitable, cash-generative leader in the specialized life sciences events sector, leveraging an asset-light model to deliver consistent 66% gross margins. The transition to a "Bidco" ownership structure and a 57% revenue increase signal a shift from organic growth to a platform strategy primed for buy-and-build expansion. To sustain this trajectory and defend against macro-level disruptions, the company must accelerate its transition toward digital data products and institutionalize its human capital dependencies.
Shareholders' funds
£3,100,057
Balance sheet as at 2017-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2008-11-18
- Employees
- 106 (2017 accounts · was 80 in 2016)
- Registered office
- Eastcastle House, 27/28 Eastcastle Street, London, United Kingdom, W1W 8DH
- Postcode
- W1W 8DH
- Capital
- 57,730 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-14
- Next due by
- 2026-11-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 82990 Other business support service activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by HANSON WADE BIDCO LIMITED — since 2026-04-30
Controlled by BIG SHOT COFFEE LTD — since 2019-08-14
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
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 — Z1705223 (Tier 2), registered since 2009.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
30.65%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom 10% for parity
Contact details
- Website
- hansonwade.com
Providing outstanding life science research services and events focusing on a wide range of specialist areas. Explore our conferences and research data products.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HANSON READ LIMITED | 2009-01-09 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| THIRD FLOOR 89 FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1DH | 2020-09-17 |
| 4TH FLOOR HAINES HOUSE, 21 JOHN STREET, LONDON, WC1N 2BP | 2014-01-27 |
| THIRD FLOOR 89 FLEET STREET, LONDON, EC4Y 1DH | 2009-09-17 |
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 6,764 similar companies in W
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (106 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2008.
Competitors London
This company ranks 242 among other business support service activities not elsewhere classified in London.
The class of 2008
16%
of the 25,208 companies in this sector incorporated in 2008 are still active today; 82% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Leasehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-08-09
- Where
- Greater London (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BB28278 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2023-08-09 | — |
| NGL987525 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2019-05-13 | — |
| NGL971571 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2017-07-27 | — |
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