Columbus Point (Management Company) Limited (CPMCL) is a private company, limited by guarantee, with no share capital. It was set up in 2001 by the original developer of an area of Eastbourne's Sovereign Harbour to oversee the management of the water feature and to collect payments for the feature's upkeep from over 350 covenanted local property owners. Under their covenant, the local property owners are also members of the company CPMCL.
CPMCL and the Water Feature Handed Over to Residents. CPMCL should have been handed over to the property owners' control around 2004 when the last property on the development was sold. However, for various reasons, this did not occur, and it was not until March 2015 that CPMCL, and thus the management of the water feature, was transferred from the developer to the local property owners. At the same time, the freehold of the feature was transferred to CPMCL.
For more information on the history of the water feature, please refer to the archives and timeline on the News page...
CPMCL's Company Secretariat. For official information about CPMCL, including its Memorandum & Articles of Association, please get in touch with CPMCL's Company Secretariat, Price & Company. Contacts...
Property Management Company. CPMCL appoints a property management company to oversee the feature's maintenance and to invoice and collect the monies from the local property owners for the feature's upkeep. In April 2025, Wishtower were appointed to the role.
Current Directors. The CPMCL Memorandum and Articles of Association allow for seven member directors. The current five directors are: Christine Allan, Kevin Atkins, Linda Fentum, Philip Hunt and Colin Lockett.
Please Join the CPMCL Board. It is important to fill the remaining director vacancies as soon as possible to allow for succession planning and induction.
If you would like to know more about how much time and commitment would be required to be a director, if you are curious about why the Water Feature exists and annoyed about how much it costs and having to pay for it, and if you want to be involved in influencing decisions the board makes, feel free to contact the directors to have an informal chat. Email: directors@cpmcl.co.uk
