ANDREWS HYDROGRAPHICS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-01 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
+10.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-13.7% vs 2023
Employees
68
+17.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£233K
-77.9% vs 2023
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £13,856,208 | £25,227,571 | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,295,712 | £737,479 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £1,053,617 | £232,517 | |
| Net profit | — | £858,198 | -£516,242 | |
| Cash | — | £1,396,117 | £1,548,550 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,801,469 | £3,811,332 | |
| Net assets | — | £3,772,591 | £3,256,349 | |
| Equity | £5,201,893 | £3,772,591 | £3,256,349 | |
| Average employees | — | 58 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | £3,501,769 | £5,675,234 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-01-01 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 9.4% | 2.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 6.2% | -2.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 34.1% | 19.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.14x | 1.53x | |
| Interest cover | — | 787.19x | 20.36x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- AAB Audit & Accountancy Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 Company'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.”
Significant events
- “The ultimate controlling party, Ian Suttie, passed away on 4 October 2025, prior to the approval of these financial statements. Control of the company remains with the directors while ownership has passed to Ian Suttie's estate, which will be transferred to the beneficiaries in due course.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 29 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Steven Michael | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jun 1988 | British |
| DARE, Andrew Nicholas | Director | 2016-09-21 | Dec 1976 | British |
| SUTTIE, Martin Ian | Director | 2025-02-14 | Jun 1978 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALAN GORDON, Shanks | Secretary | 2009-03-25 | 2013-06-20 |
| BROADHURST, Robert Arthur | Secretary | 1995-08-10 | 1998-11-17 |
| HAWKSLEY, Peter | Secretary | 1998-11-17 | 2001-03-09 |
| HAWKSLEY, Peter | Secretary | — | 1995-08-10 |
| MORRICE, Graeme Charles | Secretary | 2013-06-20 | 2013-10-01 |
| MORRICE, Graeme Charles | Secretary | 2007-07-02 | 2009-03-25 |
| BLACKWOOD PARTNERS LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2013-10-01 | 2016-05-17 |
| BURNESS PAULL LLP | Corporate Secretary | 2024-06-26 | 2025-02-14 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2016-09-14 | 2024-06-26 |
| SEYMOUR TAYLOR LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-03-09 | 2007-07-02 |
| ANDREWS, Edward Arthur | Director | — | 1995-04-30 |
| BRIDGES, Raymond Charles | Director | — | 2003-05-15 |
| CAISTOR, Richard Geoffrey | Director | 1995-08-24 | 2007-07-02 |
| CAMPBELL, Thomas Duncanson | Director | 2008-11-07 | 2016-04-29 |
| CAMPBELL, Thomas Duncanson | Director | 2005-11-22 | 2007-07-02 |
| GUJRAL, Ben | Director | 2014-06-20 | 2016-06-27 |
| HAWKSLEY, Peter | Director | — | 2007-07-02 |
| HERD, Ian Riddoch Williamson | Director | 2016-06-27 | 2025-02-14 |
| HERD, Ian Riddoch Williamson | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2012-10-01 |
| JARMAN, Roy | Director | 1996-07-01 | 2006-07-31 |
| KERR, David Wishart | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2016-09-13 |
| MOUTÉ, Nicolas Robert Maxime | Director | 2013-06-25 | 2014-03-28 |
| REED, John Burwell | Director | 2014-04-15 | 2016-06-27 |
| REID, Stuart Robert | Director | 2007-09-01 | 2025-02-14 |
| REID, Stuart Robert | Director | 2003-05-26 | 2007-07-02 |
| SHANKS, Alan Gordon | Director | 2012-07-06 | 2013-06-20 |
| SHANKS, Alan Gordon | Director | 2008-03-21 | 2008-04-13 |
| STAPLETON, Roger | Director | — | 1997-04-30 |
| WEBSTER, Bruce Alexander | Director | 2007-07-02 | 2012-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Andrews Hydrographics (Holding Company) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-02-17 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-02-17 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-20 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-06-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2023-07-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2022-07-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+82.1%
£13,856,208 £25,227,571
-
Cash
+10.9%
£1,396,117 £1,548,550
-
Net assets
-13.7%
£3,772,591 £3,256,349
-
Employees
+17.2%
58 68
-
Operating profit
-43.1%
£1,295,712 £737,479
-
Profit before tax
-77.9%
£1,053,617 £232,517
-
Wages
+62.1%
£3,501,769 £5,675,234
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers