HWM-WATER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-14 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2025-12-31
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6M
0% vs 2024
Employees
208
+9.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£3M
-37% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HWM-WATER LIMITED 2010-05-06 → present
- PALMER ENVIRONMENTAL LIMITED 1995-06-22 → 2010-05-06
- RETEN ACOUSTICS LIMITED 1980-12-31 → 1995-06-22
- SLINGBOROUGH LIMITED 1979-11-26 → 1980-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £42,008,651 | £41,233,693 | |
| Operating profit | £4,738,945 | £3,041,652 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,786,621 | £3,014,663 | |
| Net profit | £3,653,894 | £2,198,857 | |
| Cash | £2,418 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,498,620 | £14,468,482 | |
| Net assets | £6,310,537 | £6,309,394 | |
| Equity | £6,310,537 | £6,309,394 | |
| Average employees | 190 | 208 | |
| Wages | £8,486,916 | £8,345,237 |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 11.3% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 8.7% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 32.7% | 21.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 2.37x | |
| Interest cover | 166.12x | 110.32x |
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
- IFRS (FRS 101)
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. In adopting the going concern basis the Directors have considered the Company's business activities, together with the main trends and factors likely to affect its future development; performance and position, and the financial position of the Company as at 31 March 2025 and at the approval date of these financial statements, its cash flows, liquidity position and borrowing facilities. The Directors have prepared forecasts up to 31 March 2027, and these forecasts show that the Company is expected to remain profitable and even in a severe but plausible downside scenario the Company is still able to meet its debts as they fall due.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWKINS, Timothy James | Secretary | 2023-10-01 | — | — |
| HAWKINS, Timothy James | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jul 1978 | British |
| LANGSTON, Henry | Director | 2025-09-30 | Jul 1988 | New Zealander |
| NICOL, Mark | Director | 2025-03-17 | Mar 1979 | British |
| SCOTT, Christopher | Director | 2024-10-05 | Apr 1969 | British |
| STEWART, Robert Johnson | Director | 2025-03-17 | Nov 1980 | American |
| YATES, Jethro Philip | Director | 2024-10-05 | May 1989 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| KNOWLES, Adrian Robert | Secretary | 1994-11-14 | 1998-04-24 |
| KRAMER, Kenneth | Secretary | 2004-12-16 | 2005-07-01 |
| LLEWELLYN, Jeremy Norman | Secretary | 2005-07-01 | 2007-08-17 |
| MACHIN, Gareth Peter | Secretary | 1993-03-24 | 1994-09-16 |
| MASON, Peter | Secretary | 2007-08-20 | 2007-11-16 |
| ORR, Gavin David | Secretary | 2007-11-19 | 2023-07-07 |
| ROY, Keith John | Secretary | — | 1993-03-24 |
| STARK, Andrew Marshall | Secretary | 1998-05-18 | 2000-12-01 |
| WILLIAMS, Adrian Mark | Secretary | 2000-12-01 | 2004-11-10 |
| BAROUDEL, Constance Frederique | Director | 2020-08-04 | 2023-03-13 |
| BERRY, William James | Director | 2013-04-11 | 2019-05-31 |
| BOLTON, Michael John | Director | 2008-11-03 | 2023-04-04 |
| BROWN, Ian Jesse, Dr | Director | 1998-11-27 | 2001-06-28 |
| BROWN, Matthew Clive | Director | 2023-06-26 | 2024-08-13 |
| DI PALMA, Davide, Dr | Director | 2019-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
| FISH, Robert Peter | Director | 2006-03-13 | 2021-10-31 |
| FISHER, Simon James | Director | 2016-02-10 | 2022-06-25 |
| HANLON, Jason Julian | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2005-10-11 |
| HOLLANDS, Darren | Director | 2001-06-27 | 2003-12-01 |
| HURLEY, Colin | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2008-09-26 |
| KNOWLES, Adrian Robert | Director | 1994-11-14 | 1998-04-24 |
| LLEWELLYN, Jeremy Norman | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2007-08-17 |
| MACFARLANE, Kelly Marie | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2025-09-30 |
| MACHIN, Gareth Peter | Director | 1993-03-24 | 1994-09-16 |
| ORR, Gavin David | Director | 2007-11-19 | 2023-07-07 |
| RICHARDSON, Andrew John | Director | 2004-06-11 | 2007-10-05 |
| ROY, Keith John | Director | — | 2008-08-20 |
| SHORT, Terrilynn Million | Director | 2023-03-13 | 2025-03-17 |
| SOTOUDEH, Abbas, Doctor | Director | 2000-10-02 | 2003-06-16 |
| STAMPER, Allan | Director | 2008-08-21 | 2014-05-23 |
| STARK, Andrew Marshall | Director | 1998-05-18 | 2000-12-01 |
| SUMMERHAYES, Clive Quentin | Director | — | 2002-04-30 |
| SUMMERS, Neil Ronald | Director | 1996-09-02 | 2005-03-31 |
| TENNANT, Michael Daniel | Director | 2003-12-01 | 2025-03-17 |
| WALDRON, Daniel Edward, Dr | Director | 2016-12-23 | 2019-08-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Adrian Mark | Director | 2000-12-01 | 2004-11-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Andrew John | Director | 1994-07-28 | 2004-06-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halma Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-10 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-10-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-1.8%
£42,008,651 £41,233,693
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
0%
£6,310,537 £6,309,394
-
Employees
+9.5%
190 208
-
Operating profit
-35.8%
£4,738,945 £3,041,652
-
Profit before tax
-37%
£4,786,621 £3,014,663
-
Wages
-1.7%
£8,486,916 £8,345,237
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers