HYDRO INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-16
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£8K
-99.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£9M
+21.1% vs 2023
Employees
51
+10.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-18.6% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- HYDRO INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD 2004-01-16 → present
- HRD LTD 1997-09-12 → 2004-01-16
- H.R.D. LIMITED 1997-09-01 → 1997-09-12
- HYDRO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT LIMITED 1985-11-01 → 1997-09-01
- HYDRO RESEARCH & DEVELOPMENT (UK) LIMITED 1980-01-18 → 1985-11-01
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,539,206 | £9,968,698 | |
| Operating profit | £2,631,622 | £2,125,475 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,610,843 | £2,124,218 | |
| Net profit | £1,988,660 | £1,538,129 | |
| Cash | £864,179 | £7,619 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £7,303,707 | £8,841,836 | |
| Equity | £7,303,707 | £8,841,836 | |
| Average employees | 46 | 51 | |
| Wages | £2,006,623 | £2,464,767 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.8% | 21.3% | |
| Net margin | 17.2% | 15.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 30.8% | 28.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.39x | 3.59x | |
| Interest cover | 126.65x | 1690.91x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Financial forecasts have been prepared by the company through to December 2026, these forecasts have been stress tested by modelling the impact of reduced profitability and cash flow over the period. The conclusion from this detailed analysis is that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The company saw a fall in revenue during 2024 due to difficult market conditions in the UK in the first half of the year. The change in the product mix moving towards higher margin products during the year resulted in improved margins which along with the reduction in administrative expenses mitigated some of the impact on the profit after tax.”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BARKER, Stephen James | Director | 2026-01-02 | Mar 1973 | British |
| GLEDHILL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2026-01-02 | Aug 1961 | British |
| HUMPHREY, Simon Thomas | Director | 2024-07-10 | Jun 1966 | British |
Show 29 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HART, Jonathan | Secretary | — | 1997-06-30 |
| HOLLOX, Anthony Paul | Secretary | 2006-08-29 | 2016-08-15 |
| MANSI, Helen Rosemary | Secretary | 2016-08-15 | 2023-07-24 |
| MARSHALL, Keith | Secretary | 1997-07-01 | 2006-07-18 |
| ANDOH, Robert Yew Gyamfi, Dr | Director | 1995-01-03 | 1997-12-31 |
| BATES, Christopher Ralph | Director | 2019-01-22 | 2019-06-20 |
| CLEAVER, Paul Douglas | Director | 2019-11-13 | 2023-07-24 |
| CLEMSON, Matthew | Director | 2023-07-24 | 2026-01-02 |
| CROOK, Roger Peter | Director | 2016-10-13 | 2023-07-24 |
| FAGAN, Garry William | Director | 1992-04-29 | 1999-01-15 |
| FOYLE, Martin Christopher | Director | 2014-06-09 | 2016-10-13 |
| HARPER, Ian | Director | 1995-08-16 | 2000-08-31 |
| HIDES, Stephen Peter | Director | 2009-12-31 | 2013-07-22 |
| HIPWELL, Paul Melville | Director | 1995-07-01 | 1996-06-12 |
| HOLLOX, Anthony Paul | Director | 2006-08-29 | 2016-08-15 |
| JENNINGS, Michael Gareth Brian | Director | 2018-09-05 | 2019-11-13 |
| JENNINGS, Michael Gareth Brian | Director | 2013-07-22 | 2016-08-15 |
| KALSI, India | Director | 2023-07-24 | 2026-01-02 |
| LAMB, Timothy John | Director | — | 1998-01-15 |
| MARSHALL, Keith | Director | 1997-01-13 | 2006-07-18 |
| MOORE, Lenora Elizabeth | Director | 2023-07-24 | 2024-07-10 |
| NORTON, Sarah Jane | Director | 2017-05-25 | 2018-09-05 |
| SHANNON, George | Director | 2020-09-29 | 2023-07-24 |
| SMISSON, Robert Philip Maudsley | Director | — | 1995-07-14 |
| STEPHENSON, Alex Gordon | Director | 2007-01-02 | 2014-10-01 |
| VICKERS, Keith Michael | Director | — | 1993-05-31 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher Alan | Director | 1998-09-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| WILLIAMS, David Alan | Director | 1993-03-16 | 1995-11-13 |
| HYDRO INTERNATIONAL LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2016-08-15 | 2019-01-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydro International (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 206 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-08-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-08-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-08-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 2
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 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-13.6%
£11,539,206 £9,968,698
-
Cash
-99.1%
£864,179 £7,619
-
Net assets
+21.1%
£7,303,707 £8,841,836
-
Employees
+10.9%
46 51
-
Operating profit
-19.2%
£2,631,622 £2,125,475
-
Profit before tax
-18.6%
£2,610,843 £2,124,218
-
Wages
+22.8%
£2,006,623 £2,464,767
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