HR WALLINGFORD GROUP LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-18 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£14M
+198.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£37M
+13.9% vs 2024
Employees
289
-4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+444.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HR WALLINGFORD GROUP LIMITED 1992-12-08 → present
- HR WALLINGFORD LIMITED 1991-09-12 → 1992-12-08
- HYDRAULICS RESEARCH LIMITED 1983-12-12 → 1991-09-12
- HYDRAULICS RESEARCH STATION LIMITED 1982-03-15 → 1983-12-12
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 | £31,673,000 | £34,416,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£1,480,000 | £4,530,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£1,341,000 | £4,615,000 | |
| Net profit | -£1,806,000 | £3,735,000 | |
| Cash | £4,523,000 | £13,508,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,965,000 | £37,519,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,134,000 | £36,587,000 | |
| Equity | £32,134,000 | £36,587,000 | |
| Average employees | 301 | 289 | |
| Wages | £17,788,000 | £15,802,000 |
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 | -4.7% | 13.2% | |
| Net margin | -5.7% | 10.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -4.4% | 12.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 28.1% | 32.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.91x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | -31.49x | 45.30x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- RSM UK Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering the Group's future prospects, associated cash flow projections, the level of net assets and the availability of credit facilities (including the option to secure those facilities on those assets), the directors have full expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and at least for a period of twelve months from the date the financial statements are signed. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HR WALLINGFORD GROUP LIMITED · parent
- HR Wallingford Ltd 100%
- HR Wallingford Asia Sdn Bhd 100%
- Hydraulics Research Wallingford India Pvt Limited 100%
- HR Wallingford Pty Limited 100%
- HR Wallingford Inc 100%
- HR Wallingford Hydraulic Environment Technology Consulting (Shanghai) Ltd 100%
- HR Wallingford LLC 49%
- HR Wallingford Asia Limited 100%
- HR Wallingford Coretecx Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “Results to 31 March 2025 continue to be impacted by the exceptional external influences felt in the prior year. Group turnover increased to £34.4m (2024: £31.7m), with growth in Europe and Rest of World. The Group generated an underlying operating profit of £2.7m (2024: £0.2m). This profit was after foreign exchange losses of £0.1m (2024: £0.8m loss) and non-recurring credits of £0.6m (2024: £0.3m cost) mainly relating to continued impacts from 2023 equipment contract losses.”
- “This year we embarked on a high-level workforce planning exercise to assess our current capabilities and anticipate future needs.”
- “The most recent comprehensive triennial valuation of the Scheme was carried out at 31 March 2022. The Group has employed an independent actuary to update this valuation, as required by FRS102, allowing for differences between the actuarial assumptions used by the Scheme for funding purposes and those adopted by the Group to measure the Scheme's liabilities in the financial statements, as well as adjusting for benefits paid by the Scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTIBA, Ridha | Director | 2021-01-01 | May 1977 | British |
| BROWN, Andrew James | Director | 2018-06-28 | Feb 1964 | British |
| LOWDON, Alan, Dr | Director | 2022-04-01 | Nov 1962 | British |
| OGUNDELE, Janet | Director | 2019-07-01 | May 1967 | British |
| WARWICK, Edward John Roger | Director | 2024-08-27 | Jan 1976 | British |
| WOOD, Christopher Gilbert | Director | 2024-06-01 | Aug 1965 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHADWICK, Thomas | Secretary | — | 1995-12-31 |
| NORRIS, Nicole Ann Jane | Secretary | 2008-01-01 | 2022-01-28 |
| ORMSTON, John Robert | Secretary | 1996-01-01 | 2007-12-31 |
| PADDON, Rachel | Secretary | 2022-01-28 | 2022-05-25 |
| ACKERS, Peter | Director | — | 1991-11-05 |
| APLING, Alan John | Director | 1994-01-18 | 2003-10-16 |
| ARMSTRONG, Roderick Brian | Director | — | 1992-11-05 |
| CHADWICK, Thomas | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| CRAIG, Claire Harvey, Dr | Director | 2006-10-19 | 2008-10-16 |
| CUND, Margaret Elizabeth | Director | 1996-11-20 | 1999-09-29 |
| DAVIES, Ian Robert | Director | 2019-10-01 | 2024-05-09 |
| DEKOSINSKY, Victor, Professor | Director | 1991-11-05 | 1995-11-20 |
| FENN, Colin Richard, Dr | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2005-09-30 |
| FREEMAN, Dougal Adam | Director | 2023-01-17 | 2023-09-06 |
| FRENCH, Geoffrey Howard | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2022-03-31 |
| GIBB, Francis Ross, Sir | Director | 1995-11-23 | 2008-10-16 |
| HIRST, Martin Beverley Bodenham | Director | 2001-04-01 | 2011-10-20 |
| HODGES, John William | Director | 1994-01-18 | 1996-11-20 |
| HOWES, Sally, Ms. | Director | 2022-04-15 | 2022-04-15 |
| HOWES, Sally, Ms. | Director | 2022-04-01 | 2023-09-30 |
| HUNTINGTON, Stephen William, Dr | Director | — | 2016-10-31 |
| LEEMING, Graham David | Director | 2017-07-27 | 2022-11-18 |
| LOWDON, Alan, Dr | Director | 2022-04-15 | 2022-04-15 |
| MCKENZIE, John Cormack | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| MURRAY-UPTON, Barrie | Director | 1995-11-25 | 2000-07-31 |
| ORMSTON, John Robert | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2014-07-24 |
| PATTERSON, Lauren Katherine Stewart | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2017-03-30 |
| PIKE, Terence Donald | Director | — | 1994-01-18 |
| POWELL, Keith Andrew | Director | 2018-06-28 | 2020-12-31 |
| PURNELL, Reginald George | Director | 1994-03-02 | 1997-09-17 |
| ROBSON, Charles Leo | Director | — | 1994-01-18 |
| ROOKE, David William | Director | 2016-11-01 | 2022-10-31 |
| SARGENT, John Hunt | Director | — | 1999-09-29 |
| SHARLAND, Susan Margaret | Director | 2008-10-16 | 2019-06-24 |
| SMALLMAN, Jane Victoria, Doctor | Director | 2006-01-26 | 2014-10-30 |
| THORN, Michael Frederick Cirtees | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| TOMLINSON, Bruce Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2023-10-31 |
| TUNSTALL, Stephen James | Director | 2004-02-05 | 2009-08-31 |
| VENABLES, Jean, Dr | Director | 2011-07-21 | 2017-04-30 |
| WEARE, Trevor John, Dr | Director | — | 2009-10-22 |
| WHITE, William Rodney, Dr | Director | — | 1995-11-20 |
| WORRALL, Peter Richard | Director | 2009-10-22 | 2019-10-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 200 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-24 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-10-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-01-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+8.7%
£31,673,000 £34,416,000
-
Cash
+198.7%
£4,523,000 £13,508,000
-
Net assets
+13.9%
£32,134,000 £36,587,000
-
Employees
-4%
301 289
-
Operating profit
+406.1%
-£1,480,000 £4,530,000
-
Profit before tax
+444.1%
-£1,341,000 £4,615,000
-
Wages
-11.2%
£17,788,000 £15,802,000
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