HR WALLINGFORD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-10 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£12M
+320.3% vs 2024
Net assets
£35M
+16.8% vs 2024
Employees
242
-3.6% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5M
+315.7% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HR WALLINGFORD LIMITED 1992-12-08 → present
- HYDRAULICS RESEARCH LIMITED 1991-09-12 → 1992-12-08
- HR WALLINGFORD LIMITED 1990-11-26 → 1991-09-12
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 | £30,166,000 | £33,611,000 | |
| Operating profit | -£2,378,000 | £4,613,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,167,000 | £4,675,000 | |
| Net profit | -£2,477,000 | £4,339,000 | |
| Cash | £2,834,000 | £11,910,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,128,000 | £36,329,000 | |
| Net assets | £30,297,000 | £35,397,000 | |
| Equity | £30,297,000 | £35,397,000 | |
| Average employees | 251 | 242 | |
| Wages | £13,322,000 | £13,472,000 |
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 | -7.9% | 13.7% | |
| Net margin | -8.2% | 12.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.4% | 12.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 5.7% | 2.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.79x | 1.68x | |
| Interest cover | -62.58x | 40.82x |
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
- Christopher Hurren BA FCA (Senior Statutory Auditor) For and on behalf of RSM UK Audit LLP, Statutory Auditor
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The balance sheet remains robust and at the time of this report the directors expect the business to operate at a sustainable level for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- HR WALLINGFORD LIMITED · parent
- HR Wallingford Asia Sdn Bhd 100%
- Hydraulics Research Wallingford India Pvt Limited 99.3%
- HR Wallingford Pty Limited 100%
- HR Wallingford Inc 100%
- HR Wallingford Hydraulic Environment Technology Consultancy (Shanghai) Ltd 100%
- HR Wallingford LLC 49%
Significant events
- “Competition in our principal markets is significant, though in many there are complex barriers to entry, preventing rapid changes occurring within our global market of research and consultancy in civil engineering and environmental hydraulics.”
- “Some of the Company's commercial activities are exposed to changes in government policies in the markets in which we operate such as: funding into our traditional areas of flood prevention, climate change and infrastructure activities including offshore wind and nuclear projects.”
- “Cyber security is vital in protecting the Company's activities as well as increasingly being a requirement from clients. The financial, contractual and reputational risks are very significant.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BENTIBA, Ridha | Director | 2020-10-02 | May 1977 | British |
| BROWN, Andrew James | Director | 2013-12-02 | Feb 1964 | British |
| WARWICK, Edward John Roger | Director | 2024-08-27 | Jan 1976 | British |
Show 26 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 Blackburn, Mrs. | Secretary | 2022-01-28 | 2022-05-25 |
| CHADWICK, Thomas | Director | — | 1995-12-31 |
| CRUICKSHANK, Ian Charles | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2016-02-15 |
| CUOMO, Giovanni | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2016-02-01 |
| DEARNALEY, Michael Paul, Dr | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2017-11-01 |
| FENN, Colin Richard, Dr | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-09-30 |
| FREEMAN, Dougal Adam | Director | 2023-01-17 | 2023-09-06 |
| GEORGE, Christopher Brian | Director | 1996-01-01 | 1998-02-16 |
| HERBERT, Nigel Paul Stewart | Director | 2017-03-16 | 2017-07-20 |
| HUNTINGTON, Stephen William, Dr | Director | 2008-02-12 | 2016-10-31 |
| HUNTINGTON, Stephen William, Dr | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2007-03-31 |
| LEEMING, Graham David | Director | 2017-07-27 | 2022-11-18 |
| MOCKETT, Ian Donald | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2015-03-04 |
| ORMSTON, John Robert | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2014-07-24 |
| PATTERSON, Lauren Katherine Stewart | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2017-03-16 |
| POWELL, Keith Andrew, Dr | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| RAMSBOTTOM, David Malcolm | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2001-03-31 |
| SAYERS, Paul Benjamin | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2010-06-30 |
| SKIPPER, Colin William, Dr | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2013-11-01 |
| SMALLMAN, Jane Victoria, Doctor | Director | 1996-01-01 | 2015-01-22 |
| TOMLINSON, Bruce Nicholas, Dr | Director | 2014-07-24 | 2023-10-31 |
| TOWNEND, Ian Howard | Director | 2006-06-05 | 2014-06-30 |
| WEARE, Trevor John, Dr | Director | — | 1999-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hr Wallingford Group Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-06-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-11-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-31 | 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 | |
| 2022-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-30 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-01-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2021-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+11.4%
£30,166,000 £33,611,000
-
Cash
+320.3%
£2,834,000 £11,910,000
-
Net assets
+16.8%
£30,297,000 £35,397,000
-
Employees
-3.6%
251 242
-
Operating profit
+294%
-£2,378,000 £4,613,000
-
Profit before tax
+315.7%
-£2,167,000 £4,675,000
-
Wages
+1.1%
£13,322,000 £13,472,000
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