ELIQUO HYDROK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-09-30 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-14 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5M
+60.9% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£8M
-0.5% vs 2024
Employees
179
+6.5% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
-42% first positive since 2020
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- ELIQUO HYDROK LIMITED 2016-11-29 → present
- HYDROK U.K. LTD. 1996-08-28 → 2016-11-29
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £9,328,678 | £13,496,258 | — | £37,838,059 | £35,200,514 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £4,296,255 | £2,455,752 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£1,294,617 | £649,260 | — | £4,302,521 | £2,496,822 | |
| Net profit | — | -£1,057,655 | £517,853 | — | £3,139,995 | £1,960,987 | |
| Cash | — | £2,378,191 | £4,778,560 | — | £2,997,407 | £4,823,724 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £4,886,135 | £6,617,608 | — | £10,648,837 | £12,313,714 | |
| Net assets | — | £4,400,517 | £6,320,862 | — | £8,417,967 | £8,378,954 | |
| Equity | £5,458,172 | £4,400,517 | £6,320,862 | £7,277,972 | £8,417,967 | £8,378,954 | |
| Average employees | — | 128 | 118 | — | 168 | 179 | |
| Wages | — | £3,762,177 | £3,565,339 | — | £6,034,350 | £7,017,475 |
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 11.4% | 7.0% | |
| Net margin | — | -11.3% | 3.8% | — | 8.3% | 5.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 40.3% | 19.9% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 1.59x | 1.80x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 281.57x | 254.69x |
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
- PKF Francis Clark
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. 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 original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Significant events
- “In October 2025 the Company extended its exclusive UK and Ireland partnership with Mecana AG to provide customers with supply chain and programme security for PCMF technology into AMP9 (2030 onwards).”
- “On 23 December 2021 a loan of £1,402,492 owed by the company to its sister company Hydra (South West) Limited was waived.”
- “During the year the company received partial grant funding towards its investment in an automated robotic welding cell from the Good Growth Shared Prosperity Fund (of which the Funding Bodies are Cornwall Council, the Council of the Isles of Scilly, and the Department for Levelling Up Housing and Communities).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KNEEN, Rosie | Secretary | 2023-05-16 | — | — |
| DOWN, Matthew Edward | Director | 2025-06-02 | Jun 1976 | British |
| JOHNS, Robert Lee | Director | 2021-12-03 | Nov 1977 | British |
| MACKVELEY, William William | Director | 2025-09-15 | Sep 1991 | British |
| WROE, Peter John | Director | 2020-10-27 | Jul 1978 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BLOXHAM, David Richard | Secretary | 2007-06-11 | 2008-05-19 |
| KEATLEY, Peter Adrian | Secretary | 2009-09-11 | 2023-06-22 |
| RIVERS, Janet Irene | Secretary | 1996-08-28 | 2009-09-11 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-08-28 | 1996-08-28 |
| ARMSTRONG, David Edward | Director | 2007-07-04 | 2020-12-31 |
| BADGER, Philip John | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2003-06-02 |
| FOOTE, Michael William | Director | 2004-04-13 | 2015-07-07 |
| O'BRIEN, Lewis Jon Claud | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2024-07-10 |
| REITSMA, Gauke | Director | 2021-01-01 | 2021-01-01 |
| RICHARDS, Nicola Ann | Director | 2015-07-07 | 2016-10-24 |
| RICHARDS, Stuart John | Director | 2020-05-27 | 2020-12-31 |
| RICHARDS, Stuart John | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2016-10-24 |
| RIVERS, Stephen David | Director | 1996-08-28 | 2015-01-19 |
| WALLIS, Paul Simon | Director | 2020-05-27 | 2022-09-12 |
| WALLIS, Paul Simon | Director | 2015-12-15 | 2016-10-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hydra Holdings 2015 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-10-24 | Active |
| Hydra (South West) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2016-10-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-18 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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 2025-12-31 vs 2024-12-31
-
Turnover
-7%
£37,838,059 £35,200,514
-
Cash
+60.9%
£2,997,407 £4,823,724
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
-0.5%
£8,417,967 £8,378,954
-
Employees
+6.5%
168 179
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-42.8%
£4,296,255 £2,455,752
-
Profit before tax
-42%
£4,302,521 £2,496,822
first positive since 2020
-
Wages
+16.3%
£6,034,350 £7,017,475
highest in 4 filed years
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