ESCO HYDRA (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-31 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-21 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£437K
-67.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-20.6% vs 2023
Employees
28
-9.7% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£571K
-614.4% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- ESCO HYDRA (UK) LIMITED 2011-09-05 → present
- HYDRA MINING TOOLS INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2000-09-28 → 2011-09-05
- HYDRA TOOLS INTERNATIONAL MINING LIMITED 2000-09-06 → 2000-09-28
- HAMSARD 2162 LIMITED 2000-04-06 → 2000-09-06
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 | £4,418,000 | £2,693,000 | |
| Operating profit | £172,000 | -£579,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £111,000 | -£571,000 | |
| Net profit | £133,000 | -£569,000 | |
| Cash | £1,360,000 | £437,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,863,000 | £2,257,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,759,000 | £2,190,000 | |
| Equity | £2,759,000 | £2,190,000 | |
| Average employees | 31 | 28 | |
| Wages | £1,070,000 | £1,046,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 3.9% | -21.5% | |
| Net margin | 3.0% | -21.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.0% | -25.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.4% | 23.0% | |
| Current ratio | 4.19x | 4.11x | |
| Interest cover | 2.82x | -144.75x |
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)
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company has a strong net current asset position to cover its liabilities and as such, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- ESCO HYDRA (UK) LIMITED · parent
- ESCO (UK) Holdings Limited
- The Weir Group PLC
Significant events
- “There have been no material adjusting or disclosable events since the financial year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROBINSON, Stephen Beresford | Secretary | 2011-07-18 | — | — |
| FITZGERALD, Sean Stanley | Director | 2023-04-04 | Jan 1969 | American |
| JONES, Franklin Randolph | Director | 2021-05-21 | Nov 1973 | American |
| STITZEL, Adam Dale | Director | 2026-02-20 | Oct 1976 | American |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCSHANNON, Gordon Alan | Secretary | 2000-08-30 | 2001-01-01 |
| MCSHANNON, John | Secretary | 2001-01-01 | 2011-07-18 |
| THOMAS, Kevin Scott | Secretary | 2011-07-18 | 2018-07-11 |
| WEISSHAAR, Meredith | Secretary | 2018-07-11 | 2019-01-31 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-04-06 | 2000-08-30 |
| ABEL, Todd William | Director | 2021-05-21 | 2023-12-29 |
| COLLINS, Calvin William | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2012-09-17 |
| FONNER, Francis Patrick | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2012-09-17 |
| GOULBOURN, Anthony Paul | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2011-07-18 |
| KASKARIAN, Philippe | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| KERSHAW, Jeffrey Walter | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2015-10-21 |
| LIAN, Aaron Benjamin | Director | 2011-07-18 | 2013-04-01 |
| MCSHANNON, Gordon Alan | Director | 2000-08-30 | 2011-07-18 |
| MCSHANNON, John | Director | 2002-08-27 | 2011-07-18 |
| MORTON, Paul | Director | 2000-11-10 | 2011-07-18 |
| NEILSON, Andrew James | Director | 2020-07-15 | 2023-04-04 |
| OWENS, Jon | Director | 2012-09-17 | 2020-07-15 |
| SIMONUTTI, Ermanno | Director | 2019-07-30 | 2021-05-01 |
| SIMONUTTI, Ermanno | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2017-12-31 |
| WARREN, John Joseph | Director | 2000-08-30 | 2011-07-18 |
| WEBER, Joseph Theodore | Director | 2015-10-21 | 2019-04-30 |
| HAMMOND SUDDARDS DIRECTORS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-06 | 2000-08-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Esco (Uk) Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 153 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-22 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-12-22 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2026-05-07 | AD04 | address | Move registers to registered office company with new address | |
| 2026-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-12-22 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-12-22 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-11-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- 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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-39%
£4,418,000 £2,693,000
-
Cash
-67.9%
£1,360,000 £437,000
-
Net assets
-20.6%
£2,759,000 £2,190,000
-
Employees
-9.7%
31 28
-
Operating profit
-436.6%
£172,000 -£579,000
-
Profit before tax
-614.4%
£111,000 -£571,000
-
Wages
-2.2%
£1,070,000 £1,046,000
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