Hystat Systems Limited
Registered name: HYSTAT SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of Hystat Holdings Limited groupHystat Systems Limited made £11.6m revenue and £1.1m profit in the year to 28 Feb 2025.
Hystat Systems Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £11.6m in the year to 28 Feb 2025, with £1.1m profit and 79 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of pumps” and is based in Slaithwaite; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Slaithwaite, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Hystat Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Feb 2023 | 29 Feb 2024 | 28 Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £10.5m | £12.5m | £11.6m |
| Cost of sales | £7.1m | £8.2m | £7.2m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £4.3m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £853k | £1.5m | £1.7m |
| Profit after tax | £776k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £776k | £1.1m | £1.1m |
| Staff costs | £3.4m | £3.6m | £3.6m |
| Employees (average) | 84 | 76 | 79 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 9.1% | 9.4% |
| Gross margin | 32.2% | 34.1% | 38.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £125k | £165k | £147k |
| Profit per employee | £9.2k | £14.9k | £13.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲19.4% | ▼7.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲46.2% | ▼3.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼9.5% | ▲4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £99.1k | £1.2m | £1.2m |
| Net assets | £5.4m | £5.3m | £5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Current assets | £7m | £7m | £6.6m |
| Debtors | £2.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £147k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £13.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 15.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 16.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▲5%
- Now £5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲0%
- Now £1.2m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 79
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲29%
- Now £1.8m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hystat Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hystat Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (2)
- HSL Cylinders LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hystat Accumulators LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Feb 2025 (profit £1.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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