Hydac Technology Limited
Registered name: HYDAC TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
Part of Hydac Limited groupHydac Technology Limited made £33.2m revenue and £22.2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hydac Technology Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £33.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £22.2m profit and 158 employees. The company is classified under “machining” and is based in Buckinghamshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Buckinghamshire, South East
- 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: “The ultimate parent undertaking in the current and previous financial year is INTHOL Beteiligungs-und-Verwaltungs GmbH, a company registered in Germany.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £30.8m | £32.9m | £30.3m | £33.2m |
| Cost of sales | £22.2m | £23.4m | £21.8m | £23.3m |
| Gross profit | £8.7m | £9.4m | £8.5m | £9.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.9m | £849k | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.7m | £27.9m | £17.1m | £22.9m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £27.4m | £16.8m | £22.2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £27.4m | £16.8m | £22.2m |
| Staff costs | £6.8m | £7.5m | £7.7m | £8.2m |
| Employees (average) | 158 | 157 | 156 | 158 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 10.5% | 83.3% | 55.5% | 66.8% |
| Gross margin | 28.1% | 28.7% | 27.9% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £195k | £209k | £194k | £210k |
| Profit per employee | £20.5k | £174k | £108k | £140k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.6% | ▼7.9% | ▲9.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲746.6% | ▼38.6% | ▲31.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.6% | ▼0.6% | ▲1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £6m | £7.6m | £6.1m | £7.5m |
| Net assets | £23m | £24.5m | £22.7m | £22.9m |
| Fixed assets | £10.6m | £10.6m | £10.5m | £10.5m |
| Current assets | £18m | £18.8m | £16.8m | £17.6m |
| Debtors | £6.5m | £5m | £4.6m | £4.8m |
| Deferred income | £290k | £470k | £310k | £276k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 66.8%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £210k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £140k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 14.6%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £22.9m
- Cash at bank
- ▲22%
- Now £7.5m
- Headcount
- ▲1%
- Now 158
- Deferred income
- ▼11%
- Now £276k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £10.5m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hydac Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hydac Technology Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Taylor Kerr 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 31 Dec 2025 (profit £22.2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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