Hiden Analytical Limited
Registered name: HIDEN ANALYTICAL LIMITED
Part of Hiden Instruments Limited groupHiden Analytical Limited made £18.8m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Hiden Analytical Limited’s revenue fell 1% to £18.8m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £3.9m profit and 110 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other special-purpose machinery” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 44 yrs · since 1981
- 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 company is Hiden Instruments Limited”
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) | £13.4m | £17.3m | £19m | £18.8m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £3.4m | £4.2m | £3.7m |
| Profit before tax | £2.5m | £4m | £4.7m | £5m |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £3.4m | £3.8m | £3.9m |
| Staff costs | £5.7m | £6.5m | £7m | £7.3m |
| Employees (average) | 96 | 102 | 106 | 110 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 17.1% | 19.7% | 20.2% | 20.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £140k | £169k | £179k | £171k |
| Profit per employee | £23.9k | £33.3k | £36.2k | £35.4k |
| Cash conversion | −112.2% | −50.5% | −101% | −98.3% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲28.7% | ▲9.7% | ▼0.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲48.2% | ▲12.7% | ▲1.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲3.9% | ▲3.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £906k | £991k | £2.1m | £2.1m |
| Net assets | £15.5m | £17.1m | £18.4m | £19.8m |
| Fixed assets | £4m | £4.1m | £4.1m | £6m |
| Current assets | £14.2m | £15.9m | £17.5m | £17.7m |
| Debtors | £1.2m | £2.2m | £2.8m | £2.6m |
| Deferred income | £1.1m | £1m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£1.7m | −£4.2m | −£3.7m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £171k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £35.4k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −98.3%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 7%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.8%
- 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
- ▲8%
- Now £19.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▲2%
- Now £2.1m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 110
- Deferred income
- ▼5%
- Now £1.3m
- Fixed assets
- ▲47%
- Now £6m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hiden Instruments Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Hiden Analytical Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Hiden Isochema 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 £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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