Stantec Hydrock Limited
Registered name: STANTEC HYDROCK LIMITED
Part of Stantec Inc groupStantec Hydrock Limited made £41.1m revenue and a £21.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Stantec Hydrock Limited’s revenue was £41.1m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £21.8m and 879 employees. The company is classified under “other professional, scientific and technical activities” and is based in Bristol; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Bristol, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1995
- 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: “Hydrock Holdings Limited”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £77.4m | £41.1m |
| Cost of sales | £50.2m | £23.5m |
| Gross profit | £27.2m | £17.6m |
| Operating profit | −£8.6m | −£20.2m |
| Profit before tax | −£8.9m | −£20.7m |
| Profit after tax | −£8m | −£21.8m |
| Profit (best available) | −£8m | −£21.8m |
| Staff costs | £49.5m | £42.7m |
| Employees (average) | 919 | 879 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −10.3% | −53% |
| Gross margin | 35.2% | 42.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £84.3k | £46.7k |
| Profit per employee | −£8.7k | −£24.8k |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £950k | £237k |
| Net assets | £2.1m | −£19.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.1m | £6.9m |
| Current assets | £20.2m | £23.8m |
| Debtors | £14.6m | £10.1m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £10.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −53%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 42.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £46.7k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£24.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 16.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 25.8%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 24.6%
- 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
- —
- Now −£19.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £237k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 879
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £10.6m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £6.9m
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
- Stantec Inc (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Stantec Global Capital Limited75–100%
- Stantec Europe Limited75–100%
- Stantec UK Limited75–100%
- Stantec Hydrock Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Barton Willmore Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hydrock Holdings LimitedRev. — · Profit −£2.1m
- Peter Brett Associates LLPFigures not disclosed
- Stantec 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 −£21.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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