Eliquo Hydrok Limited
Registered name: ELIQUO HYDROK LIMITED
Part of Hydra Holdings 2015 Limited groupEliquo Hydrok Limited made £35.2m revenue and £2m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Eliquo Hydrok Limited’s revenue fell 7% to £35.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2m profit and 179 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other fabricated metal products” and is based in ST. Columb; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- ST. Columb, South West
- Age
- 30 yrs · since 1996
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £37.8m | £35.2m |
| Cost of sales | £26m | £24.7m |
| Gross profit | £11.8m | £10.5m |
| Profit before tax | £4.3m | £2.5m |
| Profit after tax | £3.1m | £2m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.1m | £2m |
| Staff costs | £6.9m | £8.1m |
| Employees (average) | 168 | 179 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 8.3% | 5.6% |
| Gross margin | 31.3% | 29.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £225k | £197k |
| Profit per employee | £18.7k | £11k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.5% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲6.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £4.8m |
| Net assets | £8.4m | £8.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £23m | £20.8m |
| Debtors | £4.2m | £3.4m |
| Deferred income | £487k | £1m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 29.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £197k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £11k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.9%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 9.5%
- 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
- ▼0%
- Now £8.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▲61%
- Now £4.8m
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 179
- Deferred income
- ▲106%
- Now £1m
- Fixed assets
- ▲45%
- Now £3.1m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Hydra Holdings 2015 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Eliquo Hydrok Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Hydra (South West) 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 £2m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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