Precision Hydration Limited
Registered name: PRECISION HYDRATION LIMITED
Part of PF&H Holdings Limited groupPrecision Hydration Limited made £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Precision Hydration Limited reported £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025, up 95% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 34 employees. The company is classified under “research and experimental development on biotechnology” and is based in Christchurch; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Christchurch, South West
- Age
- 15 yrs · since 2011
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 | No P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £814k | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £814k | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 15 | 24 | 34 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £33.9k | £46.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲95.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲66.7% | ▲60% | ▲41.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £274k | £194k | £298k | £684k |
| Net assets | £946k | £1.4m | £1.5m | £3m |
| Fixed assets | £60.4k | £120k | £354k | £345k |
| Current assets | £1.2m | £1.8m | £2.6m | £6m |
| Debtors | £21.4k | £30k | £39.2k | £52.9k |
| Deferred income | — | £32.1k | £74.2k | — |
| Source | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FilletedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £46.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▲99%
- Now £3m
- Cash at bank
- ▲129%
- Now £684k
- Headcount
- ▲42%
- Now 34
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £345k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- PF&H Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Precision Hydration Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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 £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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