Dryden Aqua Ltd.
Registered name: DRYDEN AQUA LTD.
Part of As-Holding Ag groupDryden Aqua Ltd. made £10.6m revenue and £874k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Dryden Aqua Ltd.’s revenue fell 1% to £10.6m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £874k profit and 15 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other chemical products” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 46 yrs · since 1980
- 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 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — | £10.8m | £10.6m |
| Cost of sales | — | — | £4.6m | £4.3m |
| Gross profit | — | — | £6.2m | £6.3m |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1.7m | £1.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1.5m | £1.1m |
| Profit after tax | — | — | £1m | £874k |
| Profit (best available) | — | — | £1m | £874k |
| Employees (average) | 17 | 18 | 16 | 15 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | 9.7% | 8.2% |
| Gross margin | — | — | 57.5% | 59.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £674k | £709k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | £65k | £58.3k |
| Cash conversion | — | — | −177.2% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | — | ▼1.3% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▼15.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.9% | ▼11.1% | ▼6.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £138k | £890k | £2.6m | £1.8m |
| Net assets | £6.6m | £7.5m | £7.2m | £7.6m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8m | £8.4m | £7.4m | £8.6m |
| Current assets | £3.1m | £4.6m | £5.1m | £4.9m |
| Debtors | £1.7m | £1.4m | £1.3m | £1.4m |
| Cash from operations | — | — | −£2.9m | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 8.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 59.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £709k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £58.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 80.5%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.6%
- 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
- ▲5%
- Now £7.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼32%
- Now £1.8m
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 15
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▲15%
- Now £8.6m
Group structure
Ownership chain
- As-Holding Ag (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Dryden Aqua Ltd.this 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 £874k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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