HAMWORTHY INTERNATIONAL LTD
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£618k
+123.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
108
+3.8% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5.7m
+230.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,952,000 | £44,967,000 | £38,548,000 | -14.3% | |
| Operating profit | £3,343,000 | -£4,363,000 | £5,329,000 | +222.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,207,000 | -£4,405,000 | £5,738,000 | +230.3% | |
| Net profit | £2,371,000 | -£3,186,000 | £3,215,000 | +200.9% | |
| Cash | £30,000 | £25,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,206,000 | £7,944,000 | £10,070,000 | +26.8% | |
| Net assets | £589,000 | -£2,597,000 | £618,000 | +123.8% | |
| Equity | £589,000 | -£2,597,000 | £618,000 | +123.8% | |
| Average employees | 95 | 104 | 108 | +3.8% | |
| Wages | £5,010,000 | £5,598,000 | £6,537,000 | +16.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £141,000 | £167,000 | £264,000 | +58.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £10,000 | £10,000 | £20,000 | +100% | |
| Highest paid director | — | £151,000 | £133,000 | -11.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.0% | -9.7% | 13.8% | |
| Net margin | 4.9% | -7.1% | 8.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 104.3% | -54.9% | 52.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 98.0% | 107.5% | 97.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.06x | 1.25x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | 9.26x | -7.92x | 18.76x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2026-05-12
- HAMWORTHY INTERNATIONAL LTD 2026-05-12 → present
- WARTSILA WATER SYSTEMS LIMITED 2012-04-19 → 2026-05-12
- HAMWORTHY WATER SYSTEMS LIMITED 2006-09-14 → 2012-04-19
- HAMWORTHY WASTEWATER SYSTEMS LIMITED 2004-08-02 → 2006-09-14
- HAMWORTHY KSE LIMITED 1999-02-09 → 2004-08-02
- HAMWORTHY PUMPS & COMPRESSORS LIMITED 1962-01-18 → 1999-02-09
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider the Company's outlook to be positive and are satisfied that the Company will be able to meet its financial obligations as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “As part of a divestment led by the Company's ultimate parent undertaking, Wärtsilä Corporation, the Company was acquired by Solix Investment AB, a company incorporated in Sweden.”
- “Following completion of the sale and purchase agreement after the reporting date, certain assets and liabilities recognised by the Company as at 31 December 2025 were derecognised.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DING, Christina | Secretary | 2023-10-06 | — | — |
| BERTRAM, Bernd | Director | 2025-04-01 | Aug 1973 | Danish |
| SCOTT, Fraser | Director | 2020-09-14 | Oct 1968 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ALDEN, Gill | Secretary | 2022-07-01 | 2023-10-06 |
| COLEMAN, Gary Paul | Secretary | 2018-02-08 | 2018-02-26 |
| CROMPTON, Paul | Secretary | 1995-03-31 | 2006-04-01 |
| DAWES, Peter Graham | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2018-02-08 |
| RICHARDSON, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1995-03-31 |
| BENTLEY, Allan | Director | 2002-04-01 | 2008-04-04 |
| BURKE, Rex | Director | — | 1995-07-25 |
| CAHILL, John Antony | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| CROMPTON, Paul | Director | 1995-03-31 | 2012-04-18 |
| DE GRUIJTER, Tamara | Director | 2020-09-14 | 2025-04-01 |
| DERRICK, Kelvyn Garth | Director | 1995-03-31 | 2007-08-31 |
| DICKINSON, Andrew David | Director | 2018-02-20 | 2018-11-30 |
| HARFIELD, Walter Maurice | Director | — | 1994-06-30 |
| HELLUM, Geir | Director | 2018-02-20 | 2019-01-11 |
| HENSHAW, John | Director | 2019-08-12 | 2020-09-14 |
| KOPONEN, Timo | Director | 2012-04-18 | 2019-07-05 |
| KYTOLA, Juha Kaarlo | Director | 2012-06-15 | 2018-02-20 |
| LEHTINEN, Arto | Director | 2019-01-12 | 2022-08-31 |
| OATLEY, Jonathan Mark | Director | 2007-09-03 | 2012-06-15 |
| POWELL, John | Director | — | 1993-12-31 |
| RASMUSSEN, Erik | Director | 2019-01-12 | 2019-10-18 |
| RICHARDSON, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1995-03-31 |
| STEPHENSON, Catherine Nancy May | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2025-03-14 |
| THOMAS, Joseph, Dr | Director | 2008-04-04 | 2018-02-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wartsila Corporation | Corporate entity | Significant influence | 2020-11-24 | Active |
| Wartsila Hamworthy Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2020-11-24 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-12 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2026-09-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-09-02 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2026-08-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-06-09 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-05 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-06-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-05-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2026-05-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-07 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 12
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.