HYDROKEM AEROSOLS LIMITED
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Cash
£268k
-48.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.1m
+8.3% vs 2024
Employees
130
+7.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.3m
-4.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary 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 | £22,009,607 | £24,235,897 | £24,287,278 | +0.2% | |
| Operating profit | £1,645,265 | £2,451,091 | £2,338,941 | -4.6% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,451,091 | £2,338,941 | -4.6% | |
| Net profit | £1,604,081 | £1,537,745 | £1,593,597 | +3.6% | |
| Cash | £498,923 | £523,417 | £267,558 | -48.9% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,028,441 | £5,067,200 | £5,486,634 | +8.3% | |
| Net assets | £5,704,828 | £4,742,573 | £5,136,170 | +8.3% | |
| Equity | £5,704,828 | £4,742,573 | £5,136,170 | +8.3% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 121 | 130 | +7.4% | |
| Wages | £3,199,303 | £3,706,502 | £3,996,081 | +7.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £132,689 | £135,540 | £130,694 | -3.6% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £46,358 | £67,943 | £17,977 | -73.5% |
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 | 7.5% | 10.1% | 9.6% | |
| Net margin | 7.3% | 6.3% | 6.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 27.3% | 48.4% | 42.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 35.9% | 48.3% | 39.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 1.39x | 1.86x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- HYDROKEM AEROSOLS LIMITED 1989-04-25 → present
- HYDROKEM LIMITED 1988-05-18 → 1989-04-25
- HOYLAKE PACKAGING LIMITED 1979-09-12 → 1988-05-18
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- MHA
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDE, Joanne | Secretary | 2024-12-01 | — | — |
| FARBROTHER, Sean Lea | Director | 2018-02-05 | Sep 1967 | British |
| O'MAHONEY, Richard | Director | 2025-04-30 | Jul 1975 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRYDEN, Suzanne | Secretary | 2018-02-05 | 2024-11-30 |
| HANLON, Christine | Secretary | 1998-09-11 | 2018-02-05 |
| PREBBLE, Winifred Grace | Secretary | — | 1998-09-10 |
| BYTHEWAY, David Graeme | Director | 2018-02-05 | 2025-04-30 |
| EAST, Vincent Frederic John | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2018-02-05 |
| JOHANSEN, David | Director | 2005-06-23 | 2014-09-30 |
| SQUIRE, Christine Rosemary | Director | — | 2005-06-23 |
| SQUIRE, Michael George | Director | — | 2005-06-23 |
| THOMPSON, Francis Thomas | Director | — | 2005-06-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clinimed (Holdings) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% (as firm), Appoints directors, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-30 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-04-02 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2024-04-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2024-04-02 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-10-11 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.