HIDEN INSTRUMENTS LIMITED
Company number 07807536 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hiden Instruments Limited is in excellent financial health, characterised by strong and growing net assets of £20.7M, healthy cash reserves of £4.66M, low leverage, and sufficient profitability to fund £2.4M in dividends while continuing to build equity. The primary area requiring attention is gross margin compression (down 300 basis points to 49.3% due to material cost pressures), which should be addressed through pricing and supply chain strategies to prevent further erosion. Overall, the company is financially robust with a positive outlook, provided it can reignite top-line growth and defend its historically strong margins.
Shareholders' funds
£20,661,577
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-10-12
- Employees
- 3 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 420 Europa Boulevard, Gemini Business Park, Warrington, WA5 7UN
- Postcode
- WA5 7UN
- Capital
- 7,497 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-07
- Next due by
- 2027-10-21
Nature of business (SIC)
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 2 resigned
Contact details
- Website
- hiden.co.uk
Hiden Analytical specialises in the design, development, and manufacture of gas analysis tools, including mass spectroscopy instruments.
Among its peers
Top 5%
by shareholders' funds, of 27 similar companies in WA
Trading since 2011.
Competitors Warrington
This company ranks 1 among manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified in Warrington.
The class of 2011
31%
of the 223 companies in this sector incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 65% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.