BURWATER HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£1.7m
+77.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.9m
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
45
+2.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£470k
-3.7% 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 | £33,873,521 | £41,862,444 | £47,544,834 | +13.6% | |
| Operating profit | £290,762 | £560,433 | £540,154 | -3.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £195,793 | £488,473 | £470,477 | -3.7% | |
| Net profit | £74,213 | £341,013 | £320,035 | -6.2% | |
| Cash | £881,258 | £949,426 | £1,683,339 | +77.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,824,840 | £7,887,830 | £7,920,783 | +0.4% | |
| Net assets | £6,608,897 | £6,779,910 | £6,934,945 | +2.3% | |
| Equity | £6,608,897 | £6,779,910 | £6,934,945 | +2.3% | |
| Average employees | 43 | 44 | 45 | +2.3% | |
| Wages | £1,338,846 | £1,742,065 | £1,884,626 | +8.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £101,872 | £113,000 | £113,000 | 0% |
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 | 0.9% | 1.3% | 1.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | 0.8% | 0.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.7% | 7.1% | 6.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 71.0% | 66.1% | |
| Current ratio | 1.34x | 1.28x | 1.36x | |
| Interest cover | 2.89x | 6.75x | 7.75x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- BURWATER HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- HWM Limited 80%
- HWM Sports Cars Limited 100%
- HWM Works Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAYFIELD, Neil | Secretary | 2020-10-01 | — | — |
| HARTING, Neil Andrew | Director | 1996-11-01 | Sep 1961 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARTING, Ann Rita | Secretary | — | 2012-03-14 |
| HARTING, Neil Andrew | Secretary | 2012-03-14 | 2020-10-01 |
| HARTING, Ann Rita | Director | — | 2012-03-14 |
| HARTING, Michael Peter | Director | — | 2021-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neil Andrew Harting | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2021-03-31 | Active |
| Mr Michael Peter Harting | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 138 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-09-24 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-24 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-03-10 MA Memorandum articles
- 2022-03-10 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-31 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-24 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-24 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-14 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-03-10 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2022-03-10 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2022-03-10 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2022-03-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-11-08 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2021-11-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.