HOWARD CIVIL ENGINEERING LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2m
+39.6% vs 2024
Net assets
£3.9m
+19.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
59
+5.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£949k
+57.8% 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 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £47,588,554 | £30,454,354 | £30,762,308 | +1% | |
| Operating profit | £903,537 | £642,140 | £1,048,505 | +63.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £849,348 | £601,058 | £948,603 | +57.8% | |
| Net profit | £975,488 | £452,112 | £889,393 | +96.7% | |
| Cash | £3,620,841 | £1,578,291 | £2,203,528 | +39.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,003,155 | £3,777,110 | £4,334,938 | +14.8% | |
| Net assets | £2,920,316 | £3,282,316 | £3,920,206 | +19.4% | |
| Equity | £2,920,316 | £3,282,316 | £3,920,206 | +19.4% | |
| Average employees | 52 | 56 | 59 | +5.4% | |
| Wages | £2,525,286 | £2,223,009 | £2,477,434 | +11.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
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 | 2023-07-31 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.9% | 2.1% | 3.4% | |
| Net margin | 2.0% | 1.5% | 2.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.1% | 17.0% | 24.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 76.0% | 71.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.21x | 1.55x | 1.84x | |
| Interest cover | 12.58x | 12.23x | 9.54x |
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
- Auditor
- Brown Butler
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As the company has adequate financial resources together with contracts and agreements with a number of major customers and suppliers, the directors believe that the company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully. They have no reason to believe that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt about the company's ability to continue as a going concern. They have, therefore, continued to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “The length of the reporting period has been extended by one month for commercial reasons, making comparative amounts not entirely comparable.”
- “The company underwent a period of transition and retrenchment, restructuring its commercial function and exiting most housing-related work.”
- “Delayed starts to several secured projects deferred circa £10m - £12m of work into the next financial year.”
- “A new commercial department was successfully implemented, leading to positive results on recent work and a healthy forecast turnover of £45m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Gerard | Secretary | 2003-02-10 | — | British |
| HOWARD, Gerard Declan | Director | 2005-03-01 | Mar 1977 | Irish |
| HOWARD, Michael Thomas | Director | 2003-02-10 | Jan 1975 | British |
| HOWARD, Peter | Director | 2017-01-01 | Nov 1987 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| YORK PLACE COMPANY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-02-04 | 2003-02-10 |
| CARTWRIGHT, John Stephen | Director | 2017-01-01 | 2023-12-31 |
| YORK PLACE COMPANY NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-02-04 | 2003-02-10 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Michael Thomas Howard | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 86 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous extended | |
| 2025-07-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-11 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-30 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.