HARRIS FOWLER LIMITED
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Cash
£2.2M
-10.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£13M
+12.3% vs 2023
Employees
131
-7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2.7M
+10% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £11,549,771 | £12,879,125 | +11.5% | |
| Operating profit | £2,645,532 | £2,934,087 | +10.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,479,259 | £2,727,700 | +10% | |
| Net profit | £1,771,918 | £1,901,058 | +7.3% | |
| Cash | £2,419,525 | £2,164,475 | -10.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £14,360,115 | £15,270,989 | +6.3% | |
| Net assets | £11,894,588 | £13,361,646 | +12.3% | |
| Equity | £11,894,588 | £13,361,646 | +12.3% | |
| Average employees | 141 | 131 | -7.1% | |
| Wages | £4,654,935 | £4,746,403 | +2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £398,287 | £418,421 | +5.1% |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 22.9% | 22.8% | |
| Net margin | 15.3% | 14.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 18.4% | 19.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.53x | 1.63x | |
| Interest cover | 7.93x | 7.33x |
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
- Old Mill Audit Limited
- 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.”
Group structure
- HARRIS FOWLER LIMITED · parent
- Harris Fowler Holdings Ltd 100%
- Harris Fowler Asset Managment Limited 100%
- Harris Fowler Investments Limited 100%
- Harris Fowler Thailand Limited 99%
- Harris Fowler Broadaok Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year end, Harris Fowler Broadoak Limited purchased an investment property to the amount of £1.9 million plus related legal and stamp duty costs.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BAKER, Louise Elisabeth | Director | 2022-02-01 | May 1966 | British |
| BEATTIE, Gemma Susan | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jan 1981 | British |
| FOWLER, Grant Thomas | Director | 2011-02-21 | Jan 1966 | British |
| HOLCOMBE, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2017-05-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| WILLIAMS, Neil Russell | Director | 2011-02-21 | Mar 1965 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MARRITT, Andrea | Secretary | 2009-08-04 | 2011-02-21 |
| BAKER, Stephen George | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2013-08-28 |
| DODD, Helen Jane | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2011-02-21 |
| FLETCHER, Louise Elisabeth | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2011-02-21 |
| GRACE, John Lionel | Director | 2011-02-21 | 2012-07-25 |
| JENKINS, Timothy Peter Edward | Director | 2017-05-01 | 2025-07-25 |
| JOHNSTONE, Catherine Anne | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2011-02-21 |
| MARRITT, Andrea | Director | 2009-08-04 | 2011-02-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Neil Russell Williams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2021-03-31 |
| Mr Grant Thomas Fowler | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 64 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-10-21 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-09-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-10-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-10-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2021-10-11 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2021-10-08 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2021-09-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.