HOWDEN M&A LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£6.3m
lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
119
highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£3m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,817,597 | £15,247,000 | £39,179,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £6,516,837 | £2,276,000 | -£3,020,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £6,516,837 | £2,276,000 | -£3,020,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £5,168,265 | £807,000 | -£4,976,000 | — | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,378,130 | £13,682,000 | £6,253,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £11,378,130 | £13,682,000 | £6,253,000 | — | |
| Equity | £11,378,130 | £13,682,000 | £6,253,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 94 | 92 | 119 | — | |
| Wages | £10,154,801 | £15,327,000 | £31,770,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,335,866 | £1,233,000 | £1,573,000 | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 44.0% | 14.9% | -7.7% | |
| Net margin | 34.9% | 5.3% | -12.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 57.3% | 16.6% | -48.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.40x | 1.19x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 May 2027. Accordingly, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANNING, Graeme Robert | Secretary | 2025-05-14 | — | — |
| HALL, Andrew Simon Wilson | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| HARWOOD, Paul Richard | Director | 2020-05-07 | May 1976 | British |
| WARDROPE, Drew | Director | 2019-10-24 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2017-03-27 | 2022-09-15 |
| SNOOKS, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2022-09-15 | 2025-05-14 |
| BASTOW, Andrew Timothy | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| BLOOMER, William David | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2017-03-27 |
| BRAGOLI, Andrea | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2020-10-01 |
| CAMERON, Angus Kenneth | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-05-07 |
| EVANS, Christopher Peter Richard | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2022-09-05 |
| FRENCH, Richard Maurice | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2017-11-27 |
| JANEWAY, Charles Hall | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2018-10-01 |
| LANGDALE, Charles Yalden | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2024-07-03 |
| O'BRIEN, Joseph Maurice | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2022-09-16 |
| O'CONNOR, Mary | Director | 2022-11-16 | 2023-09-29 |
| RUGGE-PRICE, Barnaby Douglas | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2018-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rkh Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-16 | Active |
| Howdencap Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-03 | Ceased 2024-10-16 |
| Rkh Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-01 | Ceased 2023-03-03 |
| Hyperion & Partners Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-23 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 83 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | 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
- 4
- 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.