HOWARD BUTLER LIMITED
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Cash
£724k
+99.6% vs 2025
Net assets
£8.1m
+23.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
165
+19.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2m
+46.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,892,741 | £11,319,572 | £13,010,190 | +14.9% | |
| Operating profit | £1,060,518 | £1,341,900 | £1,950,384 | +45.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,062,887 | £1,347,175 | £1,974,652 | +46.6% | |
| Net profit | £728,571 | £1,076,457 | £1,536,039 | +42.7% | |
| Cash | £863,284 | £362,979 | £724,437 | +99.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £5,523,541 | £6,577,998 | £8,121,037 | +23.5% | |
| Net assets | £5,451,541 | £6,527,998 | £8,064,037 | +23.5% | |
| Equity | £5,451,541 | £6,527,998 | £8,064,037 | +23.5% | |
| Average employees | 138 | 138 | 165 | +19.6% | |
| Wages | £3,227,436 | £3,729,865 | £4,318,032 | +15.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £193,194 | £191,804 | £199,644 | +4.1% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £35,000 | £33,118 | £60,000 | +81.2% |
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 10.7% | 11.9% | 15.0% | |
| Net margin | 7.4% | 9.5% | 11.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 19.2% | 20.4% | 24.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 32.0% | 28.0% | 29.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.67x | 3.12x | 3.05x |
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
- Edwards
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HOWARD BUTLER LIMITED · parent
- John Wilkes Electrical Limited 100%
- Unicores Limited 100%
- Multitek Power Ltd 100%
- Q.A. Electrical Products Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Two significant problem areas still to be resolved, being the Ukraine conflict and the Straits of Hormuz, which affect confidence, energy costs and shipping/transport.”
- “Research and development activities are undertaken with the prospect of gaining new technical knowledge and understanding, and are expected to continue at a similar level.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Angela Catherine | Secretary | 1996-10-16 | — | British |
| COLLINS, Michael | Director | — | Aug 1941 | British |
| COLLINS, Paul Michael | Director | 2004-07-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| TAYLOR, Henry John Corbett | Director | 1993-08-18 | Apr 1949 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLLINS, Michael | Secretary | — | 1996-10-16 |
| HUGHES, Derek John | Director | — | 1997-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hobut Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 114 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-06 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type small | |
| 2021-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-01-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-12-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2020-07-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2020-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-07-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2019-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-11-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2019-10-30 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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.