HOWMET FASTENING SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£25m
+15.5% vs 2024
Employees
134
-13% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£4.5m
+83.2% 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 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,391,000 | £36,120,000 | £35,255,000 | -2.4% | |
| Operating profit | £1,771,000 | £1,972,000 | £4,329,000 | +119.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,123,000 | £2,441,000 | £4,472,000 | +83.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,634,000 | £1,831,000 | £3,351,000 | +83% | |
| Cash | £11,568,000 | £3,325,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,774,000 | £22,153,000 | £25,225,000 | +13.9% | |
| Net assets | £32,565,000 | £21,688,000 | £25,039,000 | +15.5% | |
| Equity | £32,565,000 | £21,688,000 | £25,039,000 | +15.5% | |
| Average employees | 171 | 154 | 134 | -13% | |
| Wages | £7,159,000 | £6,801,000 | £6,618,000 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £268,000 | £339,000 | — | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,000 | £28,000 | — | — | |
| Highest paid director | £209,000 | £209,000 | — | — |
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 —. 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 | 4.5% | 5.5% | 12.3% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 5.1% | 9.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | 8.9% | 17.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.3% | 26.8% | 23.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.55x | 2.28x | 2.78x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- HOWMET FASTENING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2020-01-14 → present
- ARCONIC FASTENING SYSTEMS & RINGS LIMITED 2016-08-22 → 2020-01-14
- ALCOA FASTENING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2004-02-05 → 2016-08-22
- HUCK INTERNATIONAL LTD 1992-05-20 → 2004-02-05
- HUCK-UNITED KINGDOM, LIMITED 1983-11-07 → 1992-05-20
- HUCK (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED 1983-10-21 → 1983-11-07
- DIKAPPA (NUMBER 260) LIMITED 1983-07-01 → 1983-10-21
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPINNIEMI-AINGER, Petra | Secretary | 2016-05-09 | — | — |
| BUGARCIC, Monalito | Director | 2020-08-31 | Jun 1975 | Swiss |
| CRAVEN, Jonathan Quentin | Director | 2014-06-25 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew George Hamer | Director | 2023-06-15 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, James Howard | Secretary | 1992-03-19 | 1998-11-27 |
| GRIFFITHS, Alun Meirion | Secretary | 1998-11-27 | 2008-06-19 |
| STAINES, Roy Percival Charles | Secretary | — | 1992-03-19 |
| WATERSTON, William Joseph | Secretary | 2014-06-25 | 2016-05-09 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-07-17 | 2014-06-25 |
| ARNOLD, James Howard | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2022-09-21 |
| ARNOLD, James Howard | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2007-01-12 |
| CAMINO, Jose Ramon | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2014-03-01 |
| CARPENTER, John | Director | 1996-12-31 | 2000-06-30 |
| COLES, John Francis | Director | — | 2000-08-31 |
| CORBIN, Richard L | Director | 1994-07-29 | 2000-05-25 |
| DEMBLOWSKI, Denis Anthony | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2004-11-01 |
| FARGAS MAS, Lluis Maria | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| FAULKNER, George | Director | — | 1996-01-29 |
| FAULL, Ian Trevor | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| JONES, Dean Matthew | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2019-11-26 |
| LEVINE, Robert Sidney | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| LOKIER, Marcus Derek | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2014-06-25 |
| MCCARTHY, Joseph John | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| SMITH, George Ronald | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-06-09 |
| STAINES, Roy Percival Charles | Director | — | 1992-03-19 |
| TAYLOR, Roy | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| WELCH-BALLENTINE, Caroline Delia | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2010-07-15 |
| ZORICH, Bruce | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2001-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Aluminium Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 149 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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.