HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£3.1M
+213.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
6
-77.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£2.1M
+2,484.9% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Accounts not prepared on a going-concern basis
The company ceased to trade and transferred its undertakings on 28 June 2024. The director has decided that the company will go into voluntary liquidation in due course.
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Going-concern uncertainty disclosed
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,484,303 | £2,541,143 | £979,563 | -61.5% | |
| Operating profit | £69,228 | £73,509 | £2,064,002 | +2,707.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £69,296 | £79,927 | £2,066,016 | +2,484.9% | |
| Net profit | £53,196 | £58,960 | £2,053,218 | +3,382.4% | |
| Cash | £1,456,471 | £1,504,314 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £990,126 | £3,103,284 | +213.4% | |
| Net assets | £888,951 | £990,126 | £3,103,284 | +213.4% | |
| Equity | — | £990,126 | £3,103,284 | +213.4% | |
| Average employees | 26 | 27 | 6 | -77.8% | |
| Wages | £1,368,653 | £1,363,125 | £289,402 | -78.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £455,613 | £376,848 | £73,712 | -80.4% |
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 | 2022-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.8% | 2.9% | — | |
| Net margin | 2.1% | 2.3% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 7.4% | 66.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 43.2% | 0.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.24x | — |
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. Margin ratios are hidden where reported turnover is too small relative to profit to yield a meaningful figure — typical of holding companies whose income is mostly subsidiary dividends rather than trading revenue. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED 2002-03-19 → present
- H.E. HOWE & CO. LIMITED 1990-03-29 → 2002-03-19
- AUSTIN,SMITH & CO (LONDON) LIMITED 1984-10-12 → 1990-03-29
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Brebners
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Not a going concern (break-up basis)
“The company ceased to trade and transferred its undertakings on 28 June 2024. The director has decided that the company will go into voluntary liquidation in due course.”
Group structure
- HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED · parent
- Maxted Morrison Limited 100%
- Robson Cave & Associates Limited 100%
- Howe Maxted (GI) Limited 0%
Significant events
- “The company only traded for three months from 1 April 2024 to 28 June 2024 and ceased to generate new business from this date.”
- “On 28 June 2024 the general business of the company was hived down into a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking, HMG (GI) Limited which was then sold to J M Glendenning Limited.”
- “The other specific business of the company was acquired by Wren Sterling Financial Planning Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, David William | Director | 2024-06-28 | Nov 1978 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| AUSTIN, John | Secretary | 2006-04-01 | 2024-06-28 |
| ROBSON, Stuart Frederick | Secretary | 1999-04-21 | 2006-04-01 |
| SMITH, Graham Clive | Secretary | — | 1999-04-21 |
| AUSTIN, John | Director | — | 2024-06-28 |
| BAKER, David Frank | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2024-06-28 |
| MAXTED, Arthur Stanley | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2001-10-31 |
| MAXTED, John Francis | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2024-06-28 |
| MORRISON, Noel Mcarthur | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2001-10-31 |
| ROBSON, Stuart Frederick | Director | 1996-01-31 | 2006-04-01 |
| SMITH, Graham Clive | Director | — | 2024-06-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wren Sterling Financial Planning Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-06-28 | Active |
| Mr John Austin | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-28 |
| Mr Graham Clive Smith | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-06-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 134 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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.