HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED

• ⚠

  Material uncertainty over going concern

  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.

• ◆

  2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months

  Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

• Turnover

  -61.5%

  £2,541,143 → £979,563

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  +213.4%

  £990,126 → £3,103,284

  highest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  -77.8%

  27 → 6

  lowest in 3 filed years

• Operating profit

  +2,707.8%

  £73,509 → £2,064,002

  highest in 3 filed years

• Profit before tax

  +2,484.9%

  £79,927 → £2,066,016

  highest in 3 filed years

• Wages

  -78.8%

  £1,363,125 → £289,402

  lowest in 3 filed years

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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.

1. HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED 2002-03-19 → present
2. H.E. HOWE & CO. LIMITED 1990-03-29 → 2002-03-19
3. AUSTIN,SMITH & CO (LONDON) LIMITED 1984-10-12 → 1990-03-29

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Brebners

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“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

1. HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED · parent
   1. Maxted Morrison Limited 100% · Kent
   2. Robson Cave & Associates Limited 100% · Kent
   3. Howe Maxted (GI) Limited 0% · Kent

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.