W F HOWES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-23 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-10-09
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
+79.8% vs 2023
Net assets
£21M
+18.9% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
32
-5.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£5M
+57% highest in 4 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £12,869,378 | — | £13,493,402 | £16,730,090 | |
| Operating profit | £4,234,863 | — | £2,976,815 | £4,659,038 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,231,894 | £3,745,613 | £2,979,288 | £4,678,456 | |
| Net profit | £3,419,206 | £3,022,643 | £2,242,872 | £3,417,228 | |
| Cash | £988,413 | £5,201,644 | £864,221 | £1,553,797 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £12,822,178 | £15,840,531 | £18,071,874 | £21,486,643 | |
| Net assets | £12,786,604 | £15,809,247 | £18,052,119 | £21,469,347 | |
| Equity | £12,786,604 | £15,809,247 | £18,052,119 | £21,469,347 | |
| Average employees | 34 | 34 | 34 | 32 | |
| Wages | £1,280,537 | £2,084,220 | £1,710,685 | £1,736,675 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £228,968 | £254,586 | £285,766 | £294,781 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
+24%
£13,493,402 £16,730,090
highest in 3 filed years
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Cash
+79.8%
£864,221 £1,553,797
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Net assets
+18.9%
£18,052,119 £21,469,347
highest in 4 filed years
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Employees
-5.9%
34 32
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+56.5%
£2,976,815 £4,659,038
highest in 3 filed years
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Profit before tax
+57%
£2,979,288 £4,678,456
highest in 4 filed years
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Wages
+1.5%
£1,710,685 £1,736,675
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 32.9% | — | 22.1% | 27.8% | |
| Net margin | 26.6% | — | 16.6% | 20.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 33.0% | — | 16.5% | 21.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 5.86x | 5.66x | |
| Interest cover | 1426.36x | — | — | — |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- KLSA LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTON, Bharvi Manojkumar Ladha | Secretary | 2025-10-27 | — | — |
| BOOTON, Bharvi Manojkumar Ladha | Director | 2025-10-27 | Feb 1982 | British |
| STEVENS-HOARE, Miles Edward | Director | 2017-02-23 | Sep 1967 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAUER, Michael | Secretary | 2019-04-03 | 2024-11-27 |
| MOODY, Ronald | Secretary | 1998-11-05 | 2004-04-16 |
| PRASAD, Sanjay | Secretary | 2024-11-27 | 2025-10-27 |
| STRUBLE, Michael | Secretary | 2014-01-31 | 2015-07-31 |
| TRESS, Neil | Secretary | 2015-07-31 | 2019-04-02 |
| TRESS, Neil | Secretary | 2004-04-16 | 2014-01-31 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1998-11-05 | 1998-11-05 |
| BAGARIA, Anup | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-07-31 |
| BAUER, Michael | Director | 2019-04-03 | 2024-11-27 |
| BERSET, David | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2007-10-24 |
| CRECCA, Paul Joseph | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2011-11-17 |
| FREESE, Richard | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2016-02-11 |
| FREESE, SR, Richard Curtiss | Director | 2011-11-17 | 2014-01-31 |
| MACISAAC, Tom | Director | 2016-08-04 | 2024-01-31 |
| MOODY, Ronald | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2004-04-16 |
| PAULL, Michael Daniel | Director | 2024-08-14 | 2025-10-27 |
| PRASAD, Sanjay | Director | 2024-11-27 | 2025-10-27 |
| QUANDT, Peter | Director | 2004-04-16 | 2007-08-24 |
| SIBLEY, Shaun Ronald | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2017-02-28 |
| SIBLEY, Shaun Ronald | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2014-01-31 |
| STRUBLE, Michael | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-07-31 |
| TRENTMAN, Henry | Director | 1998-11-05 | 2000-08-18 |
| TRESS, Neil | Director | 2014-02-04 | 2019-04-02 |
| TRESS, Neil | Director | 2001-07-09 | 2014-01-31 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1998-11-05 | 1998-11-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Opus Pond Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2018-11-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 145 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-10-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-04-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-04 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.