HOWORTH AIR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-16 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-11-02
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+60.6% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
-3.1% vs 2023
Employees
133
+0.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£81K
-107.8% vs 2023
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
5-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | £23,572,789 | £23,541,582 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £1,222,815 | £58,655 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | £1,033,576 | -£80,674 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | £760,486 | -£97,990 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £1,599,975 | £2,570,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £3,472,135 | £3,531,961 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £3,285,392 | £3,183,179 | |
| Equity | -£700,367 | £1,106,799 | £527,863 | £3,285,392 | £3,183,179 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 132 | 133 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £6,685,420 | £7,147,768 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | £325,222 | £331,189 |
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
-
Turnover
-0.1%
£23,572,789 £23,541,582
-
Cash
+60.6%
£1,599,975 £2,570,000
-
Net assets
-3.1%
£3,285,392 £3,183,179
-
Employees
+0.8%
132 133
-
Operating profit
-95.2%
£1,222,815 £58,655
-
Profit before tax
-107.8%
£1,033,576 -£80,674
-
Wages
+6.9%
£6,685,420 £7,147,768
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 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | 5.2% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | 3.2% | -0.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | 35.2% | 1.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | 75.3% | 74.7% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | 1.23x | 1.18x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | 6.37x | 0.40x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- HOWORTH AIR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED 2010-01-04 → present
- DISTANT LIGHTS LIMITED 2009-11-24 → 2010-01-04
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- DJH Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries the directors believe they have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The directors therefore continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing Group's financial statements.”
Group structure
- HOWORTH AIR TECHNOLOGY LIMITED · parent
- Howorth Air Technology Inc 100%
Significant events
- “2024 also saw the business make a significant investment in relocating to a modern facility, incurring £120,000 of relocation costs. We also had a further £320,000 of one-off costs in the year impacting on our overall EBITDA figure, adjusting for these costs would show our EBITDA at £825,670.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AINSLIE, Charles Adam | Director | 2014-09-22 | Dec 1974 | British |
| PARKER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2012-01-18 | Aug 1961 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BERG LEGAL SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2009-12-02 | 2010-02-24 |
| FISHER, David | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2013-02-28 |
| FORD, Thomas John | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2023-12-01 |
| JACKSON, David Joseph | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2013-05-10 |
| LIPTROT, James | Director | 2011-12-30 | 2024-12-31 |
| MELLOR, Michael Ian | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2016-12-31 |
| PARKER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2010-01-21 |
| PARKER, Andrew Charles | Director | 2009-12-02 | 2010-01-21 |
| PARKIN, Adrian | Director | 2010-01-21 | 2014-09-24 |
| ROUND, Jonathon Charles | Director | 2009-11-24 | 2009-12-02 |
| TOWNSEND, David Henry, Mr. | Director | 2013-03-04 | 2014-07-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dr Andrew Charles Parker | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 80 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-04-09 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-11-18 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-05-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-11-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-11-16 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2020-11-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-04-29 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2019-11-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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.