HOWARTH WINTERBROOK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-29 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-15
Watchouts
Cash
£346K
+9.2% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+32.5% highest in 6 filed years
Employees
24
+33.3% highest in 5 filed years
Profit before tax
£2M
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
10-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
10-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-02-01 | 2020-01-31 | 2020-02-01 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2022-02-01 | 2023-01-31 | 2023-02-01 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | — | £26,640,929 | — | £38,388,389 | £42,511,608 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,639,742 | — | £2,444,760 | £2,578,881 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,619,346 | — | £2,389,148 | £2,426,559 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | — | — | £1,310,816 | — | £1,806,563 | £1,778,785 | |
| Cash | — | £216,318 | — | £587,849 | £352,998 | £352,998 | £602,458 | £602,458 | £317,326 | £346,430 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £1,250,401 | — | £1,892,203 | £2,062,119 | — | £3,210,398 | — | £4,691,213 | £6,253,104 | |
| Net assets | — | £1,231,993 | — | £1,638,583 | £1,800,595 | — | £2,975,911 | — | £4,520,156 | £5,988,149 | |
| Equity | — | £1,231,993 | — | £1,638,583 | £1,800,595 | £1,800,595 | £2,975,911 | £2,975,911 | £4,520,156 | £5,988,149 | |
| Average employees | — | 8 | — | — | 11 | — | 12 | — | 18 | 24 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | — | — | £563,415 | — | £1,021,568 | £1,206,501 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | — | — | £12,362 | — | £52,500 | £12,564 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+10.7%
£38,388,389 £42,511,608
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+9.2%
£317,326 £346,430
-
Net assets
+32.5%
£4,520,156 £5,988,149
highest in 6 filed years
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Employees
+33.3%
18 24
highest in 5 filed years
-
Operating profit
+5.5%
£2,444,760 £2,578,881
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+1.6%
£2,389,148 £2,426,559
highest in 3 filed years
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Wages
+18.1%
£1,021,568 £1,206,501
highest 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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2019-02-01 | 2020-01-31 | 2020-02-01 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2022-02-01 | 2023-01-31 | 2023-02-01 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6.2% | — | 6.4% | 6.1% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4.9% | — | 4.7% | 4.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | — | — | 51.1% | — | 52.1% | 41.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1.76x | 2.08x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | — | — | 79.72x | — | 42.57x | 16.91x |
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
- HOWARTH WINTERBROOK LIMITED 2014-07-10 → present
- LEISTON MANUFACTURING LIMITED 2010-06-15 → 2014-07-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- FLB Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“During the year the company made a profit before tax of £2,426,559 and is in a net asset position. In considering the appropriateness of adopting the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements, the director has assessed the potential cash generation of the company for the foreseeable future (being twelve months from the date of approving these financial statements). The director therefore believes there is sufficient evidence to support the going concern assumption.”
Group structure
- HOWARTH WINTERBROOK LIMITED · parent
- Howarth Winterbrook (Sales) Limited 50%
- Winterbrook Ingredients Limited 50%
Significant events
- “Post balance sheet events, there is a non-adjusting event, the business was approached to sell shares in the business to another organisation and has entered exclusive discussions with the party for a period of 120 days.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 3 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| APOSTOL, Laura Elizabeth | Director | 2025-12-11 | Feb 1973 | American |
| RICHTER, Matthias | Director | 2025-12-11 | Sep 1983 | American |
| RILEY, Bradley Earle | Director | 2025-12-11 | Sep 1970 | American |
| WOODGATE, Oliver | Director | 2020-08-04 | Mar 1990 | British |
Show 3 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Philip Eric | Director | 2010-06-15 | 2022-07-31 |
| KAHAN, Barbara | Director | 2010-06-15 | 2010-06-15 |
| WOODGATE, Victor David | Director | 2016-08-02 | 2025-08-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Winterbrook Ingredients Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-07-31 | Active |
| Howarth Winterbrook (Sales) Limited | Corporate entity | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-firm | 2016-06-16 | Ceased 2025-06-03 |
| Mr Philip Eric Adams | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-06-16 | Ceased 2022-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-05-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2025-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-21 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-21 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-01-20 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-01-20 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-07-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-18 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2023-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 3
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.