TOM HOWLEY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-01-31 (in 8mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-03 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-03-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-65.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
-67.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
311
+6.5% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£478K
-108.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £48,063,000 | £47,512,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | £5,910,000 | -£477,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £4,109,000 | £5,910,000 | -£478,000 | |
| Net profit | £3,708,000 | £4,696,000 | -£1,251,000 | |
| Cash | £2,809,000 | £4,696,000 | £1,639,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,151,000 | £11,215,000 | £3,969,000 | |
| Net assets | £5,493,000 | £10,189,000 | £3,323,000 | |
| Equity | £5,493,000 | £10,189,000 | £3,323,000 | |
| Average employees | 301 | 292 | 311 | |
| Wages | £10,560,000 | £10,284,000 | £10,691,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £487,000 | £492,000 | £439,000 |
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 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
-
Turnover
-1.1%
£48,063,000 £47,512,000
-
Cash
-65.1%
£4,696,000 £1,639,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
-67.4%
£10,189,000 £3,323,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+6.5%
292 311
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
-108.1%
£5,910,000 -£477,000
-
Profit before tax
-108.1%
£5,910,000 -£478,000
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+4%
£10,284,000 £10,691,000
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 | 2023-04-30 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 12.3% | -1.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 9.8% | -2.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 52.7% | -12.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.26x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | — | 107.45x | -9.73x |
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
- TOM HOWLEY LIMITED 2011-01-11 → present
- COBCO 922 LIMITED 2011-01-05 → 2011-01-11
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Saffery LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future, being a period of not less than 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Operating Profit for the year was affected by a £5,955k impairment of an intercompany balance.”
- “An inter-group dividend of £5.6m was paid.”
- “Non-recurring items in FY25 are primarily attributable to restructuring costs (employee exit costs and property exit costs).”
- “The contingent liability at 30 April 2024 was £7,250k in relation to a joint bank guarantee, which was satisfied in full on 10 May 2024. A new joint bank guarantee was entered into on 10 May 2024 with a contingent liability of £19,300k at 30 April 2025.”
- “Director NJ Pailing resigned on 29 November 2024.”
- “Director S P Meyrick resigned on 10 March 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| AYLWARD, Gareth | Secretary | 2022-04-30 | — | — |
| AYLWARD, Gareth | Director | 2022-04-30 | Dec 1986 | Irish |
| CLAYTON, Mark | Director | 2021-01-01 | Aug 1974 | British |
| DAVIES, Mark | Director | 2026-01-14 | Jul 1979 | British |
| HOLMES, Kevin Peter | Director | 2026-01-14 | Oct 1977 | British |
| HOWLEY, Thomas | Director | 2011-01-10 | Nov 1967 | British |
| QUINLAN, Lisa Michelle | Director | 2014-06-25 | Mar 1969 | British |
| WEBSTER, Steven Michael | Director | 2021-01-01 | Mar 1964 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BENNETT, William Keith | Secretary | 2011-01-05 | 2022-04-30 |
| BENNETT, William Keith | Director | 2011-01-05 | 2022-04-30 |
| CLAYTON, Mark | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2014-06-25 |
| COWELL, Michael James | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2014-06-25 |
| FORRESTER, Jeffrey | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2022-02-13 |
| MEYRICK, Simon Patrick | Director | 2011-01-10 | 2025-03-10 |
| PAILING, Nigel John | Director | 2011-01-05 | 2024-11-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neville Johnson Holdings Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-06-30 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 70 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-05-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-05 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-05-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- 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.