HOWDEN M&A LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£14M
+20.3% vs 2023
Employees
92
-2.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
-65.1% vs 2023
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
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £14,817,597 | £15,246,603 | |
| Operating profit | £6,516,837 | £2,275,868 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,516,837 | £2,275,868 | |
| Net profit | £5,168,265 | £807,267 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,378,130 | £13,682,410 | |
| Net assets | £11,378,130 | £13,682,410 | |
| Equity | £11,378,130 | £13,682,410 | |
| Average employees | 94 | 92 | |
| Wages | £10,154,801 | £15,326,934 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,335,866 | £1,233,346 |
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+2.9%
£14,817,597 £15,246,603
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+20.3%
£11,378,130 £13,682,410
-
Employees
-2.1%
94 92
-
Operating profit
-65.1%
£6,516,837 £2,275,868
-
Profit before tax
-65.1%
£6,516,837 £2,275,868
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Wages
+50.9%
£10,154,801 £15,326,934
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 44.0% | 14.9% | |
| Net margin | 34.9% | 5.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 57.3% | 16.6% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 1.40x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered the above, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 January 2026. Accordingly, the Company continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 16 October 2024, RKH Group Limited, a company incorporated in the United Kingdom and registered in England and Wales, became the Company's immediate parent company after acquiring 100% of the Company's share capital from HowdenCAP Holdings Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANNING, Graeme Robert | Secretary | 2025-05-14 | — | — |
| HALL, Andrew Simon Wilson | Director | 2020-10-01 | Jun 1979 | British |
| HARWOOD, Paul Richard | Director | 2020-05-07 | May 1976 | British |
| WARDROPE, Drew | Director | 2019-10-24 | Aug 1981 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2017-03-27 | 2022-09-15 |
| SNOOKS, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2022-09-15 | 2025-05-14 |
| BASTOW, Andrew Timothy | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-10-01 |
| BLOOMER, William David | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2017-03-27 |
| BRAGOLI, Andrea | Director | 2018-10-30 | 2020-10-01 |
| CAMERON, Angus Kenneth | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2020-05-07 |
| EVANS, Christopher Peter Richard | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2022-09-05 |
| FRENCH, Richard Maurice | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2017-11-27 |
| JANEWAY, Charles Hall | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2018-10-01 |
| LANGDALE, Charles Yalden | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2024-07-03 |
| O'BRIEN, Joseph Maurice | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2022-09-16 |
| O'CONNOR, Mary | Director | 2022-11-16 | 2023-09-29 |
| RUGGE-PRICE, Barnaby Douglas | Director | 2017-03-27 | 2018-10-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rkh Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2024-10-16 | Active |
| Howdencap Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-03-03 | Ceased 2024-10-16 |
| Rkh Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2018-10-01 | Ceased 2023-03-03 |
| Hyperion & Partners Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2017-03-23 | Ceased 2018-10-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 82 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-15 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-05-22 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-03-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-25 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-18 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-09-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-05-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-03-08 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-03-08 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.