HOWAT GROUP PLC

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

• Turnover

  -33.4%

  £24,524,337 → £16,325,241

• Cash

  -1.8%

  £2,305,996 → £2,264,494

• Net assets

  +0.6%

  £14,316,870 → £14,402,733

  highest in 4 filed years

• Employees

  -3.8%

  52 → 50

• Operating profit

  -91.7%

  £2,300,749 → £189,989

• Profit before tax

  -94.7%

  £2,170,157 → £114,366

  lowest in 4 filed years

• Wages

  +0.8%

  £1,791,050 → £1,805,774

  highest in 4 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

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.

1. HOWAT GROUP PLC 2018-12-20 → present
2. ESS ANCON PLC 2018-12-19 → 2018-12-20
3. ESS ANCON LIMITED 2017-08-29 → 2018-12-19
4. ANCON ESS LIMITED 2017-08-08 → 2017-08-29

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Azets Audit Services

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. HOWAT GROUP PLC · parent
   1. Ancon Special Alloy Steels Limited 100% · 2 Cortonwood Drive, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire, S73 0UF
   2. Engineering Special Steels Limited 100% · 2 Cortonwood Drive, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire, S73 0UF
   3. ESS Steels Group Limited 100% · 2 Cortonwood Drive, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire, S73 0UF
   4. Barpoint Limited 100% · 2 Cortonwood Drive, Dearne Valley, South Yorkshire, S73 0UF

Significant events

• “During the year, the Company experienced a more challenging trading environment compared with the prior period. Turnover for the year decreased to £16,325,241 (2024: £24,524,337), reflecting lower overall activity levels across the sector and a period of market adjustment following the exceptionally strong trading conditions experienced in the previous year. Despite these pressures, the Company remained profitable, reporting a profit before taxation of £114,366 (2024: £2,170,157). Margins were impacted by softer demand, ongoing volatility in steel pricing, and cost pressures across logistics, energy, and labour.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

6

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

2

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.