HOWDEN GROUP MARKETS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.8m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£11m
Equity attributable
Employees
52
Average over period
Profit before tax
£14m
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,823,000 | £26,965,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £952,000 | £14,184,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £995,000 | £14,402,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £714,000 | £10,684,000 | — | |
| Cash | £3,801,000 | £4,848,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £722,000 | £11,440,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £714,000 | £11,432,000 | — | |
| Equity | £714,000 | £11,432,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 48 | 52 | — | |
| Wages | £5,905,000 | £6,216,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,291,000 | £1,896,000 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £11,000 | £27,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £688,522 | £891,201 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 15 months versus 12 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 52.6% | |
| Net margin | 6.6% | 39.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 131.9% | 124.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.2% | 42.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.07x | 2.34x |
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 aforementioned, and after making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period to 31 July 2027. Accordingly, the Company has adopted the going concern basis in preparing the Annual Report and financial statements.”
Significant events
- “During the period, the Company changed its reporting date from 30 September to 31 December, therefore these financial statements present a 15 month period to 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SNOOKS, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2023-08-18 | — | — |
| PITCHERS, Matthew David | Director | 2025-02-27 | Jan 1984 | British |
| POLLARD, Toby | Director | 2023-08-18 | Dec 1964 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GREENUP, Alison | Director | 2024-01-30 | 2025-02-27 |
| MCGEE, Andrew | Director | 2023-08-18 | 2025-12-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hgh Midco 3 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-08-18 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 15 of 15 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-07-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-10 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-03-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-08-18 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.