SIMON HOWIE BUTCHERS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-05-14 (in 1y)
Last made up 2026-04-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£4M
-5.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£13M
+16.8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
134
+13.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£7M
+25.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
7-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
7-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £29,405,679 | £29,405,679 | £37,395,145 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | £5,261,434 | £5,261,434 | £6,695,789 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | £5,505,074 | £5,505,074 | £6,918,730 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | £4,116,610 | £4,116,610 | £5,047,057 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | — | £4,188,160 | £4,188,160 | £3,947,607 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £12,562,860 | £12,562,860 | £15,228,617 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £10,987,488 | £10,987,488 | £12,834,545 | |
| Equity | £7,386,800 | £8,134,043 | £7,524,193 | £9,470,878 | £10,987,488 | £10,987,488 | £12,834,545 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 118 | 118 | 134 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,644,518 | £3,644,518 | £4,724,780 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — | £329,644 | £329,644 | £437,345 |
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
-
Turnover
+27.2%
£29,405,679 £37,395,145
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
-5.7%
£4,188,160 £3,947,607
lowest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+16.8%
£10,987,488 £12,834,545
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+13.6%
118 134
highest in 3 filed years
-
Operating profit
+27.3%
£5,261,434 £6,695,789
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+25.7%
£5,505,074 £6,918,730
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+29.6%
£3,644,518 £4,724,780
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 | 2019-12-31 | 2020-12-31 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | 17.9% | 17.9% | 17.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | 14.0% | 14.0% | 13.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | 41.9% | 41.9% | 44.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | — | 2.76x | 3.12x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | 1305.89x | 1305.89x | 137.74x |
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
- Gillespie Inverarity & Co Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 6 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| LAMOND, Bruce Alexander | Secretary | 2016-10-01 | — | — |
| CONACHER, Gary | Director | 2005-05-06 | Aug 1964 | British |
| HOWIE, Simon Macpherson | Director | 2003-04-30 | Feb 1967 | British |
| HOWISON, Clair Gillian | Director | 2017-10-13 | Nov 1980 | British |
| LYNN, Steven | Director | 2016-02-15 | Aug 1982 | Scottish |
| MCCAFFERTY, Michael | Director | 2016-02-15 | Dec 1961 | Scottish |
| TREE, James Dunbar | Director | 2021-09-21 | Oct 1992 | Scottish |
| WERNSEN-TOWLER, Katherine Anne Wilson | Director | 2023-03-16 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 6 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COWPER, David Murray | Secretary | 2003-07-23 | 2016-10-01 |
| HOWIE, Karen Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 2003-04-30 | 2003-07-23 |
| OSWALDS OF EDINBURGH LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2003-04-30 | 2003-04-30 |
| OVENS, William Rutherford | Director | 2014-02-03 | 2014-10-21 |
| STAAL, Andrew David | Director | 2011-09-12 | 2012-03-06 |
| JORDANS (SCOTLAND) LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2003-04-30 | 2003-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Findony Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 87 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-01-22 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2024-05-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2020-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-08-19 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge whole release with charge number | |
| 2019-08-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-04-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- 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.