HOWARTH TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-09 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-07-26
Watchouts
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£21M
-17.6% vs 2024
Employees
612
+1.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2M
-283.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HOWARTH TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED 2003-10-02 → present
- HOWARTH TIMBER MERCHANTS LIMITED 1999-03-17 → 2003-10-02
- HOWARTH TIMBER (HUDDERSFIELD) LIMITED 1984-08-07 → 1999-03-17
- JAMES BATES,LIMITED 1924-11-24 → 1984-08-07
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £138,725,000 | £142,375,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,003,000 | -£1,159,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £946,000 | -£1,734,000 | |
| Net profit | £299,000 | -£1,671,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £36,427,000 | £30,438,000 | |
| Net assets | £25,883,000 | £21,318,000 | |
| Equity | £25,883,000 | £21,318,000 | |
| Average employees | 604 | 612 | |
| Wages | £20,040,000 | £21,662,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.7% | -0.8% | |
| Net margin | 0.2% | -1.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | -3.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 59.3% | 69.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.25x | 0.90x | |
| Interest cover | 17.60x | -2.06x |
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
- Armstrong Watson Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company and the Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the annual report and financial statements”
Group structure
- HOWARTH TIMBER & BUILDING SUPPLIES LIMITED · parent
- Boards (Cottingham) Limited 100%
- Bentley Holdings (Bowdon) Limited 100%
- Sternalgia Limited 100%
- Enfield Estates Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARTH, Nicholas David | Secretary | 2002-11-20 | — | British |
| HOWARTH, Andrew Peter | Director | — | Oct 1955 | British |
| HOWARTH, Nicholas David | Director | — | Sep 1957 | British |
| TURNER, Allister Paul | Director | 2019-01-07 | Jun 1973 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARTH, Dorothy Elizabeth Benson | Secretary | — | 2002-09-20 |
| GRANT, Paul Robert | Director | 2018-07-26 | 2018-12-21 |
| HOWARTH, Deborah Jane | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2019-03-29 |
| HOWARTH, Jack | Director | — | 1995-07-18 |
| HOWARTH, Julie Ann | Director | 2010-03-16 | 2019-03-29 |
| NETHERTON-SINCLAIR, Jason David | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2018-07-26 |
| ROBERTS, John Richard | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2001-12-31 |
| ROOM, Nigel Charles | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| SQUIRES, David Stuart | Director | — | 2001-05-31 |
| STOREY, David John | Director | 1999-04-01 | 2017-12-15 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howarth Timber Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Nicholas David Howarth | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-01 |
| Mr Andrew Peter Howarth | Individual | Significant influence, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-09-30 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-07-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-02 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-10-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-07 | 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+2.6%
£138,725,000 £142,375,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-17.6%
£25,883,000 £21,318,000
-
Employees
+1.3%
604 612
-
Operating profit
-215.6%
£1,003,000 -£1,159,000
-
Profit before tax
-283.3%
£946,000 -£1,734,000
-
Wages
+8.1%
£20,040,000 £21,662,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers