W. HOWARD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-21 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-07
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+192.9% highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£9M
+2.4% highest in 4 filed years
Employees
84
-17.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
£181K
-81.6% lowest in 4 filed years
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- W. HOWARD LIMITED 2000-12-28 → present
- W.HOWARD TIMBER LIMITED 1983-05-31 → 2000-12-28
- W.HOWARD (TIMBER MERCHANTS) LIMITED 1970-12-04 → 1983-05-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £21,308,242 | £16,930,807 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,176,010 | £334,700 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,411,536 | £2,455,388 | £985,685 | £181,016 | |
| Net profit | £2,721,636 | £2,017,667 | £752,609 | £216,076 | |
| Cash | £562,184 | £154,260 | £503,692 | £1,475,236 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,254,552 | £10,425,181 | £10,370,276 | £9,815,189 | |
| Net assets | £7,409,221 | £8,679,480 | £9,015,581 | £9,231,657 | |
| Equity | £7,409,221 | £8,679,480 | £9,015,581 | £9,231,657 | |
| Average employees | 116 | 109 | 102 | 84 | |
| Wages | £3,925,828 | £3,632,570 | £3,392,036 | £2,775,075 |
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 5.5% | 2.0% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 3.5% | 1.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 11.3% | 3.4% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 3.31x | 2.99x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 5.81x | 2.02x |
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
- JS. Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. We have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for at least twelve months.”
Significant events
- “Investment continues! Pillo, which is now our registered Trade Name for the MDF Recovery project to manufacture wood fibre insulation from waste MDF, is now well underway. The first of the innovative equipment will be arriving in quarter four of 2025 (so imminent at the time of writing...), and the first saleable production will be rolling off the line in Q2 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Jonathan Alan | Secretary | 2004-12-08 | — | British |
| FLEET, Simon | Director | 2018-06-21 | Jul 1972 | British |
| GRANT, Frances Barbara | Director | — | Nov 1940 | British |
| GRANT, Jonathan Alan | Director | 1994-09-01 | Jun 1965 | British |
| MURRAY, Stuart James | Director | 2020-02-01 | Apr 1980 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GRANT, Jonathan Alan | Secretary | 1991-07-23 | 1999-05-28 |
| MURPHY, Timothy Bernard | Secretary | — | 1991-07-23 |
| WILCOCK, Christine | Secretary | 1999-05-28 | 2004-12-08 |
| BARNARD, Philip James | Director | 2016-06-01 | 2018-04-20 |
| GRANT, Alan Osborne | Director | — | 2006-09-15 |
| HIGGS, Marie-Christine | Director | 2008-06-09 | 2011-09-20 |
| MC DONNELL, David Graham | Director | 1999-08-01 | 2021-06-27 |
| TISSINGTON, Philip Howard | Director | 2019-06-06 | 2024-10-10 |
| WILLIAMS, Graham Thomas | Director | 2006-04-27 | 2024-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr. Jonathan Alan Grant | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-01 | Active |
| Mrs Frances Barbara Grant | Individual | Significant influence | 2017-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-11-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-29 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-07-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-07-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-07-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-20.5%
£21,308,242 £16,930,807
-
Cash
+192.9%
£503,692 £1,475,236
highest in 4 filed years
-
Net assets
+2.4%
£9,015,581 £9,231,657
highest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
-17.6%
102 84
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
-71.5%
£1,176,010 £334,700
-
Profit before tax
-81.6%
£985,685 £181,016
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Wages
-18.2%
£3,392,036 £2,775,075
lowest in 4 filed years
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