HOWMET FASTENING SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-24 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-10
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-71.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£22M
-33.4% vs 2023
Employees
154
-9.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£2M
+15% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- HOWMET FASTENING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2020-01-14 → present
- ARCONIC FASTENING SYSTEMS & RINGS LIMITED 2016-08-22 → 2020-01-14
- ALCOA FASTENING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2004-02-05 → 2016-08-22
- HUCK INTERNATIONAL LTD 1992-05-20 → 2004-02-05
- HUCK-UNITED KINGDOM, LIMITED 1983-11-07 → 1992-05-20
- HUCK (UNITED KINGDOM) LIMITED 1983-10-21 → 1983-11-07
- DIKAPPA (NUMBER 260) LIMITED 1983-07-01 → 1983-10-21
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £39,391,000 | £36,120,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,771,000 | £1,972,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,123,000 | £2,441,000 | |
| Net profit | £1,634,000 | £1,831,000 | |
| Cash | £11,568,000 | £3,325,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £32,774,000 | £22,153,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,565,000 | £21,688,000 | |
| Equity | £32,565,000 | £21,688,000 | |
| Average employees | 171 | 154 | |
| Wages | £7,159,000 | £6,801,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 5.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 5.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.4% | 8.9% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 19.3% | 26.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.55x | 2.28x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The directors have reviewed forecasts covering the twelve months from the date of this report, which demonstrate that the Company is expected to generate profits and positive cash flows, and that it possesses adequate cash reserves to meet its obligations as they fall due. Furthermore, the Company's funds are administered through a centralised cash pooling arrangement within the Howmet Aerospace Group and remain readily accessible. After making enquiries, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| PAPINNIEMI-AINGER, Petra | Secretary | 2016-05-09 | — | — |
| BUGARCIC, Monalito | Director | 2020-08-31 | Jun 1975 | Swiss |
| CRAVEN, Jonathan Quentin | Director | 2014-06-25 | Jul 1971 | British |
| SMITH, Andrew George Hamer | Director | 2023-06-15 | Mar 1975 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNOLD, James Howard | Secretary | 1992-03-19 | 1998-11-27 |
| GRIFFITHS, Alun Meirion | Secretary | 1998-11-27 | 2008-06-19 |
| STAINES, Roy Percival Charles | Secretary | — | 1992-03-19 |
| WATERSTON, William Joseph | Secretary | 2014-06-25 | 2016-05-09 |
| PINSENT MASONS SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-07-17 | 2014-06-25 |
| ARNOLD, James Howard | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2022-09-21 |
| ARNOLD, James Howard | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2007-01-12 |
| CAMINO, Jose Ramon | Director | 2008-06-19 | 2014-03-01 |
| CARPENTER, John | Director | 1996-12-31 | 2000-06-30 |
| COLES, John Francis | Director | — | 2000-08-31 |
| CORBIN, Richard L | Director | 1994-07-29 | 2000-05-25 |
| DEMBLOWSKI, Denis Anthony | Director | 2001-11-29 | 2004-11-01 |
| FARGAS MAS, Lluis Maria | Director | 2014-03-01 | 2020-08-31 |
| FAULKNER, George | Director | — | 1996-01-29 |
| FAULL, Ian Trevor | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2008-12-31 |
| JONES, Dean Matthew | Director | 2018-07-10 | 2019-11-26 |
| LEVINE, Robert Sidney | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| LOKIER, Marcus Derek | Director | 2007-01-01 | 2014-06-25 |
| MCCARTHY, Joseph John | Director | — | 1994-12-09 |
| SMITH, George Ronald | Director | 2008-02-01 | 2009-06-09 |
| STAINES, Roy Percival Charles | Director | — | 1992-03-19 |
| TAYLOR, Roy | Director | — | 1997-04-01 |
| WELCH-BALLENTINE, Caroline Delia | Director | 2009-06-09 | 2010-07-15 |
| ZORICH, Bruce | Director | 2000-09-01 | 2001-07-13 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| British Aluminium Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 148 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-03-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-03-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-12-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2020-11-25 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2020-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2020-09-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination 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
-8.3%
£39,391,000 £36,120,000
-
Cash
-71.3%
£11,568,000 £3,325,000
-
Net assets
-33.4%
£32,565,000 £21,688,000
-
Employees
-9.9%
171 154
-
Operating profit
+11.3%
£1,771,000 £1,972,000
-
Profit before tax
+15%
£2,123,000 £2,441,000
-
Wages
-5%
£7,159,000 £6,801,000
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