HOWDEN GROUP SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-15 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-01
Watchouts
Cash
£8M
-76.9% vs 2023
Net assets
£32M
+2.1% vs 2023
Employees
744
+37.8% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£10M
+66.3% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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5 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 6 times since incorporation
- HOWDEN GROUP SERVICES LIMITED 2020-11-23 → present
- HYPERION SERVICES LIMITED 2016-07-13 → 2020-11-23
- HIG SERVICES LIMITED 2007-11-23 → 2016-07-13
- DUAL DENMARK LIMITED 2000-06-02 → 2007-11-23
- PANGBORN HOWDEN LIMITED 1994-11-17 → 2000-06-02
- HOWDEN & PANGBORN LIMITED 1994-08-22 → 1994-11-17
- LAW 583 LIMITED 1994-06-09 → 1994-08-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £190,900,000 | £265,791,000 | |
| Operating profit | £8,564,000 | £17,730,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £6,124,000 | £10,183,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,208,000 | £780,000 | |
| Cash | £33,811,000 | £7,824,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £171,621,000 | £198,520,000 | |
| Net assets | £31,326,000 | £31,986,000 | |
| Equity | £31,326,000 | £31,986,000 | |
| Average employees | 540 | 744 | |
| Wages | £57,464,000 | £68,377,000 |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 6.7% | |
| Net margin | 2.7% | 0.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 5.0% | 8.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.13x | 1.16x | |
| Interest cover | 1.46x | 2.03x |
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
“After making the necessary inquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operation for the period to 31 March 2026. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the Annual Report and financial statements. This is further supported by the fact that the Company's ultimate parent company, Howden Group Holdings Limited, has undertaken to provide financial support to the Company to meet its liabilities, should it be unable to do so itself, as they fall due for the period to 31 March 2026.”
Group structure
- HOWDEN GROUP SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Spring Partners (Holdings) Limited
- Tamesis DUAL Limited
- Tamesis DUAL USA
- Tamesis DUAL Europe Limited
- Dale Dual MGU Limited
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOORE, Andrew John | Secretary | 2015-04-29 | — | — |
| SNOOKS, Emma Louise | Secretary | 2025-05-06 | — | — |
| FAROOQ, Jawaid | Director | 2025-09-10 | Jan 1970 | British |
| LIYANWELA-ARACHCHIGE, Duminda Dasharatha | Director | 2025-09-10 | Apr 1970 | British |
| RICHARDS, Andrew David | Director | 2025-07-30 | Feb 1970 | British |
| SCOTT, Rebecca Briony | Director | 2016-09-28 | Jan 1979 | English |
| SHALDERS, David Peter | Director | 2024-11-04 | Feb 1967 | British |
| SOUTHERN, Kirk | Director | 2025-07-30 | Aug 1982 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FOKOU, Paraschos | Secretary | 2020-11-05 | 2025-05-06 |
| HOWDEN, David Philip | Secretary | 1994-08-11 | 1999-07-27 |
| MASSIE, Amanda Jane Emilia | Secretary | 2014-05-01 | 2015-04-29 |
| PALLOT, Hugh Glen | Secretary | 2007-01-24 | 2014-04-30 |
| PIGRAM, Ivor | Secretary | 1999-07-27 | 2007-01-24 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-06-09 | 1994-08-11 |
| BLOOMER, William David | Director | 2015-07-31 | 2021-11-02 |
| BRAGOLI, Andrea | Director | 1997-04-14 | 2007-11-20 |
| COATS, Frances | Director | 2021-11-02 | 2026-01-26 |
| CORBETT, Oliver Roebling Panton | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2017-07-27 |
| FADY, Eric Rene Marcel | Director | 2008-07-17 | 2015-07-31 |
| FARMER, Paul Robert | Director | 1999-07-27 | 2002-05-14 |
| GROBLER, Lyn Mary | Director | 2016-09-28 | 2025-05-06 |
| HORTON, Richard Paul | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2008-06-30 |
| HOWDEN, David Philip | Director | 1994-08-11 | 2016-09-28 |
| HUDSON, Mark Andrew | Director | 2020-02-06 | 2023-05-04 |
| MANNING, Stephen Trevor | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2020-12-31 |
| ORTON, Sally Ann | Director | 2017-07-27 | 2018-09-28 |
| PANGBORN, Mark Nicholas | Director | 1994-08-11 | 2007-11-20 |
| ROBERTS, Gareth Huw | Director | 2023-05-04 | 2025-09-12 |
| SMITH, Alan | Director | 2002-06-24 | 2004-03-31 |
| SUTTON, Ann Josephine | Director | 2022-11-01 | 2025-05-06 |
| WILLIAMS, Diahann | Director | 2020-05-07 | 2023-12-21 |
| WOOD, Simon Christopher | Director | 2007-11-20 | 2009-06-30 |
| WOODHOUSE, Stephen Robert | Director | 2017-04-12 | 2019-03-18 |
| HUNTSMOOR LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-06-09 | 1994-08-11 |
| HUNTSMOOR NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-06-09 | 1994-08-11 |
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 | 2022-01-25 | Active |
| Howden Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-06-06 | Ceased 2022-01-25 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 194 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-18 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2025-08-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-15 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-15 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-12-24 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part release with charge number | |
| 2024-11-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-07-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 5
- Officers resigned
- 5
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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
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Turnover
+39.2%
£190,900,000 £265,791,000
-
Cash
-76.9%
£33,811,000 £7,824,000
-
Net assets
+2.1%
£31,326,000 £31,986,000
-
Employees
+37.8%
540 744
-
Operating profit
+107%
£8,564,000 £17,730,000
-
Profit before tax
+66.3%
£6,124,000 £10,183,000
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Wages
+19%
£57,464,000 £68,377,000
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