HOLROYD HOWE LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-25
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-04 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-21
Watchouts
Cash
£3M
+5.2% vs 2023
Net assets
£61M
+6.8% vs 2023
Employees
2,512
-7.1% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£5M
-22.6% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- HOLROYD HOWE LIMITED 2013-03-22 → present
- HOLROYD HOWE INDEPENDENT LIMITED 2008-04-10 → 2013-03-22
- HOLROYD HOWE LIMITED 1997-07-24 → 2008-04-10
- SPEED 6169 LIMITED 1997-02-17 → 1997-07-24
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-25
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-27 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £148,464,000 | £140,028,000 | |
| Operating profit | £7,090,000 | £5,490,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £7,090,000 | £5,490,000 | |
| Net profit | £5,340,000 | £3,875,000 | |
| Cash | £3,016,000 | £3,172,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,159,000 | £61,168,000 | |
| Net assets | £57,011,000 | £60,886,000 | |
| Equity | £57,011,000 | £60,886,000 | |
| Average employees | 2,703 | 2,512 | |
| Wages | £69,449,000 | £69,008,000 |
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 | 2023-12-27 | 2024-12-25 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.8% | 3.9% | |
| Net margin | 3.6% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 12.4% | 9.0% | |
| Current ratio | 2.19x | 2.21x |
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
“In assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, the directors have considered the performance of the business through 2024 and ongoing performance and cash flow in 2025. The directors believe these results, including continued growth in trading and resilience in the financial performance of the company, coupled with the positive outlook and the continued support of the parent WSH, reinforce the directors' confidence that the company can meet all its obligations as they fall due through to at least the end of 2026. Accordingly, the directors have formed a judgement that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The market faced a challenging year, a result of legislative changes which lead to a significant amount of change and uncertainty... turnover reduced by 6% but, we were pleased to welcome 7 new schools to the Holroyd Howe family.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 17 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, Marc | Secretary | 2007-12-14 | — | British |
| BRADLEY, Marc | Director | 2007-12-14 | Apr 1975 | British |
| CRAMPHORN, Andrew Martin | Director | 2024-06-01 | Feb 1981 | British |
| HARTE, Ronan Brian | Director | 2023-01-01 | May 1970 | Irish |
| STOREY, Alastair Dunbar | Director | 2007-12-14 | Jan 1953 | British |
Show 17 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWE, Nicholas Adrian | Secretary | 1997-07-14 | 2007-12-14 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1997-02-17 | 1997-07-14 |
| BAXTER, William Robert | Director | 2007-12-14 | 2010-12-31 |
| BENNETT, John David | Director | 2011-03-22 | 2018-12-28 |
| COUBROUGH, David Charles | Director | 2003-04-14 | 2007-12-14 |
| COX, Stephen Charles | Director | 2016-01-01 | 2018-12-28 |
| HARTE, Ronan Brian | Director | 2011-08-15 | 2022-02-01 |
| HOLROYD, Richard Proctor | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2012-08-30 |
| HOWE, Nicholas Adrian | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2025-07-31 |
| JOHNSON, Derek Colin | Director | 1997-08-06 | 2007-12-14 |
| KNOWLES, Lucy Virginia | Director | 2022-02-01 | 2022-12-20 |
| MCGREGOR, Roy Ian | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2007-12-14 |
| MCILROY, Mary Victoria | Director | 1997-08-06 | 2003-04-14 |
| MUNDY, Shirley | Director | 2002-10-18 | 2003-10-03 |
| SCHOFIELD, Hannah Jane | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2024-06-01 |
| THOMAS, Ian Lincoln | Director | 2023-01-01 | 2024-09-16 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1997-02-17 | 1997-07-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wsh Uk & Ireland Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2026-04-29 | Active |
| Westbury Street Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-04-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 150 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-01 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-05-01 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-01-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-24 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-20 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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 2024-12-25 vs 2023-12-27
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Turnover
-5.7%
£148,464,000 £140,028,000
-
Cash
+5.2%
£3,016,000 £3,172,000
-
Net assets
+6.8%
£57,011,000 £60,886,000
-
Employees
-7.1%
2,703 2,512
-
Operating profit
-22.6%
£7,090,000 £5,490,000
-
Profit before tax
-22.6%
£7,090,000 £5,490,000
-
Wages
-0.6%
£69,449,000 £69,008,000
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