HOWARD INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-06-30 (in 1mo)
Last filed for 2024-09-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-10 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-26
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£7M
-7.5% vs 2023
Net assets
£145M
-0.2% vs 2023
Employees
6
+20% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£749K
+113.9% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Real Estate median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £9,568,097 | £11,488,846 | |
| Operating profit | £4,611,361 | £4,578,301 | |
| Profit before tax | -£5,375,063 | £748,539 | |
| Net profit | -£3,973,585 | £202,818 | |
| Cash | £7,245,811 | £6,701,928 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £232,743,434 | £209,283,656 | |
| Net assets | £145,341,307 | £145,102,346 | |
| Equity | £145,341,307 | £145,102,346 | |
| Average employees | 5 | 6 | |
| Wages | — | — |
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 | 48.2% | 39.8% | |
| Net margin | -41.5% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.0% | 2.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.29x | 0.13x | |
| Interest cover | 1.33x | 0.92x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After making enquiries, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for at least 12 months from the date of signing. Therefore, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- HOWARD INVESTMENT COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Howard Commercial Holdings Limited 100%
- Howard Property Limited 100%
- Howard Residential Limited 100%
- Howard Capital Limited 100%
- Airlite Finance Limited 100%
- Howard Cambridge Limited 100%
- Howard Grove Limited 100%
- Howard Crescent Limited 100%
- Howard Bedford Limited 100%
- Howard Haverhill Limited 100%
- Howard Langford Limited 100%
- Howard Lewisham Limited 100%
- Howard Regent Limited 100%
- Howard Sawston Ltd 100%
- CAEC Howard Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On 12 January 2024, CAEC Howard Limited (formerly Property Company (Liquidate) Limited) was incorporated as a 100% owned subsidiary of the Company, with 1,000 £1 ordinary shares. On 9 August 2024, the entire share capital of CAEC Howard Limited was sold to Howard Crescent Limited, another group company, for a consideration of £1,000.”
- “On 25 September 2024, the Group was restructured. As part of this, the Company acquired 100% of the share capital of Howard Grove Limited from Howard Property Limited, by way of distribution in specie. The Company also acquired 100% of the share capital in Howard Commercial Holdings Limited, being 7,000 £1 ordinary shares, from Howard Crescent Limited for a consideration of £7,000. The Company then sold its investment in Howard Grove Limited to Howard Commercial Holdings Limited in exchange for 50,000 £1 ordinary shares in Howard Commercial Holdings Limited. In addition, the company sold 100% of the share capital of Airlite Finance Limited to Howard Capital Limited in exchange for 1,000 £1 ordinary shares in the Howard Capital.”
- “Subsequent to the year end, bank loans to Howard Lewisham Limited totalling £30,500,000 that matured on 31 January 2025 were refinanced with two new three-year bank loans totalling £30,500,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 14 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BEWES, Caroline Laura Elizabeth Margaret | Secretary | 2013-09-17 | — | — |
| BEWES, Caroline Laura Elizabeth Margaret | Director | 2005-09-08 | May 1967 | British |
| BEWES, Nicholas Cecil John | Director | 2006-10-06 | Apr 1967 | British |
| HOWARD, Gavin Edward Oliver | Director | 2006-10-06 | Jul 1969 | British |
| HYNARD, Andrew James | Director | 2022-09-01 | Jan 1960 | British |
| MEAKIN, Richard John | Director | 2021-05-01 | Apr 1977 | British |
| STEELE, Sian Louise | Director | 2020-09-01 | Jan 1968 | British |
Show 14 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Judith | Secretary | 2005-09-08 | 2013-09-17 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2005-09-08 | 2005-09-08 |
| AMIES, Thomas George Timothy | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2013-09-30 |
| BAUMKER, Werner Manfred, Dr | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2023-02-28 |
| BULLOUGH, William John Ashworth | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2021-11-30 |
| BUSHNELL, Patrick James | Director | 2009-01-20 | 2022-11-30 |
| CODRINGTON, Ian Charles | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2007-12-31 |
| HOWARD, Brian Edward | Director | 2006-10-23 | 2010-01-28 |
| HOWARD, Judith | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2013-06-30 |
| JONES, Alun Huw | Director | 2014-12-31 | 2020-12-31 |
| REILLY, Dominic Gerard Joseph | Director | 2017-09-13 | 2026-02-28 |
| RILEY, Martin Rupert | Director | 2006-10-06 | 2013-06-30 |
| SLIPPER, Andrew Martin | Director | 2011-10-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2005-09-08 | 2005-09-08 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr William Ralph Riley | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2022-01-21 | Active |
| Mrs Caroline Laura Elizabeth Margaret Bewes | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Gavin Edward Oliver Howard | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 128 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-12-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-15 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-10-15 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-29 | RP01SH01 | miscellaneous | Legacy | |
| 2025-10-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-10-15 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-10-15 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-10-13 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-07-15 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-05-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-03-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 1
- 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 2024-09-30 vs 2023-09-30
-
Turnover
+20.1%
£9,568,097 £11,488,846
-
Cash
-7.5%
£7,245,811 £6,701,928
-
Net assets
-0.2%
£145,341,307 £145,102,346
-
Employees
+20%
5 6
-
Operating profit
-0.7%
£4,611,361 £4,578,301
-
Profit before tax
+113.9%
-£5,375,063 £748,539
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