HOWE ROBINSON PARTNERS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-05 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-19
Watchouts
Cash
£16M
+141.1% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3M
+3,903.5% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
153
+2% vs 2021
Profit before tax
£4M
+129.7% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2022-03-31
Latest accounts filed cover 2025-03-31; financial figures currently reflect up to 2022-03-31.
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £38,168,528 | £37,745,335 | £68,588,739 | |
| Operating profit | -£33,429 | £778,964 | £5,298,198 | |
| Profit before tax | -£596,144 | £1,795,701 | £4,124,411 | |
| Net profit | -£715,990 | £1,427,190 | £3,193,401 | |
| Cash | £4,158,546 | £6,683,661 | £16,114,053 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£1,300,684 | -£49,200 | £3,142,169 | |
| Net assets | -£1,508,999 | -£81,809 | £3,111,592 | |
| Equity | -£1,508,999 | -£81,809 | £3,111,592 | |
| Average employees | 156 | 150 | 153 | |
| Wages | £25,737,743 | £25,104,987 | £42,480,413 |
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.1% | 2.1% | 7.7% | |
| Net margin | -1.9% | 3.8% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.6% | -1583.3% | 168.6% |
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
- Moore Kingston Smith LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company uses the ongoing support of the parent company who has confirmed that it will continue to support the working capital requirements of the company for the foreseeable future and at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements. On this basis the financial statements are prepared on the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- HOWE ROBINSON PARTNERS (UK) LIMITED · parent
- Howe Robinson Partners (UK) Tankers Limited 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners AS 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners Marine Evaluations Limited 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners USA, LLC 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners Holdings, LLC 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners NY, LLC 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners (Geneva) Sarl 100%
- Howe Robinson Partners Offshore AS 100%
Significant events
- “Post year end the goodwill paid by the company in respect of the purchase of business and assets in of TGM Shipping (Singapore) Pte Ltd ($960,000) and BBT Tradeships LLC ($898,883) were transferred to Howe Robinson Partners Pte Limited for consideration equal to the cost reflected in the financial statements as at 31 March 2025 The investment in subsidiary in HRP Offshore AS ($1,215,888) was also transferred to Howe Robinson Partners Pte Limited at the cost reflected in the financial statements as at 31 March 2025”
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BERGHOLDT, Jakob | Director | 2025-09-01 | Jul 1970 | Danish |
| HINDLEY, Guy Christopher Blair | Director | 2015-04-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
| HULSE, George Richard | Director | 2015-04-01 | Mar 1967 | British |
| LIDDELL, Henry Grainger | Director | 2015-04-01 | Jun 1963 | British |
| TRUSSLER, Jonathan Paul | Director | 2024-04-19 | May 1991 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, David John Lane Freer | Director | 2016-10-01 | 2026-04-30 |
| BULL, Phillip Henry | Director | 2018-06-14 | 2024-03-31 |
| FOULDS, Edward James | Director | 2024-04-19 | 2025-12-09 |
| HALL, Daniel Ivor Arthur | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2015-04-01 |
| HINDLEY, Guy Christopher Blair | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2015-04-01 |
| HULSE, George Richard | Director | 2015-03-26 | 2015-04-01 |
| KERR-DINEEN, Peter Brodrick | Director | 2015-02-19 | 2016-09-30 |
| NEWMAN, Paul | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2020-07-29 |
| NGOH, Tong Juat | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2025-09-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 49 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-06-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-02-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-05-17 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-05-17 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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
FY2021 → FY2022 · period ending 2022-03-31 vs 2021-03-31
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Turnover
+81.7%
£37,745,335 £68,588,739
highest in 3 filed years
-
Cash
+141.1%
£6,683,661 £16,114,053
highest in 3 filed years
-
Net assets
+3,903.5%
-£81,809 £3,111,592
highest in 3 filed years
-
Employees
+2%
150 153
-
Operating profit
+580.2%
£778,964 £5,298,198
highest in 3 filed years
-
Profit before tax
+129.7%
£1,795,701 £4,124,411
highest in 3 filed years
-
Wages
+69.2%
£25,104,987 £42,480,413
highest in 3 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