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P C HOWARD LIMITED
Cash
£1K
-87.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£342K
+52.5% vs 2024
Employees
189
-1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£176K
+274.2% vs 2024
Profile
- Company number
- 13815416
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2021-12-23
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49410
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £47,145 | £176,435 | |
| Net profit | — | £57,884 | £117,779 | |
| Cash | — | £9,523 | £1,166 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £545,591 | £1,360,629 | |
| Net assets | — | £224,309 | £342,088 | |
| Equity | — | £224,309 | £342,088 | |
| Average employees | — | 191 | 189 | |
| Wages | — | £7,152,342 | £7,085,044 |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Howard's Distribution Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Distribution service
- Howards Transport Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Distribution service
- Howard's Logistics Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · Contract distribution
- Howard Warehousing Ltd · 100% held · United Kingdom · Warehousing servicing
Significant events
- “The Directors are also pleased to report that they have been successful in gaining planning permission for both an extension of their main depot at West Hay, as well as permission for a new 60.000 sq ft warehouse.”
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
4 active · 0 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOWARD, Percival William | Secretary | 2021-12-23 | — | — |
| HOWARD, Andrew | Director | 2021-12-23 | Jan 1960 | British |
| HOWARD, Percival William | Director | 2021-12-23 | Apr 1943 | British |
| HOWARD, Peter Charles | Director | 2021-12-23 | Jan 1960 | British |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| P C Howard (Holdings) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2021-12-23 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 17 of 17 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-29 | AAMD | accounts | accounts amended with accounts type group |
| 2026-01-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2026-01-13 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-01-05 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2026-01-05 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-02 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-19 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-09-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type small |
| 2023-03-27 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2023-03-21 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2023-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-12-23 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current extended |
| 2021-12-23 | NEWINC | incorporation | incorporation company |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2025-03-31
1.14
GREY ZONE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.130 × 6.56 = +0.85
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets 0.037 × 6.72 = +0.25
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.037 × 1.05 = +0.04
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory