HOWARD KENNEDY LLP
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-04-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-04 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-20
Watchouts
Cash
£974K
-56.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£17M
-19.5% vs 2024
Employees
363
-2.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£16M
-22.1% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
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2 PSCs ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- HOWARD KENNEDY LLP 2014-10-27 → present
- HOWARDKENNEDYFSI LLP 2013-01-31 → 2014-10-27
- HOWARD KENNEDY LLP 2011-02-01 → 2013-01-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-04-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £70,705,980 | £68,584,290 | |
| Operating profit | £16,693,445 | £13,581,371 | |
| Profit before tax | £20,319,118 | £15,828,212 | |
| Net profit | £19,979,118 | £15,323,332 | |
| Cash | £2,253,244 | £973,647 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £21,990,210 | £18,233,773 | |
| Net assets | £21,073,831 | £16,973,577 | |
| Equity | £21,073,831 | £16,973,577 | |
| Average employees | 372 | 363 | |
| Wages | £25,147,705 | £26,027,346 |
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 | 2024-04-30 | 2025-04-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 23.6% | 19.8% | |
| Net margin | 28.3% | 22.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 75.9% | 74.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 48.4% | 54.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.94x | 1.73x | |
| Interest cover | 45.51x | 24.06x |
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
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the Members' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the Group's or the Limited Liability Partnership's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- HOWARD KENNEDY LLP · parent
- Howard Kennedy Corporate Services LLP 100%
- Howard Kennedy Services Limited 100%
- HK Nominees Limited 100%
- Pall Mall Registrars Limited 100%
- Filex Services Limited 100%
- Corbett & Co International Constructions Lawyers Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
65 active · 35 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANNETTS, John Can | Llp Designated Member | 2013-02-01 | Jul 1973 | — |
| MCNEIL, Amanda Louise | Llp Designated Member | 2013-02-01 | Oct 1966 | — |
| OFFORD, Dominic | Llp Designated Member | 2018-11-12 | Jun 1969 | — |
| PHILLIPS, Kyle Richard | Llp Designated Member | 2021-06-01 | Jul 1983 | — |
| REEBACK, Ashley James | Llp Designated Member | 2013-02-01 | Jul 1968 | — |
| STEWART, James Alexander | Llp Designated Member | 2017-05-01 | Feb 1970 | — |
| ACHAMPONG, Jonathan Yaw Apea | Llp Member | 2024-01-02 | Aug 1982 | — |
| AMPHLETT, Jane Elizabeth | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1967 | — |
| BHARUCHA, Arish | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Jan 1984 | — |
| BIGNELL, Timothy John | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Oct 1959 | — |
| BURBIDGE, Rosemary Jean | Llp Member | 2025-01-06 | Oct 1983 | — |
| BYRSKA, Monika Cecylia | Llp Member | 2022-02-03 | May 1980 | — |
| CHALMERS, Jade Pauline | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Sep 1980 | — |
| CLARKE, Joanne Bridget | Llp Member | 2023-03-13 | Jul 1971 | — |
| COOPER, Edward Anthony Craufurd | Llp Member | 2022-02-28 | Jul 1982 | — |
| DALY, Andrew Crispin | Llp Member | 2024-10-07 | Oct 1973 | — |
| DAVISON, Rebecca Helen | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Oct 1977 | — |
| DENNIS, Vernon Stafford | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | Sep 1968 | — |
| EMDEN, Craig Andrew | Llp Member | 2011-02-01 | Apr 1961 | — |
| GARDNER-BROWNE, Ellis | Llp Member | 2024-10-01 | Apr 1972 | — |
| GLASSBERG, Paul | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | May 1963 | — |
| HAMILTON, David | Llp Member | 2023-09-04 | Sep 1981 | — |
| HARGRAVES, Charlotte Jane | Llp Member | 2024-05-01 | May 1987 | — |
| HARPER, Jennifer Kate | Llp Member | 2025-05-01 | Feb 1987 | — |
| HEINEMANN, Stephen | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Dec 1961 | — |
| HINDMARSH, Julian Paul | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | May 1962 | — |
| HUME, Rebecca | Llp Member | 2023-06-05 | Oct 1965 | — |
| HUNT, Anthony Jonathan | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | May 1965 | — |
| HUSEYIN, Huseyin Mustafa | Llp Member | 2023-04-03 | Dec 1977 | — |
| KAYE, Graham Stuart | Llp Member | 2014-05-01 | Jul 1961 | — |
| KEOWN, Patrick Michael | Llp Member | 2023-05-02 | Oct 1963 | — |
| KIELY, John Peter | Llp Member | 2023-01-03 | Sep 1986 | — |
| LAKE, Nina Valerie | Llp Member | 2021-04-26 | Aug 1987 | — |
| LANDS, Robert Clifford | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Jun 1974 | — |
| LANGTON, Lois Katherine | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1976 | — |
| LASSMAN, Keith | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | May 1958 | — |
| LAUNDON, Vanessa Storm | Llp Member | 2023-05-01 | May 1980 | — |
| MALKIEL, Simon | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Mar 1973 | — |
| MANEKPORIA, Reshmi | Llp Member | 2021-05-01 | Mar 1978 | — |
| MAXWELL, Solomon Jacob Charles | Llp Member | 2015-01-05 | Apr 1978 | — |
| MIAO, Qing | Llp Member | 2026-04-01 | Aug 1983 | — |
| MORAN, Paul | Llp Member | 2026-03-16 | May 1983 | — |
| MURRAY-HINDE, Samantha Jane | Llp Member | 2017-05-06 | Jul 1981 | — |
| MYERS, Elizabeth Jocelyn | Llp Member | 2024-02-05 | Jul 1978 | — |
| O'HIGGINS, Naomi Grace | Llp Member | 2016-01-04 | Aug 1976 | — |
| PLACE, Hannah | Llp Member | 2023-10-26 | Feb 1987 | — |
| POLIN, Jonathan Michael, Mrr | Llp Member | 2017-06-12 | Oct 1961 | — |
| PRITCHARD, Mark Lloyd | Llp Member | 2024-05-01 | Jul 1981 | — |
| PROUDFOOT, Marc Douglas | Llp Member | 2021-06-02 | Apr 1988 | — |
| RES PRITCHARD, Katherine Ann | Llp Member | 2023-01-03 | May 1980 | — |
| RYAN, Ian | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Apr 1959 | — |
| SAWDY, Colin | Llp Member | 2020-12-24 | Mar 1969 | — |
| SMITH, Jessica Watson | Llp Member | 2026-04-01 | Jan 1990 | — |
| STANLEY, Astrid Cassandra | Llp Member | 2020-05-01 | Feb 1986 | — |
| STONE, Kieran Peter | Llp Member | 2024-08-01 | Sep 1979 | — |
| TANN, Jason Marcus | Llp Member | 2023-10-02 | Jun 1972 | — |
| TAYLOR, Simon Oliver Mark | Llp Member | 2014-05-01 | Jun 1963 | — |
| TURNER, Katie Melissa | Llp Member | 2024-05-20 | Aug 1989 | — |
| TYSON, Victoria Margaret | Llp Member | 2023-03-13 | Mar 1971 | — |
| WALSH, Heidrun Elisabeth | Llp Member | 2024-10-08 | Jul 1980 | — |
| WATT, Alexander Charles Johnstone | Llp Member | 2021-03-08 | Oct 1977 | — |
| WEISSMAN, Michael Simon | Llp Member | 2026-04-01 | Oct 1984 | — |
| WHITE, Gillian | Llp Member | 2016-05-01 | Jul 1979 | — |
| WOODGATE, Catherine Mary | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | Jun 1963 | — |
| WOOKEY, Julia Claire | Llp Member | 2026-04-01 | Mar 1987 | — |
Show 35 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRIS, Michael Lionel | Llp Designated Member | 2011-02-01 | 2018-04-30 |
| PALMER, Elizabeth Anne | Llp Designated Member | 2013-02-01 | 2026-04-01 |
| AHMED, Pervaze | Llp Member | 2017-02-01 | 2021-12-31 |
| ALLAN, Christopher Paul | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| AMANDINI, Paul Fuglio Garrard | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2024-05-01 |
| ASSER, Carl Daniel | Llp Member | 2016-07-04 | 2017-07-25 |
| BAGSHAW, Duncan John | Llp Member | 2019-03-18 | 2025-06-01 |
| BANES, Alan Lawrence | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2014-03-31 |
| BEGNER, Laurence | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2016-05-01 |
| BENNETT, Louise Jane | Llp Member | 2013-05-01 | 2021-05-01 |
| BICHARD, Kevin Derek | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2013-02-28 |
| BROAD, Emma Jane Louise | Llp Member | 2013-11-01 | 2015-12-31 |
| BROWN, Carolyn Ann | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| BROWN, Jeffrey Curtis | Llp Member | 2019-05-01 | 2025-05-01 |
| BRYK, Raymond Alexander | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2013-07-31 |
| BUTLER, Jeremy John Fitzgerald | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2014-02-20 |
| CARNEY, Graeme Peter | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2011-06-20 |
| CHAPELOW, Michael John | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2016-08-31 |
| CLINNING, Steven John | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2023-07-31 |
| COHEN, Jonathan Solomon | Llp Member | 2017-10-16 | 2025-01-01 |
| COLLINS, Andrew William | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2019-05-01 |
| COYNE, Anthony Gerard | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2012-08-10 |
| CRAIG, Robert David | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| DABBY-JOORY, Gideon | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2012-05-31 |
| DEDEZADE, Taner | Llp Member | 2023-04-01 | 2024-11-01 |
| DOORMAN, Melissa Chloe | Llp Member | 2021-09-04 | 2022-10-31 |
| DUBIGNON, Christine Bernadette | Llp Member | 2013-05-01 | 2015-01-29 |
| EDER, Gordon Philip | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2016-05-01 |
| EDWARDS, Nikki Anne | Llp Member | 2023-09-04 | 2025-12-31 |
| ELDRIDGE, David John | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2014-03-31 |
| ELDRIDGE, Louise Simone | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2014-05-30 |
| EMERSON, Nigel | Llp Member | 2011-03-31 | 2016-03-11 |
| FIREMAN, Daniel Mark | Llp Member | 2014-05-01 | 2021-05-01 |
| GOULDEN, Howard Jonathan | Llp Member | 2013-02-01 | 2017-04-30 |
| GREKOS, Martha | Llp Member | 2016-09-05 | 2019-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr James Alexander Stewart | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2025-05-01 | Active |
| Mr Kyle Richard Phillips | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2025-05-01 | Active |
| Paul Anthony Roberts | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2019-05-01 | Active |
| Mrs Irena Angelique Molloy | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2017-05-01 | Ceased 2026-05-01 |
| Craig Andrew Emden | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-05-01 |
| Ian Harvey | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-05-01 |
| Mr Paul Morris Millett | Individual | significant-influence-or-control-limited-liability-partnership | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-05-01 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 458 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | LLPSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2026-04-22 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-14 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-14 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-07 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-04-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-18 | LLAP01 | officers | Appoint person member limited liability partnership with appointment date | |
| 2026-03-06 | LLAA01 | accounts | Change account reference date limited liability partnership current shortened | |
| 2026-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-09 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-01 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-09-12 | LLCH01 | officers | Change person member limited liability partnership with name change date | |
| 2025-09-08 | LLTM01 | officers | Termination member limited liability partnership with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-18 | LLPSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control limited liability partnership | |
| 2025-07-03 | LLCS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 4
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-04-30 vs 2024-04-30
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Turnover
-3%
£70,705,980 £68,584,290
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Cash
-56.8%
£2,253,244 £973,647
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Net assets
-19.5%
£21,073,831 £16,973,577
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Employees
-2.4%
372 363
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Operating profit
-18.6%
£16,693,445 £13,581,371
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Profit before tax
-22.1%
£20,319,118 £15,828,212
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Wages
+3.5%
£25,147,705 £26,027,346
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