HOWDEN UK LIMITED

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  Material uncertainty over going concern

  The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. On 17 March 2023, Granite Holdings II B.V. (the "ultimate parent") was acquired by Chart Industries, Inc. As a result, Chart industries, Inc, a company listed on the New York stock exchange, is the ultimate parent of Howden UK Limited. As part of a global initiative to reduce the number of legal entities in the Chart organisation the business, assets and employees of Howden UK Limited were transferred to another company within the Chart group, James Howden & Company Limited, with effect from 1 January 2024. As the Howden UK Limited legal entity ceased trading in 2024, the Directors expect the company to become dormant and liquidated in the future. No adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply going concern basis.

1. HOWDEN UK LIMITED 2004-11-12 → present
2. HOWDEN POWER LIMITED 2000-07-20 → 2004-11-12
3. HOWDEN SIROCCO LIMITED 1988-05-26 → 2000-07-20
4. DAVIDSON & CO., LIMITED 1898-04-20 → 1988-05-26

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Standalone (parent only)

Auditor

Deloitte LLP

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Material uncertainty disclosed

“The financial statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern. On 17 March 2023, Granite Holdings II B.V. (the "ultimate parent") was acquired by Chart Industries, Inc. As a result, Chart industries, Inc, a company listed on the New York stock exchange, is the ultimate parent of Howden UK Limited. As part of a global initiative to reduce the number of legal entities in the Chart organisation the business, assets and employees of Howden UK Limited were transferred to another company within the Chart group, James Howden & Company Limited, with effect from 1 January 2024. As the Howden UK Limited legal entity ceased trading in 2024, the Directors expect the company to become dormant and liquidated in the future. No adjustments arose as a result of ceasing to apply going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. HOWDEN UK LIMITED · parent
   1. Howden Engineering Limited

Significant events

• “On 1st January 2024, the company transferred its trade, assets and liabilities into James Howden & Company Limited.”
• “On 29 July 2025, Chart Industries, Inc., our ultimate controlling company, and Baker Hughes announced that they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Baker Hughes will acquire all outstanding shares of Chart's common stock for $210 per share in cash, equivalent to a total enterprise value of $13.6 billion. The deal has received unanimous recommendation from both boards and is expected to close by mid 2026, pending customary approvals.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  —

  Not reported

• Cash

  —

  Not reported

• Net assets

  +0.2%

  £39,202,000 → £39,287,000

• Employees

  —

  Not reported

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