Howardson Group Limited
Registered name: HOWARDSON GROUP LIMITED
Howardson Group Limited made £12.4m revenue and £628k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Howardson Group Limited’s revenue was £12.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £628k profit and 77 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other general-purpose machinery” and is based in Kirk Langley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kirk Langley, East Midlands
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1959
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.5m | £16.7m | £16.9m | £12.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £10.8m | £11.1m | £7.9m |
| Gross profit | £4.9m | £5.9m | £5.8m | £4.4m |
| Profit before tax | £2.7m | £3m | £1.7m | £690k |
| Profit after tax | £2.3m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £628k |
| Profit (best available) | £2.3m | £2.4m | £1.2m | £628k |
| Staff costs | £2m | £2.8m | £3.2m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 64 | 72 | 78 | 77 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 16.9% | 14.2% | 7% | 5.1% |
| Gross margin | 36.7% | 35.3% | 34.5% | 35.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £210k | £232k | £217k | £160k |
| Profit per employee | £35.6k | £32.8k | £15.3k | £8.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲23.9% | ▲1.6% | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲3.7% | ▼49.6% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲12.5% | ▲8.3% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £3m | £2.5m | £1.8m | £1.6m |
| Net assets | £8.3m | £10.4m | £11.4m | £9.6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.7m | £2.5m | £3.9m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £8.2m | £9.7m | £9.4m | £9m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £2.2m | £1.3m | £2.4m |
| Deferred income | £368k | £481k | £132k | £611k |
| Cash from operations | −£2.3m | −£1.4m | −£1.6m | −£2.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 35.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £160k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £8.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 31.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 5%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now £9.6m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now £1.6m
- Headcount
- —
- Now 77
- Deferred income
- —
- Now £611k
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now £3.8m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £628k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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