W. Howard Limited
Registered name: W. HOWARD LIMITED
W. Howard Limited made £16.9m revenue and £216k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024. read from filing text
W. Howard Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £16.9m in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £216k profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of other products of wood; manufacture of articles of cork, straw and plaiting materials” and is based in Warrington; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 55 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent undertaking is W Howard Group Holdings Limited, a company registered in England and Wales. W Howard Group Holdings Limited prepares consolidated financial statements and is the par”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.3m | £16.9m |
| Cost of sales | £13.8m | £10.5m |
| Gross profit | £7.5m | £6.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.2m | £335k |
| Profit before tax | £986k | £181k |
| Profit after tax | £753k | £216k |
| Profit (best available) | £753k | £216k |
| Staff costs | £4m | £3.1m |
| Employees (average) | 102 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 3.5% | 1.3% |
| Gross margin | 35% | 38.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £209k | £202k |
| Profit per employee | £7.4k | £2.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼71.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼17.6% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £504k | £1.5m |
| Net assets | £9m | £9.2m |
| Fixed assets | £4.1m | £3.8m |
| Current assets | £8.9m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £2.8m | £2.2m |
| Deferred income | £1.2m | £557k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 1.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 38.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £202k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £2.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 22.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 3.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 13.2%
- 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
- ▲2%
- Now £9.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲193%
- Now £1.5m
- Headcount
- ▼18%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▼53%
- Now £557k
- Fixed assets
- ▼8%
- 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 31 Dec 2024 (profit £216k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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