Howe Maxted Group Limited
Registered name: HOWE MAXTED GROUP LIMITED
Part of Ensco 1084 Limited groupHowe Maxted Group Limited made £980k revenue and £2.1m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Howe Maxted Group Limited’s revenue fell 61% to £980k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £2.1m profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “dormant company” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Liquidation
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 42 yrs · since 1984
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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.
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.5m | £2.5m | £2.5m | £980k |
| Operating profit | £69.2k | £101k | £73.5k | £2.1m |
| Profit before tax | £69.3k | £103k | £79.9k | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £53.2k | £82.2k | £59k | £2.1m |
| Profit (best available) | £53.2k | £82.2k | £59k | £2.1m |
| Staff costs | £1.9m | £1.8m | £1.9m | £354k |
| Employees (average) | 26 | 26 | 27 | 6 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 2.1% | 3.3% | 2.3% | 209.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £95.5k | £95.2k | £94.1k | £163k |
| Profit per employee | £2k | £3.2k | £2.2k | £342k |
| Cash conversion | 114.5% | 53.5% | 172.2% | −157.8% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.4% | ▲2.7% | ▼61.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲54.5% | ▼28.3% | ▲3382% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▲3.9% | ▼77.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.5m | £1.4m | £1.5m | — |
| Net assets | £889k | £951k | £990k | £3.1m |
| Fixed assets | £41.2k | £46.6k | £60.1k | £11k |
| Current assets | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £3.1m |
| Debtors | £93.6k | £178k | £77.1k | £3.1m |
| Cash from operations | £79.2k | £54.3k | £127k | −£3.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 209.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £163k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £342k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −157.8%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 316.9%
- 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
- ▲213%
- Now £3.1m
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼78%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼82%
- Now £11k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ensco 1084 Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Wren Sterling Financial Planning Limited75–100%
- Howe Maxted Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (2)
- Maxted Morrison & Co. LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Robson Cave & Associates LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (19)
- Aspects Financial LtdFigures not disclosed
- Broadway Financial Planning LtdFigures not disclosed
- Brunsdon Financial Services Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Callisto Wealth Management LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- City Financial (Aberdeen) Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- D a Owen Financial Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ensco Financial Planning LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Infocus Solutions LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Investment Choices Wealth Management LtdFigures not disclosed
- JLS Associates Independent Financial Advisers LimitedLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Keith Stockdale and Company LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Keyte Holdings LtdFigures not disclosed
- Mackenzie Taylor Asset Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mitchell Griffin Wealth Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quattro Wealth LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Stock a M LtdFigures not disclosed
- T W Financial Planning LtdLiquidationFigures not disclosed
- Westminco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Wren Sterling Ebt LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £2.1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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