Howard Construction (Anglia) Limited
Registered name: HOWARD CONSTRUCTION (ANGLIA) LIMITED
Part of Howard Group Limited groupHoward Construction (Anglia) Limited made £26.6m revenue and £1.8m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Howard Construction (Anglia) Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £26.6m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £1.8m profit and 84 employees. The company is classified under “development of building projects” and is based in Woodbridge; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Woodbridge, East of England
- Age
- 31 yrs · since 1995
- 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 immediate parent company is Howard Holdings (Anglia) Limited, a company registered in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £23.4m | £18.7m | £21.5m | £26.6m |
| Cost of sales | £19.3m | £14.8m | £17.3m | £21.6m |
| Gross profit | £4m | £3.9m | £4.3m | £5.1m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.9m | £2.5m |
| Profit before tax | £2.4m | £1.9m | £1.8m | £2.4m |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.8m |
| Staff costs | £5m | £4.6m | £4.8m | £4.9m |
| Employees (average) | 85 | 82 | 81 | 84 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 7.6% | 6.3% | 6.7% |
| Gross margin | 17.3% | 20.9% | 19.8% | 19% |
| Revenue per employee | £275k | £228k | £266k | £317k |
| Profit per employee | £23.7k | £17.4k | £16.7k | £21.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼20% | ▲15.2% | ▲23.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼29.2% | ▼5.4% | ▲31.1% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▼1.2% | ▲3.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.3m | £997k | £1m | £2m |
| Net assets | £3.2m | £3.3m | £4.7m | £6m |
| Fixed assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £71.1k | £1.5m |
| Current assets | £7.8m | £4.8m | £8.5m | £9.1m |
| Debtors | £5.1m | £2.7m | £5.3m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | £752k | £568k | £389k | £636k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 6.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £317k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.7%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 2.4%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 10.9%
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now £6m
- Cash at bank
- ▲93%
- Now £2m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 84
- Deferred income
- ▲63%
- Now £636k
- Fixed assets
- ▲2024%
- Now £1.5m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Howard Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Howard Holdings (Anglia) Limited75–100%
- Howard Construction (Anglia) Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Howard Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £1.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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