Howe Rentals Ltd
Registered name: HOWE RENTALS LTD
Howe Rentals Ltd made £441k revenue and a £9.9k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Howe Rentals Ltd’s revenue fell 20% to £441k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £9.9k and 0 employees. The company is classified under “sale of new cars and light motor vehicles” and is based in Herfordshire; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Herfordshire, East of England
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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 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) | £84.9k | £335k | £554k | £441k |
| Cost of sales | £28.8k | £238k | £477k | £386k |
| Gross profit | £56.1k | £97k | £76.2k | £55k |
| Operating profit | £7.8k | £56.3k | £35.2k | £2.5k |
| Profit before tax | £1.1k | £46k | £25.1k | −£9.9k |
| Profit after tax | £252 | £38.7k | £22.5k | −£9.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £252 | £38.7k | £22.5k | −£9.9k |
| Employees (average) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.3% | 11.6% | 4.1% | −2.2% |
| Gross margin | 66.1% | 28.9% | 13.8% | 12.5% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲294.5% | ▲65.3% | ▼20.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲15275% | ▼42% | ▼144% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £21k | £20.7k | £4.9k | £8.4k |
| Net assets | −£12.2k | £26.5k | £49k | £39.1k |
| Fixed assets | £59.6k | £83.5k | £74.5k | £81k |
| Current assets | £117k | £83.5k | £114k | £79.2k |
| Debtors | £96.3k | £5.8k | £38k | £17k |
| Deferred income | £591 | £6k | £27k | £19k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −2.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 12.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 18.4%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 4.3%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼20%
- Now £39.1k
- Cash at bank
- ▲72%
- Now £8.4k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- ▼30%
- Now £19k
- Fixed assets
- ▲9%
- Now £81k
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 Mar 2025 (profit −£9.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 14 Oct 2026
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