Howat Group PLC
Registered name: HOWAT GROUP PLC
Part of Howat Capital Limited groupHowat Group PLC made £16.3m revenue and £85.9k profit in the year to 31 Aug 2025. read from filing text
Howat Group PLC’s revenue fell 33% to £16.3m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with £85.9k profit and 50 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Dearne Valley; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Dearne Valley, Yorkshire and The Humber
- Age
- 9 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Public 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 company's immediate parent undertaking is Howat Capital Limited, a company registered in Scotland. The company's ultimate parent undertaking is Howat Capital Partners Ltd, a company incorporated i”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2022 | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 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) | £14.5m | £17.4m | £24.5m | £16.3m |
| Cost of sales | £11.1m | £11.8m | £19.4m | £13.3m |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £5.6m | £5.1m | £3.1m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £2.5m | £2.3m | £190k |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £2.5m | £2.2m | £114k |
| Profit after tax | £1.2m | £2.7m | £1.9m | £85.9k |
| Profit (best available) | £1.2m | £2.7m | £1.9m | £85.9k |
| Staff costs | £1.6m | £1.7m | £2m | £2.1m |
| Employees (average) | 44 | 46 | 52 | 50 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 15.3% | 7.6% | 0.5% |
| Gross margin | 23.5% | 32.1% | 20.9% | 18.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £329k | £379k | £472k | £327k |
| Profit per employee | £28.3k | £57.8k | £36.1k | £1.7k |
| Cash conversion | −251.6% | −9.7% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲20.2% | ▲40.8% | ▼33.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲113.4% | ▼29.4% | ▼95.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲13% | ▼3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2.2m | £2.3m | £2.3m |
| Net assets | £9.8m | £12.4m | £14.3m | £14.4m |
| Fixed assets | £2.4m | £1.6m | £1.4m | £1.3m |
| Current assets | £13m | £18.6m | £22.3m | £23.4m |
| Debtors | £3.5m | £3.7m | £4.7m | £3.5m |
| Deferred income | £103k | £65.2k | £86.9k | £99.3k |
| Cash from operations | −£3.3m | −£243k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £327k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £1.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 21.3%
- 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
- ▲1%
- Now £14.4m
- Cash at bank
- ▼2%
- Now £2.3m
- Headcount
- ▼4%
- Now 50
- Deferred income
- ▲14%
- Now £99.3k
- Fixed assets
- ▼6%
- Now £1.3m
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
- Howat Capital Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Howat Group PLCthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Ancon Special Alloy Steels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Barpoint LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Engineering Special Steels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Ess Steels Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (9)
- Nexus Technology Group UK LimitedRev. £7.1m · Profit £108k
- 83 Hanover Street LimitedFigures not disclosed
- 99 Hanover Street LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Catley Road LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coatbridge LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Dearne Valley LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Melville Terrace LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Superico LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Todd Square 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 31 Aug 2025 (profit £85.9k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Feb 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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