Howat Capital Limited
Registered name: HOWAT CAPITAL LIMITED
Howat Capital Limited made £21.7m revenue and a £782k loss in the year to 31 Aug 2025.
Howat Capital Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £21.7m in the year to 31 Aug 2025, with a loss of £782k. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Stirling; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stirling, Scotland
- Age
- 11 yrs · since 2015
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Aug 2023 | 31 Aug 2024 | 31 Aug 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £22.8m | £30.3m | £21.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£14.7m | −£21.6m | −£16.9m |
| Gross profit | £8.1m | £8.7m | £4.8m |
| Operating profit | £1.9m | £3.4m | −£337k |
| Profit before tax | £1.8m | £4.7m | −£572k |
| Profit after tax | £2m | £3.4m | −£782k |
| Profit (best available) | £2m | £3.4m | −£782k |
| Employees (average) | — | — | — |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.6% | 11.1% | −3.6% |
| Gross margin | 35.5% | 28.8% | 22.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲33.2% | ▼28.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲70.1% | ▼123.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 22.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
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- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
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- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
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- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
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- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
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- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
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- 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
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- Now —
- Cash at bank
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- Headcount
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- Deferred income
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- Fixed assets
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Group structure
Subsidiaries (10)
- Howat Group PLCRev. £16.3m · Profit £85.9k
- 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).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Aug 2025 (profit −£782k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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