Howden Joinery Group PLC
Registered name: HOWDEN JOINERY GROUP PLC
Howden Joinery Group PLC made £2.4bn revenue and £268m profit in the year to 27 Dec 2025.
Howden Joinery Group PLC’s revenue grew 4% to £2.4bn in the year to 27 Dec 2025, with £268m profit and 12,565 employees. The company is classified under “activities of head offices” and is based in London; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 39 yrs · since 1987
- Type
- Public 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 | 28 Dec 2023 | 27 Dec 2024 | 28 Dec 2024 | 27 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £2.3bn | £2.3bn | £2.3bn | £2.4bn |
| Cost of sales | −£907m | −£891m | −£891m | −£903m |
| Gross profit | £1.4bn | £1.4bn | £1.4bn | £1.5bn |
| Operating profit | £340m | £339m | £339m | £355m |
| Profit before tax | £328m | £328m | £328m | £345m |
| Profit after tax | £255m | £249m | £249m | £268m |
| Profit (best available) | £255m | £249m | £249m | £268m |
| Employees (average) | 12,412 | 12,607 | 12,607 | 12,565 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 11% | 10.7% | 10.7% | 11.1% |
| Gross margin | 60.8% | 61.6% | 61.6% | 62.7% |
| Revenue per employee | £186k | £184k | £184k | £192k |
| Profit per employee | £20.5k | £19.8k | £19.8k | £21.3k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲0.5% | — | ▲4.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼2.1% | — | ▲7.4% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.6% | — | ▼0.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data May 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 62.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £192k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £21.3k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼0%
- Now 12,565
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Howden Joinery Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Dec 2025 (profit £268m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 15 Oct 2026
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