Howard Tenens Limited
Registered name: HOWARD TENENS LIMITED
Part of Tenens PTC Limited groupHoward Tenens Limited made £133m revenue and £10m profit in the year to 27 Sep 2025.
Howard Tenens Limited’s revenue grew 3% to £133m in the year to 27 Sep 2025, with £10m profit and 783 employees. The company is classified under “operation of warehousing and storage facilities for land transport activities” and is based in Stroud; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Stroud, South West
- Age
- 18 yrs · since 2008
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 28 Sep 2023 | 27 Sep 2024 | 28 Sep 2024 | 27 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £129m | £129m | £129m | £133m |
| Cost of sales | −£70.5m | −£69.3m | −£69.3m | −£69.2m |
| Gross profit | £58.9m | £59.5m | £59.5m | £64m |
| Operating profit | £15.6m | £27.2m | £27.2m | £16.3m |
| Profit before tax | £13.2m | £24.3m | £24.3m | £12.9m |
| Profit after tax | £9.7m | £17.2m | £17.2m | £10m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.7m | £17.2m | £17.2m | £10m |
| Employees (average) | 769 | 793 | 793 | 783 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 7.5% | 13.4% | 13.4% | 7.5% |
| Gross margin | 45.5% | 46.2% | 46.2% | 48% |
| Revenue per employee | £168k | £162k | £162k | £170k |
| Profit per employee | £12.7k | £21.7k | £21.7k | £12.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼0.5% | — | ▲3.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲76.9% | — | ▼42% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.1% | — | ▼1.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 7.5%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 48%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £170k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £12.8k
- 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
- ▼1%
- Now 783
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Tenens PTC Limitedultimate parent50–75%
- Howard Tenens Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Howard Tenens (North West) LimitedActive - Proposal to Strike offFigures not disclosed
- Howard Tenens Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Howard Tenens Logistics LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Howard Tenens Power (HTP) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (2)
- Tenens (Aveley) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Tenens (Lakeside) LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 27 Sep 2025 (profit £10m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 22 Oct 2026
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