Howden UK Limited
Registered name: HOWDEN UK LIMITED
Part of Bond Acquisition Holdings Limited groupHowden UK Limited made £0 revenue and £85k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2024.
Howden UK Limited’s revenue fell 100% to £0 in the year to 31 Dec 2024, with £85k profit. The company is classified under “other manufacturing” and is based in Belfast; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Belfast
- Age
- 128 yrs · since 1898
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Unusual figures. Profit is higher than revenue in this filing. That usually means investment income, dividends from subsidiaries or one-off gains — or a mis-tagged figure. Check the original filing before drawing conclusions.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £38m | £0 |
| Cost of sales | −£29.4m | £0 |
| Gross profit | £8.6m | £0 |
| Operating profit | £9.9m | £0 |
| Profit before tax | £12.5m | £0 |
| Profit after tax | £11.2m | £85k |
| Profit (best available) | £11.2m | £85k |
| Employees (average) | — | — |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 29.6% | — |
| Gross margin | 22.6% | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼100% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼99.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Nov 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
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- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
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- 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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- Now —
- Headcount
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- Now —
- Deferred income
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- Now —
- Fixed assets
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- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Bond Acquisition Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Granite Holdings Global Limited75–100%
- Weldcure Limited75–100%
- Esab Technology Limited75–100%
- Howden Finance Limited75–100%
- Howden Group Limited75–100%
- Howden Engineering Limited75–100%
- Howden UK Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2024 (profit £85k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Nov 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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