Howden Scotland Limited
Registered name: HOWDEN SCOTLAND LIMITED
Part of Howden Group Holdings Limited groupHowden Scotland Limited made £6.3m revenue and £1.6m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Howden Scotland Limited’s revenue was £6.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £1.6m profit and 49 employees. The company is classified under “non-life insurance”; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Age
- 26 yrs · since 2000
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £12.4m | £14m | £14m | £6.3m |
| Cost of sales | −£9m | −£10.5m | — | — |
| Gross profit | £3.4m | £3.4m | — | — |
| Operating profit | £4.3m | £4.6m | £4.6m | £2m |
| Profit before tax | £4.4m | £4.7m | £4.7m | £2.1m |
| Profit after tax | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £1.6m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.4m | £3.4m | £3.4m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 115 | 124 | 124 | 49 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 27.7% | 24.6% | 24.6% | 24.7% |
| Gross margin | 27.1% | 24.6% | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £108k | £113k | £113k | £129k |
| Profit per employee | £29.9k | £27.8k | £27.8k | £31.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲12.6% | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▲0.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | — | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Net assets | — | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 24.7%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £129k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £31.9k
- 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
- —
- Now 49
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Howden Group Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- HGH Midco 1 Limited75–100%
- HGH Midco 2 Limited75–100%
- HGH Finance Limited75–100%
- HGH Midco 3 Limited75–100%
- Howden Broking Group Limited75–100%
- Howden Uk&i Holdings Limited75–100%
- Howden Scotland Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
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- Howden RCS LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Howden UK Brokers LimitedFigures not disclosed
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From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £1.6m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 20 Oct 2026
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