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Registration number: 01854813

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Annual Report and Financial Statements

for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Brebners
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
1 Suffolk Way
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1YL

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Contents

Company Information

1

Strategic Report

2 to 4

Director's Report

5

Independent Auditor's Report

6 to 9

Statement of Income and Retained Earnings

10

Statement of Financial Position

11

Statement of Cash Flows

12

Notes to the Financial Statements

13 to 22

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Company Information

Director

D W Kelly

Registered office

13-19 Derby Road
Nottingham
NG1 5AA

Auditor

Brebners
Chartered Accountants & Statutory Auditor
1 Suffolk Way
Sevenoaks
TN13 1YL

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The director presents his strategic report for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Principal activity

The principal activity of the company is that of insurance brokerage and financial services.

Fair review of the business

The company has traded for many years and has established itself within an industry sector that is highly competitive. The company prides itself on providing an excellent service for its existing customer base, a customer base that has grown by a combination of brand loyalty, word of mouth and tactical advertising, as it maintains a family atmosphere.

The company has shown strong and steady growth over the last number of years in a wide variety of products. Some of the products they are one of the few in the industry to offer. This year is no exception and again the company has continued to trade strongly in a difficult market sector. The directors are satisfied with the trading for the year, which has shown growth and has allowed the company to build on the solid foundations formed in previous years.

The company only traded for three months from 1 April 2024 to 28 June 2024 and ceased to generate new business from this date. Turnover comprises of commissions to 28th June 2024 together with run off commissions thereafter.

On 28 June 2024 the general business of the company was hived down into a wholly owned subsidiary undertaking, HMG (GI) Limited which was then sold to J M Glendenning Limited. The other specific business of the company was acquired by Wren Sterling Financial Planning Limited.

Turnover for the period amounted to £979,563 with an operating profit of £2,064,002, which included an amount of £1,559,728 in respect of the gain on the disposal of HMG (GI) Limited.

The company's subsidiary undertakings did not trade during the year.

Key Performance Indicators

Non-Financial Key Performance Indicators

The company seeks to ensure that responsible business practice is fully integrated into the management of all its operations and into the culture of all parts of its business. It believes that the consistent adoption of reasonable business practice is essential for operational excellence and maintain compliance within the industry sector which in turn ensures the delivery of its core objective of sustained profitability.

The directors consider there are collectively numerous non-financial performance indicators but that individually none are key.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The company's key financial and other performance indicators during the year were as follows:

Financial KPIs

Unit

2025

2024

Turnover

£000

980.00

2,541.00

Turnover Growth

%

(61.47)

2.67

Net profit margin

%

210.91

3.10

Profit before tax

£000

2,066.02

79.90


 

Principal risks and uncertainties

Objectives and policies

The company uses various financial instruments including loans, cash, equity capital and various items such as trade debtors and trade creditors that arise directly from its operations. The main purpose of these financial instruments is to raise finance for the company's operations.

The directors are responsible for determining the level of risk acceptable to to the company. The directors review and agree policies for managing the financial risks which are summarised below.

Market risk

The company operates in a competitive market. If the company does not continue to compete effectively by developing its services and responding to the activities of its competitors it could lose customers and its results, cash flow and financial conditions could be adversely affected.

The company finances its operations through cash deposits and there is therefore exposure to interest rate risk on these deposits.

Foreign currency risk

The company is exposed to currency exchange rate risk due to a proportion of its receivables and operating expenses being denominated in non-Sterling currencies. The net exposure of each currency is monitored and considered not to be significant.

Credit risk

The company's principal assets are cash deposits and trade debtors. The credit risk associated with cash deposits is limited as the accounts are held with major UK High Street banks. The principal credit risk arises therefore from trade debtors and the company manages closely its exposure to bad debts and makes prudent provision when required. Credit checks are undertaken before trade facilities are extended to new customers.

Liquidity risk

The company seeks to manage financial risk by ensuring sufficient liquidity is available to meet foreseeable needs to invest cash assets safely and profitably.

The company's policy throughout the year has been to hold cash balances in readily accessible deposits and to utilise leasing facilities for substantial asset acquisitions where favourable rates can be obtained.

Risk Summary

The directors continuously monitor and respond to changes in the company's risk environment, so ensuring that the company remains well placed to address operational, reputational, financial and business risks in a timely and appropriate manner.

 

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Strategic Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Approved by the director on 9 September 2025 and signed on its behalf by:

.........................................
D W Kelly
Director

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Director's Report for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

The director presents his report and the financial statements for the year ended 31 March 2025.

Directors of the company

The directors who held office during the year were as follows:

G C Smith (ceased 28 June 2024)

J Maxted (ceased 28 June 2024)

J Austin (ceased 28 June 2024)

D F Baker (ceased 28 June 2024)

D W Kelly (appointed 28 June 2024)

Dividends

During the year interim dividends amounting to £Nil (2023: £20,000) were paid. No final dividend is proposed.

Directors liability insurance

The company maintains Directors and officers liability insurance as permitted by section 233 of Companies Act 2006.

Information included in the Strategic report

The company has chosen in accordance with section 414C(11) Companies Act 2006 to set out in the company's strategic report information required by Schedule 7 of the large and medium-sized Companies and Groups (Accounts and Reports) Regulations 2008 to be contained in the directors' report. It has done so in respect of financial risk management, exposure and future developments.

Disclosure of information to the auditor

The director has taken steps that he ought to have taken as a director in order to make himself aware of any relevant audit information and to establish that the company's auditors are aware of that information. The director confirms that there is no relevant information that he knows of and of which he knows the auditors are unaware.

Approved by the director on 9 September 2025 and signed by:



 

.........................................
D W Kelly
Director

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Howe Maxted Group Limited
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Opinion

We have audited the financial statements of Howe Maxted Group Limited (the 'company') for the year ended 31 March 2025, which comprise the Statement of Income and Retained Earnings, Statement of Financial Position, Statement of Cash Flows, and Notes to the Financial Statements, including a summary of significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).

In our opinion the financial statements:

give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 March 2025 and of its profit for the year then ended;

have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and

have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.

Basis for opinion

We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.

Conclusions relating to going concern

In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.

The company ceased to trade and transferred its undertakings on 28 June 2024. The director has decided that the company will go into voluntary liquidation in due course.

Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.

Other information

The director is responsible for the other information. The other information comprises the information included in the annual report, other than the financial statements and our auditor’s report thereon. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon.

In connection with our audit of the financial statements, our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the audit or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether there is a material misstatement in the financial statements or a material misstatement of the other information. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.

We have nothing to report in this regard.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Howe Maxted Group Limited
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006

In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of the audit:

the information given in the Strategic Report and Director's Report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and

the Strategic Report and Director's Report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.

Matters on which we are required to report by exception

In the light of our knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the Strategic Report and the Director's Report.

We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters where the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:

adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or

the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or

certain disclosures of director's remuneration specified by law are not made; or

we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.

Responsibilities of the director

As explained more fully in the (set out on page ), the director is responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the director determines is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error.

In preparing the financial statements, the director is responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the director either intends to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.

Auditor’s responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements

Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor’s report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance, but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Howe Maxted Group Limited
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Irregularities, including fraud, are instances of non-compliance with laws and regulations. We design procedures in line with our responsibilities, outlined above, to detect material misstatements in respect of irregularities, including fraud. The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud is detailed below:

Based on our understanding of the company and the insurance broking industry in which it operates, we determined that the principal risks of non-compliance with laws and regulations related to the reporting framework (FRS 102 and the Companies Act 2006) and UK corporate taxation laws including health and safety legislation, anti-bribery legislation and data protection legislation The company is FCA regulated and any instances of non compliance are reportable. These risks were communicated to our audit team and we remained alert to any indications of non-compliance throughout our audit.

We understood how the company is complying with relevant legislation by making enquiries of management and those responsible for legal and compliance procedures. We also considered the results of our audit procedures and to what extent these corroborate this understanding and assessed the susceptibility of the company’s financial statements to material misstatement. This included consideration of how fraud might occur and evaluation of management’s incentives and opportunities for fraudulent manipulation of the financial statements. In addition a report on client monies held is also compiled.

We designed our audit procedures to identify any non-compliance with laws and regulations. Such procedures included, but were not limited to, inspection of any regulatory or legal correspondence; challenging assumptions and judgements made by management; identifying and testing journal entries with a focus on large or unusual transactions as determined based on our understanding of the business; and identifying and assessing the effectiveness of controls in place to prevent and detect fraud and any instances of non compliance with FCA regulations.

Owing to the inherent limitations of an audit, there remains a risk that a material misstatement may not have been detected, even though we have properly planned and performed our audit in accordance with auditing standards. We are not responsible for preventing non-compliance with laws and regulations and cannot be expected to detect all instances of non-compliance.

A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor’s report.

The primary responsibility for the detection and prevention of fraud rests with those responsible for governance and management. The further removed non-compliance with laws and regulations is from the events reflected in the financial statements, the less likely the auditor will become aware of it.

The risk of not detecting a material misstatement due to fraud is higher than the risk of not detecting one resulting from error, as fraud may involve deliberate concealment, collusion, omission, misrepresentation or forgery.

Use of our report

This report is made solely to the company’s members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company’s members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor’s report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company’s members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Independent Auditor's Report to the Members of Howe Maxted Group Limited
for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

......................................
Martin Widdowson (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of

Brebners, Statutory Auditor
1 Suffolk Way
Sevenoaks
TN13 1YL

9 September 2025

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Statement of Income and Retained Earnings for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Turnover

3

979,563

2,541,143

Administrative expenses

 

1,084,439

(2,467,634)

Operating profit

5

2,064,002

73,509

Other interest receivable and similar income

6

2,014

6,418

 

2,014

6,418

Profit before tax

 

2,066,016

79,927

Taxation

9

(12,798)

(20,967)

Profit for the financial year

 

2,053,218

58,960

Retained earnings brought forward

 

764,396

725,436

Dividends paid

 

-

(20,000)

Retained earnings carried forward

 

2,817,614

764,396

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Statement of Financial Position as at 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Fixed assets

 

Tangible assets

10

-

42,522

Investments

11

11,000

11,001

Other financial assets

12

-

6,602

 

11,000

60,125

Current assets

 

Debtors

13

3,104,057

178,215

Cash at bank and in hand

 

-

1,504,314

 

3,104,057

1,682,529

Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year

15

(11,773)

(752,528)

Net current assets

 

3,092,284

930,001

Net assets

 

3,103,284

990,126

Capital and reserves

 

Called up share capital

17

4,444

4,000

Share premium reserve

281,226

221,730

Profit and loss account

2,817,614

764,396

Shareholders' funds

 

3,103,284

990,126

Approved and authorised by the director on 9 September 2025

 

......................................................................

D W Kelly

Director

Company registration number: 01854813

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Statement of Cash Flows for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Note

2025
£

2024
£

Cash flows from operating activities

Profit for the year

 

2,053,218

58,960

Adjustments to cash flows from non-cash items

 

Depreciation and amortisation

5

4,435

15,083

Financial instrument net losses through profit and loss

 

(105,245)

-

Profit from disposals of investments

4

(1,559,728)

-

Finance income

6

(2,014)

(6,418)

Income tax expense

9

12,798

20,967

 

403,464

88,592

Working capital adjustments

 

(Increase)/decrease in trade debtors

13

(2,937,094)

93,846

Decrease in trade creditors

15

(724,106)

(55,832)

Cash generated from operations

 

(3,257,736)

126,606

Income taxes paid

9

(18,195)

(25,634)

Net cash flow from operating activities

 

(3,275,931)

100,972

Cash flows from investing activities

 

Interest received

6

2,014

6,418

Proceeds from sale of subsidiaries

 

1,563,500

-

Acquisitions of tangible assets

(1,024)

(28,558)

Proceeds from sale of tangible assets

 

144,356

-

Proceeds from disposal of financial investments other than trading investments

 

2,831

-

Net cash flows from investing activities

 

1,711,677

(22,140)

Cash flows from financing activities

 

Proceeds from issue of ordinary shares, net of issue costs

 

59,940

-

Dividends paid

19

-

(20,000)

Net cash flows from financing activities

 

59,940

(20,000)

Net (decrease)/increase in cash and cash equivalents

 

(1,504,314)

58,832

Cash and cash equivalents at 1 April 24

 

1,504,314

1,445,482

Cash and cash equivalents at 31 March 25

 

-

1,504,314

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

1

General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
13-19 Derby Road
Nottingham
NG1 5AA
 

The principal place of business is:
17 Hatherley Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4BP

The principal activity of the company is that of insurance brokerage and financial services.

2

Accounting policies

Statement of compliance

These financial statements were prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland'.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except any items disclosed in the accounting policies as being shown at fair value and are presented in sterling, which is the functional currency of the entity.

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Group accounts not prepared

The company has taken advantage of the option not to prepare consolidated financial statements contained in Section 399 of the Companies Act 2006 on the basis that the company and its subsidiary undertakings comprise a small group.

Going concern

The company made a profit for the year ended 31 March 2025 and had net assets of £3,103,284 at that date.

The company ceased to trade and transferred its undertakings on 28th June 2024. The director has decided that the company will go into voluntary liquidation in due course and therefore the financials statements have been prepared on a basis other than going concern.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Judgements and sources of estimation uncertainty

The preparation of the financial statements requires management to make judgements, estimates and assumptions that affect the amounts reported. These estimates and judgements are continually reviewed and are based on experience and other factors, including expectations of future events that are believed to be reasonable under the circumstances.

The judgements (apart from those involving estimations) that management has made in the process of applying the entity's accounting policies and that have the most significant effect on the amounts recognised in the financial statements are as follows:

The company exercises judgement to determine useful lives and residual values of computer and office equipment. The assets are depreciated to their estimated residual values of their estimated useful lives.

The company also exercises judgement as to the recoverability of outstanding customer balances. These are monitored on a regular basis and provided as a doubtful debts where appropriate.

A source of estimation uncertainty is that of client compensation and clawbacks. Clawbacks occur when a policy does not go full term and commission is returned. Compensations are agreed upon by the ombudsman and are accounted for as they arise.

Revenue recognition

Turnover comprises the fair value of the consideration received or receivable from services rendered in the ordinary course of the company's activities. Commission income on insurance and associated products is recognised when the policy is incepted, except for direct commission which is recognised when it becomes payable.

Commission income on investment products is recognised when the funds are invested.

Revenue from the rendering of services is measured by reference to the stage of completion of the service transaction at the end of the reporting period provided that the outcome can be reliably estimated.

Foreign currency transactions and balances

Transactions in foreign currencies are initially recorded at the functional currency rate prevailing at the date of the transaction. Monetary assets and liabilities denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated into the respective functional currency of the entity at the rates prevailing on the reporting period date. Non-monetary items carried at fair value that are denominated in foreign currencies are retranslated at the rate on the date when the fair value is re-measured.

Non-monetary items measured in terms of historical cost in a foreign currency are not retranslated.

Tax

The tax expense for the period comprises current and deferred tax. Tax is recognised in profit or loss, except that a charge attributable to an item of income or expense recognised as other comprehensive income is also recognised directly in other comprehensive income.

The current income tax charge is calculated on the basis of tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date in the countries where the company operates and generates taxable income.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

Deferred tax is recognised in respect of all timing differences between taxable profits and profits reported in the financial statements.

Unrelieved tax losses and other deferred tax assets are recognised when it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits.

Deferred tax is measured using the tax rates and laws that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting date and that are expected to apply to the reversal of the timing difference.

Tangible assets

Tangible assets are stated in the statement of financial position at cost, less any subsequent accumulated depreciation and subsequent accumulated impairment losses.

The cost of tangible assets includes directly attributable incremental costs incurred in their acquisition and installation.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class

Depreciation method and rate

Furniture, Fittings & Equipment

15% - 33% per annum

Investments

Investments in equity shares which are publicly traded or where the fair value can be measured reliably are initially measured at fair value, with changes in fair value recognised in profit or loss. Investments in equity shares which are not publicly traded and where fair value cannot be measured reliably are measured at cost less impairment.

Interest income on debt securities, where applicable, is recognised in income using the effective interest method. Dividends on equity securities are recognised in income when receivable.

Cash and cash equivalents

Cash and cash equivalents comprise cash on hand and call deposits, and other short-term highly liquid investments that are readily convertible to a known amount of cash and are subject to an insignificant risk of change in value.

Dividends

Dividend distribution to the company’s shareholders is recognised as a liability in the financial statements in the reporting period in which the dividends are declared.

Defined contribution pension obligation

A defined contribution plan is a pension plan under which fixed contributions are paid into a pension fund and the company has no legal or constructive obligation to pay further contributions even if the fund does not hold sufficient assets to pay all employees the benefits relating to employee service in the current and prior periods.

Contributions to defined contribution plans are recognised as employee benefit expense when they are due. If contribution payments exceed the contribution due for service, the excess is recognised as a prepayment.

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

3

Turnover

The analysis of the company's revenue for the year from continuing operations is as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

UK Commissions

785,067

2,301,215

Rendering of services in UK

7,155

63,775

Overseas commission

187,341

176,153

979,563

2,541,143

4

Other gains and losses

The analysis of the company's other gains and losses for the year is as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Gain/(loss) on disposal of property, plant and equipment

105,245

-

Gain/(loss) on disposal of other financial assets

(3,771)

-

Gain/(loss) from disposals of investments

1,563,499

-

1,664,973

-

5

Operating profit

Arrived at after charging/(crediting)

2025
 £

2024
 £

Depreciation expense

4,435

15,083

Foreign exchange losses

473

3,271

Profit on disposal of property, plant and equipment

(105,245)

-

Bad debts

(54,015)

54,015

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

6

Other interest receivable and similar income

2025
£

2024
£

Interest income on bank deposits

2,014

6,382

Other finance income

-

36

2,014

6,418

7

Staff costs

The aggregate payroll costs were as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Wages and salaries

289,402

1,363,125

Social security costs

31,869

154,051

Pension costs, defined contribution scheme

30,203

340,620

Other employee expense

2,171

1,669

353,645

1,859,465

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, analysed by category was as follows:

2025
No.

2024
No.

Administration and support

5

23

Management

1

4

6

27

8

Director's remuneration

The directors' remuneration for the year was as follows:

2025
 £

2024
 £

Remuneration

73,712

376,848

Contributions paid to money purchase schemes

2,172

128,351

75,884

505,199

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

9

Taxation

Tax charged/(credited) in the income statement

2025
£

2024
£

Current taxation

UK corporation tax

773

17,422

Deferred taxation

Arising from origination and reversal of timing differences

12,025

3,545

Tax expense in the income statement

12,798

20,967

The tax on profit before tax for the year is higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK (2024 - higher than the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK) of 25% (2024 - 25%).

The differences are reconciled below:

2025
£

2024
£

Profit before tax

2,066,016

79,927

Corporation tax at standard rate

516,504

19,982

Effect of disallowable items

3,630

3,537

Deferred tax credit relating to changes in tax rates or laws

-

(2,552)

Deferred tax expense movement in the year

12,025

3,545

Tax increase/(decrease) from effect of capital allowances and depreciation

9,980

(3,458)

Tax decrease from effect of exercise of employee share options

(90,591)

-

Effects of non taxable items

(438,750)

-

Tax decrease from timing of pension payments

-

(87)

Total tax charge

12,798

20,967

Deferred tax

Deferred tax assets and liabilities

2024

Asset
£

Other timing differences

12,025

12,025

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

10

Tangible assets

Furniture, fittings and equipment
 £

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024

239,582

Additions

1,024

Disposals

(240,606)

At 31 March 2025

-

Depreciation

At 1 April 2024

197,060

Charge for the year

4,435

Eliminated on disposal

(201,495)

At 31 March 2025

-

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

-

At 31 March 2024

42,522

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

11

Investments

2025
 £

2024
 £

Investments in subsidiaries

11,000

11,001

£

Cost or valuation

At 1 April 2024 and 31 March 2025

11,001

Additions

1,754,999

Disposals

(1,755,000)

At 31 March 2025

11,000

Carrying amount

At 31 March 2025

11,000

At 31 March 2024

11,001

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking

Registered office

Holding

Proportion of voting rights and shares held

     

June 2025

March 2024

Subsidiary undertakings

Maxted Morrison Limited

17 Hatherley Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4BP

Ordinary

100%

100%

         

Robson Cave & Associates Limited

17 Hatherley Road
Sidcup
Kent
DA14 4BP

Ordinary

100%

100%

         

Howe Maxted (GI) Limited

1 Suffolk Way
Sevenoaks
Kent
TN13 1YL

Ordinary

0%

100%

 

     

12

Other financial assets (current and non-current)

2025
£

2024
£

Non-current financial assets

Financial assets at fair value through profit and loss

-

6,602

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

13

Debtors

2025
£

2024
£

Trade debtors

 

-

77,093

Other debtors

 

3,104,057

-

Prepayments

 

-

89,097

Deferred tax assets

9

-

12,025

 

3,104,057

178,215

14

Cash and cash equivalents

2025
£

2024
£

Cash at bank

-

1,504,314

15

Creditors

2025
 £

2024
 £

Due within one year

Trade creditors

-

325,637

Amounts due to group undertakings

11,000

11,001

Social security and other taxes

-

64,085

Accrued expenses

-

334,383

Corporation tax liability

773

17,422

11,773

752,528

16

Pension and other schemes

Defined contribution pension scheme

The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme. The pension cost charge for the year represents contributions payable by the company to the scheme and amounted to £30,203 ( 2024 - £340,620).

 

Howe Maxted Group Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 March 2025

17

Share capital

Allotted, called up and fully paid shares

 

2025

2024

 

No.

£

No.

£

Ordinary shares of £1 each

4,000

4,000

4,000

4,000

         

There are no restrictions on the purchase of shares or the declaration of dividends.

18

Share-based payments


Scheme details and movements
During the year options over 444 ordinary shares of £1 each were exercised at £135 per share for a consideration of £59,940.

At 31 March 2025 there were no outstanding options (2024:444)

19

Dividends

Interim dividends paid

   

2025
£

 

2024
£

Interim dividend of £Nil ( 2024 - £ 5.00) per Ordinary share

 

-

 

20,000

         

20

Related party transactions

Exemption has been taken under FRS102 paragraph 33.1A not to disclose transactions or amounts due with companies that are wholly owned within the group.

The dividends paid in the year shown in note 18 were paid to the directors. At 31 March 2025 an amount of £Nil (2024: £20,000) was due to the directors.
 

21

Ultimate parent company

The company is a wholly owned subsidiary of Wren Sterling Financial Planning limited.

The smallest and largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated is that headed by Ensco 1084 Limited. The consolidated financial statements are available to the public and may be obtained from the registered office of Ensco 1084 Limited which is, 13-19 Derby Road, Nottingham NG1 5AA.

The ultimate controlling party is Lightyear Capital LLC.