Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
HOWITTS LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Flat 12 High Street, Desborough, Kettering NN14 2QS
- Classification (SIC)
- Dispensing chemist in specialised stores (47.73 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 11/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 23/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-05 with no updates
- 26/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Nazim Nizar Ebrahim as a person with significant control on 2021-06-04
- 25/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Femina Ebrahim as a person with significant control on 2021-06-04
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
19/10/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 05/10/2025Due 19/10/2026
- Next statement date
- 05/10/2026
- Last statement dated
- 05/10/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures HOWITTS LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£155.07K2025
7.34%vs 20242024: £144.46K
Total Assets
£699.51K2025
13.14%vs 20242024: £618.25K
Cash in Bank
£94.89K2025
-22.95%vs 20242024: £123.16K
Total Liabilities
£472.51K2025
7.96%vs 20242024: £437.66K
Employees
102025
0vs 20242024: 10
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 3 rose and 1 fell. Total assets moved furthest, up 13.14% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for HOWITTS LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through HOWITTS LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +13.9% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 10 | 0 |
| 2024 | 10 | 0 |
| 2023 | 10 | +2 |
| 2022 | 8 | -1 |
| 2021 | 9 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 9 in 2021 to 10 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
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Officers
5Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 07/01/2016–Present | 34 | |
| Director | 01/08/2014–07/01/2016 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 13/02/2010–07/01/2016 | 0 | |
| Director | 01/08/2014–07/01/2016 | 0 | |
| Director | 07/01/2016–Present | 22 |
Persons with significant control
4Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 06/04/2016–Present | 34 | |
| 06/04/2016–25/09/2023 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 22 | |
| 25/09/2023–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 13
- Since 27/07/2023
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -4 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 11/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 11/12/2025
- Confirmation statementLatest 23/10/2025
Filing timeline
- 11/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 23/10/2025View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-10-05 with no updates
- 26/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Nazim Nizar Ebrahim as a person with significant control on 2021-06-04
- 25/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mrs Femina Ebrahim as a person with significant control on 2021-06-04
- 25/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mrs Femina Ebrahim on 2021-06-04
- 25/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Nazim Nizar Ebrahim on 2021-06-04
- 14/11/2024View PDF (10 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 14/10/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-10-05 with no updates
- 16/11/2023View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 06/10/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Howitts Desborough Ltd as a person with significant control on 2023-09-25
- 05/10/2023View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Fana Enterprises Ltd as a person with significant control on 2023-09-25
- 05/10/2023View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-10-05 with updates
Showing 12 of 13 filings
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About HOWITTS LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
HOWITTS LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Flat 12 High Street, Desborough, Kettering NN14 2QS. Companies House classifies its business as Dispensing chemist in specialised stores. It has been on the register for 111 years 11 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £155.07K and 10 employees.
HOWITTS LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records HOWITTS LIMITED under one registered business activity: Dispensing chemist in specialised stores (47.73 - SIC 2007).
HOWITTS LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 02/11/1914.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £155.07K, total assets of £699.51K, cash in bank of £94.89K and total liabilities of £472.51K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 11/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 19/10/2026.
Companies House lists 5 officers (2 currently in post) and 4 people with significant control (3 current).