HOWITT ASSOCIATES LIMITED
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Executive summary
Howitt Associates is a long-established but declining boutique management consultancy whose financial trajectory significantly underperforms typical industry benchmarks. Shareholders' funds have eroded by 41% since 2021, liabilities are rising, and there is no visible reinvestment in the business—patterns that suggest either sustained trading losses, aggressive director extraction, or a deliberate wind-down strategy. While the firm maintains adequate liquidity and carries no long-term debt, its competitive position in an increasingly digitalised and consolidated consultancy market appears increasingly precarious without strategic intervention or succession planning.
Shareholders' funds
£228,793
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
What it does
70229
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1966-03-30
- Employees
- 3 (2025 accounts)
- Registered office
- 2 Bowden Inn Farm, Harborough Road, Market Harborough, England, LE16 7SA
- Postcode
- LE16 7SA
- Capital
- 66 GBP
- Accounts category
- Micro
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-04
- Next due by
- 2026-09-18
Nature of business (SIC)
- 70229 Management consultancy activities other than financial management
Officers 2 current · 4 resigned
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| M.G. HOWITT & ASSOCIATES LIMITED | 1992-04-24 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1 THE CHAMBERS, BOWDEN BUSINESS VILLAGE, MARKET HARBOROUGH, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE16 7SA | 2017-09-26 |
| 136 NEW WALK, LEICESTER, LEICESTERSHIRE, LE1 7JA | 2006-04-06 |
| 3 LEICESTER ROAD, OADBY, LEICESTER, LE2 5BD | 1996-12-20 |
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 2,084 similar companies in LE
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (3 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1966.
Competitors Leicester
This company ranks 167 among management consultancy activities other than financial management in Leicester.