TOM HOWLEY LIMITED
Company number 07482731 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Tom Howley Limited presents a mixed risk profile characterized by a fundamentally sound operating model overshadowed by aggressive cash extraction and balance sheet weakening by its parent company. While operational performance remains resilient with strong EBITDA and a healthy order book, the extraction of a £5.6m dividend and a significant intercompany impairment have materially reduced net assets and liquidity buffers. Institutional investors should closely monitor the group's capital allocation strategy and the subsidiary's covenant compliance during this period of macroeconomic uncertainty.
Shareholders' funds
£8,127
Balance sheet as at 2026-04-30
What it does
The Company is the leading UK luxury kitchen provider in its market sector trading under the Tom Howley brand. The business designs, manufactures, retails and installs its products nationwide. The business engages with clients via an omnichannel marketing strategy, including a focused digital marketing approach, and it collaborates with its clients through its nationwide estate of showrooms and through home sales visits.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2011-01-05
- Employees
- 286 (2026 accounts · was 311 in 2025)
- Registered office
- Broadoak Business Park Ashburton Road West, Trafford Park, Manchester, Greater Manchester, M17 1RW
- Postcode
- M17 1RW
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-04-30
- Next due by
- 2028-01-31
- Financial year end
- 30 April
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-20
- Next due by
- 2027-04-03
Nature of business (SIC)
- 31020 Manufacture of kitchen furniture
Officers 6 current · 8 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by NEVILLE JOHNSON HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-06-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z3466266 (Tier 3), registered since 2012.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Gender pay gap
11.1%
Women's median hourly pay above men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- tomhowley.co.uk
- Phone
- 01618481200
At Tom Howley we are passionate about quality, design and craftsmanship. Our bespoke kitchens are exquisitely designed and made with the finest materials.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COBCO 922 LIMITED | 2011-01-11 |
Among its peers
The largest employer
of 27 similar companies in M, with 286 staff. Among the oldest 25% of its local peers.
No.13 of the largest manufacture of kitchen furniture companies in Manchester →
Competitors Manchester
This company ranks 13 among manufacture of kitchen furniture in Manchester.
The class of 2011
20%
of the 450,455 companies incorporated in 2011 are still active today; 78% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 19 titles
- Leasehold
- 19
- Most recent registration
- 2025-12-22
- Where
- Derbyshire (5), Greater London (2), Surrey (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY594517 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-22 | — |
| DY594522 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-22 | — |
| DY594523 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-22 | — |
| DY594524 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-22 | — |
| DY594525 | Derbyshire | Leasehold | 2025-12-22 | — |
| AGL645859 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2025-04-29 | — |
| BL168345 | City Of Bristol | Leasehold | 2024-12-19 | — |
| BGL186099 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2024-10-15 | — |
| NT586235 | Nottinghamshire | Leasehold | 2024-01-04 | — |
| CH729318 | Cheshire East | Leasehold | 2023-12-15 | — |
| AA47446 | Essex | Leasehold | 2022-09-16 | — |
| HD606704 | Hertfordshire | Leasehold | 2022-02-14 | — |
| SY883152 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2022-01-21 | — |
| MM156151 | West Midlands | Leasehold | 2021-07-01 | — |
| HP825890 | Hampshire | Leasehold | 2018-11-16 | — |
| GR425533 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2018-06-06 | — |
| CB424756 | Cambridgeshire | Leasehold | 2017-07-06 | — |
| SY829115 | Surrey | Leasehold | 2015-07-23 | — |
| NYK423576 | North Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2015-05-12 | — |
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