Harwoods Limited

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harwoods limited Company Information

Company Number

00368849

Next Accounts

Sep 2025

Directors

Guy Harwood

Amanda Perrett

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Shareholders

wjh holdings limited

Group Structure

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Industry

Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

Registered Address

harwoods group, unit a1/a2, the rock business pa, pulborough, west sussex, RH20 3GR

Website

http://www.harwoods.co.uk

harwoods limited Estimated Valuation

£260.9m

Pomanda estimates the enterprise value of HARWOODS LIMITED at £260.9m based on a Turnover of £625.7m and 0.42x industry multiple (adjusted for size and gross margin).

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Harwoods Limited is a live company located in pulborough, RH20 3GR with a Companies House number of 00368849. It operates in the sale of new cars and light motor vehicles sector, SIC Code 45111. Founded in August 1941, it's largest shareholder is wjh holdings limited with a 100% stake. Harwoods Limited is a mature, mega sized company, Pomanda has estimated its turnover at £625.7m with healthy growth in recent years.

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Pomanda's financial health check has awarded Harwoods Limited a 4 rating. We use a traffic light system to show it exceeds the industry average on 5 measures and has 4 areas for improvement. Company Health Check FAQs

Health Rating4out of 5

5 Strong

2 Regular

4 Weak

Size

annual sales of £625.7m, make it larger than the average company (£26.5m)

Growth

3 year (CAGR) sales growth of 8%, show it is growing at a similar rate (8.8%)

EXPORT

Harwoods Limited's latest turnover from December 2023 is £625.7 million and the company has net assets of £63.6 million. According to their latest financial statements, Harwoods Limited has 1,078 employees and maintains cash reserves of 0 as reported in the balance sheet.

Data source: Companies House, Pomanda Estimates

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Turnover	625,712,400	636,303,285	580,907,840	494,349,828	541,194,476	635,921,275	619,736,598	612,609,566	553,246,813	474,625,620	410,163,452	340,897,465	270,814,222	264,409,616	216,018,347
Other Income Or Grants
Cost Of Sales	556,495,180	558,097,962	505,688,977	437,894,988	476,867,410	569,752,669	554,735,196	546,905,509	491,826,092	424,905,463	366,274,923	303,548,510	236,504,011	229,822,253	180,414,257
Gross Profit	69,217,220	78,205,323	75,218,863	56,454,840	64,327,066	66,168,606	65,001,402	65,704,057	61,420,721	49,720,157	43,888,529	37,348,955	34,310,211	34,587,363	35,604,090
Admin Expenses	76,351,639	70,136,644	64,083,356	51,785,534	58,639,204	55,548,289	56,225,857	46,569,937	45,440,835	36,612,829	34,859,348	32,478,525	29,171,512	28,081,097	30,544,582
Operating Profit	-7,134,419	8,068,679	11,135,507	4,669,306	5,687,862	10,620,317	8,775,545	19,134,120	15,979,886	13,107,328	9,029,181	4,870,430	5,138,699	6,506,266	5,059,508
Interest Payable	5,406,340	2,723,400	2,038,567	2,099,783	2,050,950	1,987,299	2,010,785	1,932,024	1,813,475	1,581,883	1,182,843	1,117,764	901,333	852,041	723,067
Interest Receivable												4,375	29,623	27,826
Pre-Tax Profit	-12,540,759	7,845,279	9,096,940	2,569,523	3,636,912	8,633,018	6,764,760	17,202,096	14,166,411	11,525,445	7,846,338	3,757,041	4,266,989	5,682,051	4,336,441
Tax	1,165,660	-753,913	-3,118,507	-796,946	-984,592	-1,672,749	-1,180,402	-3,776,740	-3,248,423	-2,706,132	-2,140,984	-1,271,835	-1,390,525	-1,811,510	-1,518,451
Profit After Tax	-11,375,099	7,091,366	5,978,433	1,772,577	2,652,320	6,960,269	5,584,358	13,425,356	10,917,988	8,819,313	5,705,354	2,485,206	2,876,464	3,870,541	2,817,990
Dividends Paid		3,750,000			1,766,005		3,971,923			1,309,886	575,020	632,457	811,859	1,007,732	1,108,000
Retained Profit	-11,375,099	3,341,366	5,978,433	1,772,577	886,315	6,960,269	1,612,435	13,425,356	10,917,988	7,509,427	5,130,334	1,852,749	2,064,605	2,862,809	1,709,990
Employee Costs	45,591,396	41,704,086	36,600,052	35,746,476	35,987,543	35,855,367	35,408,843	34,231,362	33,520,474	29,723,246	27,652,839	24,841,816	22,429,286	21,624,584	19,641,553
Number Of Employees	1,078	1,029	968	983	1,012	899	869	864	867	812	776	693	670	666	632
EBITDA*	-2,103,351	12,628,607	15,587,303	8,430,285	9,213,851	14,349,439	11,675,876	22,394,488	18,950,083	15,227,105	11,282,846	7,129,640	6,891,513	8,123,374	6,657,125

* Earnings Before Interest, Tax, Depreciation and Amortisation

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Tangible Assets	82,628,986	83,273,309	82,559,020	82,077,275	75,992,209	63,179,748	56,831,295	47,058,603	30,212,241	28,279,299	24,672,108	23,250,964	21,053,018	17,653,779	17,870,582
Intangible Assets	2,162,000	2,722,852	3,505,927	4,295,353	5,084,740	5,524,175	6,278,567	7,076,764	184,216	459,872	974,574	1,566,950	1,619,667	1,495,847	1,856,373
Investments & Other	2,387,951	2,387,950	2,387,950	3,082,674	3,082,674	4,427,850	2,220,971	1,788,853	15,195,732	9,706,719
Debtors (Due After 1 year)
Total Fixed Assets	87,178,937	88,384,111	88,452,897	89,455,302	84,159,623	73,131,773	65,330,833	55,924,220	45,592,189	38,445,890	25,646,682	24,817,914	22,672,685	19,149,626	19,726,955
Stock & work in progress	113,625,319	109,545,183	96,611,085	82,030,373	94,647,587	77,439,145	92,900,260	81,650,410	85,153,720	65,348,090	51,339,497	43,002,567	39,009,663	28,771,996	25,091,030
Trade Debtors	9,792,465	13,864,269	11,226,932	14,185,623	12,306,309	12,006,872	10,640,711	13,693,948	13,601,279	10,163,033	6,816,874	5,884,534	5,789,282	7,180,379	7,025,364
Group Debtors	1,983,062	660,750	150,011
Misc Debtors	11,142,794	9,665,594	9,035,471	8,391,302	10,884,183	9,549,028	11,039,664	10,461,863	7,862,520	6,908,760	5,246,558	4,960,502	3,722,629	3,071,369	3,039,760
Cash		170,679	7,728,136	4,299,009	796,542	3,302,770	14,185,330	22,254,260	10,229,922	4,727,322	6,452,697	784,833	4,490,161	4,877,433	2,360,594
misc current assets
total current assets	136,543,640	133,906,475	124,751,635	108,906,307	118,634,621	102,297,815	128,765,965	128,060,481	116,847,441	87,147,205	69,855,626	54,632,436	53,011,735	43,901,177	37,516,748
total assets	223,722,577	222,290,586	213,204,532	198,361,609	202,794,244	175,429,588	194,096,798	183,984,701	162,439,630	125,593,095	95,502,308	79,450,350	75,684,420	63,050,803	57,243,703
Bank overdraft	9,830,219	7,018,518			602,887							129,982	1,083,996	840,000	840,000
Bank loan	15,000,000			25,000,000					1,996,000	1,996,000	1,146,000	1,146,000
Trade Creditors	67,474,712	54,011,915	52,235,471	47,743,690	64,771,745	53,912,438	73,777,627	62,124,182	57,472,952	42,119,238	35,857,279	25,021,431	25,855,569	18,564,303	14,266,079
Group/Directors Accounts	372,734	3,915,841	1,611,710	1,416,305	1,966,809	250	250	250
other short term finances	45,240,213	60,105,593	52,124,534	46,061,302	44,804,335	36,502,302	34,905,682	37,037,882	27,092,248	23,299,876	17,327,554	14,516,697	10,955,652	10,166,014	9,564,799
hp & lease commitments
other current liabilities	17,057,696	9,757,252	10,293,325	6,140,918	5,758,734	5,877,550	7,421,621	7,731,335	20,562,677	12,223,644	8,561,065	9,978,164	10,349,039	8,747,598	9,862,746
total current liabilities	154,975,574	134,809,119	116,265,040	126,362,215	117,904,510	96,292,540	116,105,180	106,893,649	107,123,877	79,638,758	62,891,898	50,792,274	48,244,256	38,317,915	34,533,624
loans		7,000,000	20,000,000		15,000,000	10,000,000	15,000,000	15,000,000	11,516,334	13,544,334	7,709,834	8,887,834	9,522,671	8,880,000	9,720,000
hp & lease commitments
Accruals and Deferred Income						499,932	1,999,730	2,753,562
other liabilities
provisions	5,133,121	5,492,486	5,291,877	4,014,451	3,677,368	3,311,065	2,626,106	2,584,143	471,428
total long term liabilities	5,133,121	12,492,486	25,291,877	4,014,451	18,677,368	13,810,997	19,625,836	20,337,705	11,987,762	13,544,334	7,709,834	8,887,834	9,522,671	8,880,000	9,720,000
total liabilities	160,108,695	147,301,605	141,556,917	130,376,666	136,581,878	110,103,537	135,731,016	127,231,354	119,111,639	93,183,092	70,601,732	59,680,108	57,766,927	47,197,915	44,253,624
net assets	63,613,882	74,988,981	71,647,615	67,984,943	66,212,366	65,326,051	58,365,782	56,753,347	43,327,991	32,410,003	24,900,576	19,770,242	17,917,493	15,852,888	12,990,079
total shareholders funds	63,613,882	74,988,981	71,647,615	67,984,943	66,212,366	65,326,051	58,365,782	56,753,347	43,327,991	32,410,003	24,900,576	19,770,242	17,917,493	15,852,888	12,990,079

	Dec 2023	Dec 2022	Dec 2021	Dec 2020	Dec 2019	Dec 2018	Dec 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014	Dec 2013	Dec 2012	Dec 2011	Dec 2010	Dec 2009
Operating Activities
Operating Profit	-7,134,419	8,068,679	11,135,507	4,669,306	5,687,862	10,620,317	8,775,545	19,134,120	15,979,886	13,107,328	9,029,181	4,870,430	5,138,699	6,506,266	5,059,508
Depreciation	4,220,216	3,776,853	3,662,370	2,971,592	2,736,602	2,649,658	2,102,134	2,608,998	2,694,541	1,605,075	1,661,289	1,677,016	1,355,734	1,256,582	1,237,091
Amortisation	810,852	783,075	789,426	789,387	789,387	1,079,464	798,197	651,370	275,656	514,702	592,376	582,194	397,080	360,526	360,526
Tax	1,165,660	-753,913	-3,118,507	-796,946	-984,592	-1,672,749	-1,180,402	-3,776,740	-3,248,423	-2,706,132	-2,140,984	-1,271,835	-1,390,525	-1,811,510	-1,518,451
Stock	4,080,136	12,934,098	14,580,712	-12,617,214	17,208,442	-15,461,115	11,249,850	-3,503,310	19,805,630	14,008,593	8,336,930	3,992,904	10,237,667	3,680,966	25,091,030
Debtors	-1,272,292	3,778,199	-2,164,511	-613,567	1,634,592	-124,475	-2,475,436	2,692,012	4,392,006	5,008,361	1,218,396	1,333,125	-739,837	186,624	10,065,124
Creditors	13,462,797	1,776,444	4,491,781	-17,028,055	10,859,307	-19,865,189	11,653,445	4,651,230	15,353,714	6,261,959	10,835,848	-834,138	7,291,266	4,298,224	14,266,079
Accruals and Deferred Income	7,300,444	-536,073	4,152,407	382,184	-618,748	-3,043,869	-1,063,546	-10,077,780	8,339,033	3,662,579	-1,417,099	-370,875	1,601,441	-1,115,148	9,862,746
Deferred Taxes & Provisions	-359,365	200,609	1,277,426	337,083	366,303	684,959	41,963	2,112,715	471,428
Cash flow from operations	16,658,341	-3,396,623	9,974,209	4,555,332	-6,913	6,038,181	12,352,922	16,115,211	15,668,199	3,428,557	9,005,285	-673,237	4,895,865	5,627,350	-5,888,655
Investing Activities
capital expenditure	-3,825,893	-4,491,142	-4,144,115	-9,056,658	-15,899,015	-9,323,183	-11,874,826	-26,999,278	-4,627,483	-14,918,985	-3,082,433	-2,958,675	-1,953,278	-1,039,779	-805,142
Change in Investments	1		-694,724		-1,345,176	2,206,879	432,118	-13,406,879	5,489,013	9,706,719
cash flow from investments	-3,825,894	-4,491,142	-3,449,391	-9,056,658	-14,553,839	-11,530,062	-12,306,944	-13,592,399	-10,116,496	-24,625,704	-3,082,433	-2,958,675	-1,953,278	-1,039,779	-805,142
Financing Activities
Bank loans	15,000,000		-25,000,000	25,000,000				-1,996,000		850,000		1,146,000
Group/Directors Accounts	-3,543,107	2,304,131	195,405	-550,504	1,966,559			250
Other Short Term Loans	-14,865,380	7,981,059	6,063,232	1,256,967	8,302,033	1,596,620	-2,132,200	9,945,634	3,792,372	5,972,322	2,810,857	3,561,045	789,638	601,215	9,564,799
Long term loans	-7,000,000	-13,000,000	20,000,000	-15,000,000	5,000,000	-5,000,000		3,483,666	-2,028,000	5,834,500	-1,178,000	-634,837	642,671	-840,000	9,720,000
Hire Purchase and Lease Commitments
other long term liabilities
share issue			-2,315,761												11,280,089
interest	-5,406,340	-2,723,400	-2,038,567	-2,099,783	-2,050,950	-1,987,299	-2,010,785	-1,932,024	-1,813,475	-1,581,883	-1,182,843	-1,113,389	-871,710	-824,215	-723,067
cash flow from financing	-15,814,827	-5,438,210	-3,095,691	8,606,680	13,217,642	-5,390,679	-4,142,985	9,501,526	-49,103	11,074,939	450,014	2,958,819	560,599	-1,063,000	29,841,821
cash and cash equivalents
cash	-170,679	-7,557,457	3,429,127	3,502,467	-2,506,228	-10,882,560	-8,068,930	12,024,338	5,502,600	-1,725,375	5,667,864	-3,705,328	-387,272	2,516,839	2,360,594
overdraft	2,811,701	7,018,518		-602,887	602,887						-129,982	-954,014	243,996		840,000
change in cash	-2,982,380	-14,575,975	3,429,127	4,105,354	-3,109,115	-10,882,560	-8,068,930	12,024,338	5,502,600	-1,725,375	5,797,846	-2,751,314	-631,268	2,516,839	1,520,594

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Moderate Risk30 - 50

High Risk20 - 30

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HARWOODS LIMITED group structure

Harwoods Limited has 3 subsidiary companies.

Ultimate parent company

WJH HOLDINGS LIMITED

09955471

1 parent

HARWOODS LIMITED

00368849

3 subsidiaries

HARWOODS DIRECT LIMITED

12799575

HARWOODS TPS LIMITED

06160179

HG PROPERTIES (KENT) LIMITED

04551901

HARWOODS LIMITED Shareholders

wjh holdings limited

100%

Harwoods Limited currently has 6 directors. The longest serving directors include Mr Guy Harwood (Jul 1992) and Mrs Amanda Perrett (Sep 2005).

officer	country	age	start	end	role
Mr Guy Harwood	England	85 years	Jul 1992	-	Director
Mrs Amanda Perrett	England	55 years	Sep 2005	-	Director
Mr Archie Harwood	England	34 years	Jun 2012	-	Director
Mr Guy Rowson	United Kingdom	57 years	Oct 2019	-	Director
Mr William Fall	United Kingdom	67 years	Jan 2023	-	Director
Mr Mark Squires	United Kingdom	60 years	Jan 2023	-	Director

P&L

December 2023

turnover

625.7m

-2%

operating profit

-7.1m

-188%

gross margin

11.1%

-9.99%

turnover

Turnover, or revenue, is the amount of sales generated by a company within the financial year.

Balance Sheet

December 2023

net assets

63.6m

-0.15%

total assets

223.7m

+0.01%

cash

-1%

net assets

Total assets minus all liabilities

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company number

00368849

Type

Private limited with Share Capital

industry

45111 - Sale of new cars and light motor vehicles

45200 - Maintenance and repair of motor vehicles

incorporation date

August 1941

ultimate parent company

WJH HOLDINGS LIMITED

previous names

harwoods garage (pulborough) limited (August 1997)

address

harwoods group, unit a1/a2, the rock business pa, pulborough, west sussex, RH20 3GR

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