HOWARTH OF LONDON

Howarth of London is a specialist woodwind instrument maker and retailer. Known all over the world as makers of the finest oboes, oboes d'amore and cors anglais, our instruments are made in our dedicated manufacturing workshops in Worthing, West Sussex... From three founders in a humble workshop, today Howarth employs fifty-five people, split between the London and Worthing sites. In 2018, after 45 years, Managing Director Nigel Clark retired, and Jeremy became the sole Director. With his own retirement looming, Jeremy established the Company as an Employee Ownership Trust in 2021, an increasingly popular model which allows a business to be left safely in the hands of its employees, and in doing so, ensuring the long-term success of the business and allowing its staff a share in Company profits.