CRANSTONS QUALITY BUTCHERS LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2027-04-30 (in 11mo)

Last filed for 2025-07-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-01-02 (in 8mo)

Last made up 2025-12-19

Watchouts

None on the register

Cash

£4M

+35.9% highest in 5 filed years

Net assets

£7M

+12.2% highest in 3 filed years

Employees

240

+7.1% highest in 3 filed years

Profit before tax

£1M

+293.6% highest in 3 filed years

Net assets

5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median

CRANSTONS QUALITY BUTCHERS LIMITED·Consumer Staples median · n=348

Accounts

5-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31

Metric	2022-08-01	2023-07-31	2023-08-01	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Turnover	—	£15,298,644	—	£16,139,142	£17,570,573
Operating profit	—	£609,978	—	£143,073	£906,768
Profit before tax	—	£706,037	—	£260,169	£1,023,939
Net profit	—	£487,646	—	£130,388	£754,671
Cash	£2,897,166	£2,347,010	£2,347,010	£2,711,451	£3,685,224
Total assets less current liabilities	—	£6,091,426	—	£6,553,522	£7,238,875
Net assets	—	£5,787,410	—	£6,189,833	£6,944,504
Equity	£6,299,764	£5,787,410	£5,787,410	£6,189,833	£6,944,504
Average employees	—	210	—	224	240
Wages	—	£4,312,007	—	£5,214,790	£5,198,795

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio	2022-08-01	2023-07-31	2023-08-01	2024-07-31	2025-07-31
Operating margin	—	4.0%	—	0.9%	5.2%
Net margin	—	3.2%	—	0.8%	4.3%
Return on capital employed	—	10.0%	—	2.2%	12.5%
Interest cover	—	54.55x	—	—	—

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

People

7 active · 6 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
CRANSTON, Roger James	Secretary	2007-07-01	—	British
CRANSTON, Elizabeth Sarah	Director	1994-04-01	Jan 1956	British
CRANSTON, Margaret Ruth	Director	1994-04-01	Nov 1954	British
CRANSTON, Philip John	Director	—	Nov 1957	British
CRANSTON, Roger James	Director	—	Apr 1955	British
SILBURN, Jane Elizabeth	Director	2022-11-01	Jul 1982	British
WILSON, Melanie Claire	Director	2021-08-01	Nov 1973	British

Show 6 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
CRANSTON, Elizabeth Bowman	Secretary	—	2007-06-30
CRANSTON, Elizabeth Bowman	Director	—	2007-06-30
CRANSTON, James Edmondson	Director	—	1999-03-16
JONES, Martin John	Director	2011-10-03	2024-03-07
LAW, David John	Director	2021-08-01	2025-03-31
WATT, Charles Edward	Director	2009-05-01	2018-12-14

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Mr Philip John Cranston	Individual	Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors	2016-12-28	Active
Mr Roger James Cranston	Individual	Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50%	2016-12-28	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 125 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-03-21	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2026-03-19	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date
2026-03-06	RP01AP01	officers	Replacement filing of director appointment with name	PDF
2026-02-24	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-10-10	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-10-10	PSC04	persons-with-significant-control	Change to a person with significant control	PDF
2025-04-29	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full	PDF
2025-01-08	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2024-09-16	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2023-12-29	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2023-12-15	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-12-29	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date
2022-12-28	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2022-11-14	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full
2022-01-18	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2022-01-18	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2022-01-17	SH10	capital	Capital variation of rights attached to shares
2022-01-17	SH08	capital	Capital name of class of shares
2022-01-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with updates	PDF
2021-12-09	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type full

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 6
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 0
Officers resigned: 0

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

Year-on-year

FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31

Turnover

+8.9%

£16,139,142 £17,570,573

highest in 3 filed years
Cash

+35.9%

£2,711,451 £3,685,224

highest in 5 filed years
Net assets

+12.2%

£6,189,833 £6,944,504

highest in 3 filed years
Employees

+7.1%

224 240

highest in 3 filed years
Operating profit

+533.8%

£143,073 £906,768

highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax

+293.6%

£260,169 £1,023,939

highest in 3 filed years
Wages

-0.3%

£5,214,790 £5,198,795

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers

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