CRYSTAL MARTIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-07-09 (in 2mo)
Last made up 2025-06-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-19.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£1M
+187.8% vs 2023
Employees
29
+3.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£1M
-89.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CRYSTAL MARTIN INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2004-11-25 → present
- MARTIN EMPREX INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2002-01-22 → 2004-11-25
- ALBERT MARTIN AND COMPANY LIMITED 1964-05-28 → 2002-01-22
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,752,409 | £5,792,439 | |
| Operating profit | £11,052,632 | £1,048,925 | |
| Profit before tax | £11,123,795 | £1,147,517 | |
| Net profit | £13,414,381 | £856,190 | |
| Cash | £2,567,087 | £2,077,835 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | £455,893 | £1,312,083 | |
| Equity | £455,893 | £1,312,083 | |
| Average employees | 28 | 29 | |
| Wages | £1,440,326 | £1,419,570 |
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 | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 142.6% | 18.1% | |
| Net margin | 173.0% | 14.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.34x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Cooper Parry Group Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of signing these accounts, the directors have considered the going concern position, and consider that this does indicate that the company will continue to trade for a period of at least 12 months from the date of signing these accounts.”
Significant events
- “2024 turnover fell by 25% due to a drop in direct sales, however, gross margins only decreased slightly from $4.1m to $3.9m. Overall gross profit percentage increased to 49.4% (2023: 38.9%). The company generated an operating profit of $1.4m (2023: profit of $14.9m which included a $20m impairment reversal).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HALLAM, Crispin John | Secretary | 2014-08-22 | — | — |
| LO, Ching Leung Andrew | Director | 2004-11-18 | Jul 1965 | Canadian |
| LO, Lok Fung Kenneth | Director | 2004-11-18 | Oct 1938 | British |
| LO CHOY, Yuk Ching Yvonne | Director | 2004-11-18 | Jan 1945 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LONERGAN, Matthew James | Secretary | 2005-12-13 | 2014-08-22 |
| SADLER, David John | Secretary | — | 2004-04-01 |
| SPANKIE, Gordon Robert | Secretary | 2004-04-01 | 2005-12-09 |
| BEAK, Colin Emeil | Director | — | 2004-11-18 |
| ELLIS, Christopher | Director | 2015-01-06 | 2021-05-01 |
| EXLEY, Raymond | Director | — | 1994-12-30 |
| FERRAND, Mandy | Director | — | 1992-09-30 |
| GROUSE, Robin | Director | 1991-06-26 | 1997-04-08 |
| HUMPHREYS, Frank William | Director | — | 1996-07-22 |
| JACKSON, Charles | Director | — | 1991-12-17 |
| MCARTHUR, Paul | Director | 1998-03-02 | 2004-11-18 |
| QUILTER, Stephen | Director | — | 1992-02-06 |
| RICHARDS, Paul James | Director | — | 1996-06-03 |
| SHACKLOCK, Darren James | Director | 2015-01-06 | 2022-12-31 |
| SPENCER, John Arthur | Director | — | 1998-12-04 |
| STACEY, Patrick Brian | Director | — | 1995-09-29 |
| WARD, Lawrence Brian | Director | 2004-11-18 | 2015-01-06 |
| WILFORD, John James | Director | — | 1998-03-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crystal Martin Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-08-29 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-05-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-25.3%
£7,752,409 £5,792,439
-
Cash
-19.1%
£2,567,087 £2,077,835
-
Net assets
+187.8%
£455,893 £1,312,083
-
Employees
+3.6%
28 29
-
Operating profit
-90.5%
£11,052,632 £1,048,925
-
Profit before tax
-89.7%
£11,123,795 £1,147,517
-
Wages
-1.4%
£1,440,326 £1,419,570
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers