CRANFIELD QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last filed for 2025-07-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-18 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-12-04
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£5K
-13.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£133K
+5.5% vs 2024
Employees
109
-6.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7K
+178.1% vs 2024
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- CRANFIELD QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED 2011-04-11 → present
- CRANFIELD HOLDINGS (WESSEX) LIMITED 1988-08-02 → 2011-04-11
- CARRYCO LTD 1988-05-31 → 1988-08-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-07-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £4,935,153 | £5,081,875 | |
| Operating profit | £1,319 | £6,361 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,491 | £6,928 | |
| Net profit | £2,491 | £6,928 | |
| Cash | £6,328 | £5,471 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £125,737 | £132,665 | |
| Net assets | £125,737 | £132,665 | |
| Equity | £125,737 | £132,665 | |
| Average employees | 117 | 109 | |
| Wages | £4,420,449 | £4,497,424 |
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 | 2024-07-31 | 2025-07-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.0% | 0.1% | |
| Net margin | 0.1% | 0.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.0% | 4.8% | |
| Current ratio | 1.99x | 2.17x |
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
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors consider that in preparing the financial statements they have taken into account all information that could reasonably be expected to be on the ability of the company to continue in operation. On this basis, they consider that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis. The company has received a letter of support from the ultimate parent undertaking that it will provide assistance during the 12 months from the financial statements being signed should the directors require it.”
Group structure
- CRANFIELD QUALITY SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Cranfield Regatta Limited 1%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 23 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIBBALD, Ian | Secretary | 2011-03-21 | — | — |
| ELSMORE, Stewart Arthur James | Director | 2011-03-21 | Jun 1961 | British |
| SIBBALD, Ian | Director | 2011-02-01 | Mar 1969 | British |
Show 23 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GILLIBRAND, Angela Helen | Secretary | 1996-11-18 | 1999-10-01 |
| LAZENBY, Bridget Louise | Secretary | 1999-10-01 | 2001-08-14 |
| MCCOMBIE, Stanley Thomas | Secretary | — | 1996-08-01 |
| ROBERTS, Angela Margaret | Secretary | 2001-08-14 | 2011-03-21 |
| TILLEY, Ernest Percy | Secretary | 1996-08-01 | 1996-11-18 |
| ASPINALL, Philip John | Director | 2011-02-01 | 2024-10-30 |
| BAYNHAM, Alexander Christopher | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
| BROWN, Alexander, Professor | Director | 1997-06-27 | 1999-07-31 |
| FRIEND, Clifford Michael, Professor | Director | 1996-11-18 | 1998-10-14 |
| GILL, Mary Elizabeth | Director | 1998-04-23 | 2011-01-31 |
| GILLIBRAND, Angela Helen | Director | 1998-04-23 | 1999-10-01 |
| GRIFFITHS, Hugh Duncan | Director | 2006-10-02 | 2008-10-09 |
| HUTCHINSON, Philip, Professor | Director | 1996-09-01 | 2006-09-30 |
| LEWIS, Arthur Raymond | Director | 1994-05-26 | 1996-11-18 |
| MAYS, Geoffrey Charles, Professor | Director | 2008-10-09 | 2009-09-30 |
| MILLER, Richard Albert | Director | — | 1994-02-22 |
| NAND-LAL, Rama Warren | Director | — | 1997-06-28 |
| RIZK, Waheeb, Doctor | Director | — | 1994-11-24 |
| STEPHENS, William, Professor | Director | 2011-03-21 | 2018-01-01 |
| TOWN, James Stephen | Director | 2000-04-13 | 2006-09-30 |
| TOWN, James Stephen | Director | — | 1998-11-04 |
| TOWNSEND, William Godfrey | Director | — | 1996-08-01 |
| WALLACE, Ian George, Professor | Director | 2009-10-01 | 2011-01-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cranfield University | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 135 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-04-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-01-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-12-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2020-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2019-12-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-01-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2018-01-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2018-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2017-12-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-07-31 vs 2024-07-31
-
Turnover
+3%
£4,935,153 £5,081,875
-
Cash
-13.5%
£6,328 £5,471
-
Net assets
+5.5%
£125,737 £132,665
-
Employees
-6.8%
117 109
-
Operating profit
+382.3%
£1,319 £6,361
-
Profit before tax
+178.1%
£2,491 £6,928
-
Wages
+1.7%
£4,420,449 £4,497,424
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