CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-27 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-03-13
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£15M
-11.4% vs 2023
Employees
61
+3.4% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£3M
-46.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED 2001-06-19 → present
- STENTORFIELD LIMITED 1989-03-13 → 2001-06-19
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £25,629,138 | £22,112,983 | |
| Operating profit | £5,587,565 | £2,934,879 | |
| Profit before tax | £5,726,565 | £3,060,879 | |
| Net profit | £4,378,369 | £2,319,825 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £18,297,252 | £16,430,924 | |
| Net assets | £17,474,861 | £15,474,709 | |
| Equity | £17,474,861 | £15,474,709 | |
| Average employees | 59 | 61 | |
| Wages | £3,194,923 | £2,941,134 |
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 | 21.8% | 13.3% | |
| Net margin | 17.1% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 30.5% | 17.9% | |
| Current ratio | 4.59x | 4.36x |
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
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have undertaken a rigorous assessment of the financial forecast with specific consideration to uncertainty in the global supply chain and macro-economic situation. The Company has experienced a decrease in demand and has resized various functions to address this. The Company has long-term relationships with several customers across the world, and there is no reliance on key suppliers nor there reliance on external debt funding. The Company is in a net asset position. Consequently, the directors believe that the Company is well placed to manage its business risks successfully despite the current uncertain economic outlook.”
Group structure
- CRANE MERCHANDISING SYSTEMS LIMITED · parent
- Automatic Products (UK) Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On the 18th November 2025, the company's dormant subsidiary Automatic Products (UK) Ltd was dissolved.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 22 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARVER, Paul James | Secretary | 2001-08-06 | — | British |
| CARVER, Paul James | Director | 2002-01-04 | Aug 1968 | British |
| CRISTIANO, Christina | Director | 2023-04-03 | Jun 1972 | American |
Show 22 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FASTNEDGE, Anthony Charles | Secretary | 1996-07-31 | 1999-10-20 |
| GUTHRIE, Neal Robert | Secretary | 1999-10-20 | 2001-08-06 |
| HAMILTON, Robert Stuart | Secretary | — | 1996-07-31 |
| BARSANTI, John | Director | 2000-09-11 | 2004-03-15 |
| BEAVEN, John William | Director | — | 1999-10-20 |
| BOLAND, Mark Charles | Director | 1998-06-19 | 1999-10-20 |
| EIDENSCHINK, Michael | Director | 2009-02-02 | 2011-02-10 |
| ELLIS, Bradley Law | Director | 2004-03-15 | 2019-09-16 |
| EVANS, Robert Sheldon | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2002-01-04 |
| FAST, Eric Carson | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2014-01-31 |
| FASTNEDGE, Anthony Charles | Director | 1992-04-01 | 2002-01-04 |
| GALLO, Kurt Franklin | Director | 2019-09-16 | 2024-11-30 |
| HAMILTON, Robert Stuart | Director | — | 1999-10-20 |
| HOLLIS, Alan Charles | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2015-11-21 |
| MITCHELL, Max Homer | Director | 2014-01-31 | 2023-04-03 |
| OSBORN, Jack Lester | Director | 1999-10-20 | 2002-01-04 |
| PORTER, Andrew Graham | Director | 2005-04-11 | 2009-01-16 |
| PORTER, John Robert | Director | — | 1999-10-20 |
| TEDDER, Bradford Reams | Director | 2016-02-11 | 2020-06-30 |
| WHITE, Gillian Lesley | Director | 2016-02-11 | 2023-10-31 |
| WILLIS, Simon Patrick | Director | 2002-01-04 | 2005-04-11 |
| PROMANCO LIMITED | Corporate Director | — | 1991-10-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ca-Mc Acquisitions Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-11-16 | Active |
| Crane Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-11-16 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 157 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-04-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-04-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-11-24 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-11-24 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-06-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-10-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2020-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
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
-13.7%
£25,629,138 £22,112,983
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-11.4%
£17,474,861 £15,474,709
-
Employees
+3.4%
59 61
-
Operating profit
-47.5%
£5,587,565 £2,934,879
-
Profit before tax
-46.5%
£5,726,565 £3,060,879
-
Wages
-7.9%
£3,194,923 £2,941,134
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