TECHNICAL CRANES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-27 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-13
Watchouts
Cash
£2M
-4.8% vs 2024
Net assets
£7M
+11.4% vs 2024
Employees
121
+6.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£1M
-23.3% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Qualified
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £16,396,731 | £18,284,460 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £1,806,799 | £1,630,045 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £1,595,604 | £1,223,185 | |
| Net profit | — | — | £1,218,022 | £991,615 | |
| Cash | — | — | £2,001,342 | £1,906,040 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £9,078,722 | £13,539,055 | |
| Net assets | — | — | £6,453,577 | £7,186,892 | |
| Equity | £3,305,508 | £3,709,743 | £6,453,577 | £7,186,892 | |
| Average employees | — | — | 114 | 121 | |
| Wages | — | — | £4,958,988 | £5,947,120 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £78,755 | £107,482 |
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
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+11.5%
£16,396,731 £18,284,460
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Cash
-4.8%
£2,001,342 £1,906,040
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Net assets
+11.4%
£6,453,577 £7,186,892
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Employees
+6.1%
114 121
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Operating profit
-9.8%
£1,806,799 £1,630,045
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Profit before tax
-23.3%
£1,595,604 £1,223,185
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Wages
+19.9%
£4,958,988 £5,947,120
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 11.0% | 8.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 7.4% | 5.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 19.9% | 12.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 49.1% | 59.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 1.57x | 1.47x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 8.55x | 3.94x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation
- TECHNICAL CRANES LIMITED 1994-07-05 → present
- TECHNICAL CRANE SERVICES LIMITED 1981-12-31 → 1994-07-05
- CAPEBUILD LIMITED 1981-03-23 → 1981-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Allen, West and Foster
- Audit opinion
- Qualified
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's or the parent company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- TECHNICAL CRANES LIMITED · parent
- A&B Crane and Electrical Services Limited 70%
- Clayton Hoists Limited 70%
- E&C Cranc Engineering Limited 100%
- Cobal (Cranes) Limited 70%
- Dynamic Die and Steel (Sheffield) Limited 100%
- Chesterfield Crane Co. Limited 70%
- Pelloby Premier Cranes Limited 70%
- A G Cranes Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the year the group purchased land and buildings at New Whittington Industrial Estate, Chesterfield to allow for continuation and expansion of operations as deemed necessary to achieve these stated aims as well as acquiring investment property and related income for the group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SIMPSON, Kathryn Elizabeth | Secretary | 2001-05-03 | — | British |
| ROBINSON, Kieran | Director | 2023-06-20 | Oct 1989 | British |
| SIMPSON, Derrick | Director | — | Jun 1959 | British |
| SIMPSON, Jordan Derrick | Director | 2004-04-06 | Dec 1979 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GODDARD, Christopher Charles | Secretary | — | 2001-04-30 |
| GODDARD, Christopher Charles | Director | — | 2001-04-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Derrick Simpson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Mr Jordan Derrick Simpson | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 133 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-02-13 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-12-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-05 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-06-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-12-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-20 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-12-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-02-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-01-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-01-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- 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.