CRAYON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-01 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-18
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£9M
+340.7% vs 2023
Net assets
£3M
+10.8% vs 2023
Employees
140
+35.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£368K
+180.5% vs 2023
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £10,542,445 | £15,697,722 | |
| Operating profit | -£72,888 | £232,751 | |
| Profit before tax | £131,019 | £367,521 | |
| Net profit | £76,158 | £328,847 | |
| Cash | £2,119,153 | £9,338,709 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,119,691 | £3,328,612 | |
| Net assets | £2,961,372 | £3,280,230 | |
| Equity | £2,961,372 | £3,280,230 | |
| Average employees | 103 | 140 | |
| Wages | £6,393,278 | £9,467,941 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+48.9%
£10,542,445 £15,697,722
-
Cash
+340.7%
£2,119,153 £9,338,709
-
Net assets
+10.8%
£2,961,372 £3,280,230
-
Employees
+35.9%
103 140
-
Operating profit
+419.3%
-£72,888 £232,751
-
Profit before tax
+180.5%
£131,019 £367,521
-
Wages
+48.1%
£6,393,278 £9,467,941
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -0.7% | 1.5% | |
| Net margin | 0.7% | 2.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.3% | 7.0% | |
| Current ratio | 1.22x | 1.13x | |
| Interest cover | -1.95x | 2.89x |
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
- CRAYON LIMITED 2013-10-07 → present
- FAST LIMITED 2001-04-27 → 2013-10-07
- SPARELINK LIMITED 2000-08-18 → 2001-04-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Crowe U.K. LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After reviewing the forecasts and projections, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The going concern basis therefore continues to be adopted in preparing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- CRAYON LIMITED · parent
- Crayon Software Services Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MULHOLLAND, Melissa Ann | Secretary | 2021-03-15 | — | — |
| HUSER, Brede Gunnar | Director | 2024-04-18 | Jan 1971 | Norwegian |
| MULHOLLAND, Melissa Ann | Director | 2021-03-15 | Apr 1985 | American |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHALLINGER, Sara | Secretary | 2007-07-24 | 2009-02-20 |
| FIRTH, Barbara Ann | Secretary | 2007-05-04 | 2007-07-24 |
| ROBERTS, Neal Anthony | Secretary | 2009-03-11 | 2013-02-08 |
| SHAD, Mohammad Waseen | Secretary | 2013-02-08 | 2014-04-30 |
| TAKLE, Torgrim | Secretary | 2014-04-30 | 2021-03-15 |
| TURNER, David Charles | Secretary | 2000-08-29 | 2007-05-04 |
| SECRETARIAL APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-08-18 | 2000-08-29 |
| BALDWIN, Tracey Thelma | Director | 2000-09-08 | 2007-05-04 |
| CROMPTON, Kerry Jane | Director | 2011-03-01 | 2013-02-08 |
| EYEIONS, Douglas, Dr | Director | 2000-09-08 | 2007-05-04 |
| FIRTH, Barbara Ann | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2009-10-19 |
| JOHNSON, Gareth James | Director | 2013-08-26 | 2015-12-31 |
| LAINE, Charles Richard | Director | 2004-01-04 | 2007-05-04 |
| LEUW, Martin Philip | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2011-03-01 |
| MODL, Martin | Director | 2024-04-18 | 2025-12-16 |
| MURRIA, Vinodka | Director | 2007-05-04 | 2007-07-03 |
| OVERBY, Jarl | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2013-04-01 |
| PREEDY, Richard Ian | Director | 2012-08-15 | 2013-02-08 |
| ROBERTS, Neal Anthony | Director | 2007-07-03 | 2013-02-08 |
| RUGSETH, Jens Ragnar | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2017-01-31 |
| SHAD, Mohammad Waseem | Director | 2013-02-08 | 2014-10-10 |
| SYVERSEN, Rune | Director | 2013-04-01 | 2023-03-07 |
| TAKLE, Torgrim | Director | 2014-10-10 | 2021-03-15 |
| VELUSSI, Luca | Director | 2008-03-14 | 2010-12-08 |
| WEBSTER, Geoffrey | Director | 2000-08-29 | 2007-05-04 |
| WYNDHAM, Rupert Charles Edward | Director | 2001-04-05 | 2003-09-04 |
| CORPORATE APPOINTMENTS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-08-18 | 2000-08-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 187 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-24 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-09-10 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-08-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-03-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-01-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2021-11-22 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2021-11-18 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-11-18 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2021-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-06-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.