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Cash

£735k

-2.1% vs 2024

Net assets

£1.1m

+14.7% vs 2024

Employees

3

-25% vs 2024

Profit before tax

Period ending 2025-12-31

Accounts

6-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover
Operating profit
Profit before tax
Net profit
Cash £1,257,041£2,212,627£858,617£464,822£750,348£734,937 -2.1%
Total assets less current liabilities £639,394£1,174,309£654,601£811,984£950,729£1,101,205 +15.8%
Net assets £634,480£1,173,436£654,601£802,363£947,170£1,086,717 +14.7%
Equity £634,480£1,173,436£654,601£802,363£947,170£1,086,717 +14.7%
Average employees 333343 -25%
Wages
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. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show . About these numbers

Ratios

Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest

Ratio Trend 2020-12-312021-12-312022-12-312023-12-312024-12-312025-12-31
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 79.1%75.5%78.2%74.0%74.3%63.7%
Current ratio 1.29x1.50x

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

  1. GRAND VIEW CONTAINER TRADING (UK) LTD 2009-05-08 → present
  2. CONTAINER TRADING LIMITED 2001-02-12 → 2009-05-08
  3. CONTAINER TRADING COMPANY LIMITED 2000-10-23 → 2001-02-12

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 102 §1A
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Abridged
Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
Auditor
S&W Audit
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

6 active · 10 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
CRAYDEN, Martin Terence Secretary 2012-03-31 British
CRAYDEN, Martin Terence Director 2009-04-20 Sep 1961 British
CRAYDEN, Nicholas William Director 2024-01-01 Feb 1994 British
DU, Jing Director 2013-05-06 Apr 1974 Chinese
TANG, Lily Director 2014-02-03 Apr 1977 Chinese
ZHANG, Huai Sheng Director 2025-04-08 Sep 1965 Chinese
Show 10 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HARVEY, Gry Haave Secretary 2000-10-23 2012-03-31
WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Secretary 2000-10-23 2000-10-23
BATEMAN, Simon Andrew Director 2012-03-31 2021-08-10
CHENG, Zhitu Director 2009-04-08 2014-02-03
HARVEY, Gry Haave Director 2000-10-23 2009-04-20
HARVEY, Keith Alexander Director 2000-10-23 2012-03-31
TANG, Lili Director 2009-04-08 2013-05-06
WANG, Gloria Director 2013-05-06 2025-04-01
ZENG, Wei Director 2009-04-08 2013-05-06
WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED Corporate Nominee Director 2000-10-23 2000-10-23

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Mr Martin Terence Crayden Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2019-03-01 Ceased 2020-04-08
Mr Huaisheng Zhang Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2019-03-01 Active
Mr Martin Terence Crayden Individual Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-03-01
Grand View Container Trading (Hk) Limited Corporate entity Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2019-03-01

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 106 total filings

Date Type Category Description
2026-08-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2026-08-10 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2025-09-22 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small
2025-06-27 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2025-06-25 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-04-08 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2025-04-08 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2024-07-09 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-06-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2024-02-07 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2023-07-06 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2023-05-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2023-01-23 AAMD accounts Accounts amended with accounts type small
2022-06-24 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2022-06-24 PSC07 persons-with-significant-control Cessation of a person with significant control PDF
2022-03-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF
2021-11-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-11-03 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-08-10 TM01 officers Termination director company with name termination date PDF
2021-06-24 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type small PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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