CRIMSON LIMITED
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Cash
£2.5m
-3.1% vs 2025
Net assets
£4.1m
-60.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
107
-6.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
—
Period ending 2026-01-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,871,147 | £31,171,632 | £23,509,790 | -24.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,858,456 | £1,471,128 | £523,735 | -64.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £2,132,255 | £1,917,034 | — | — | |
| Net profit | £1,606,545 | £1,816,744 | — | — | |
| Cash | £718,375 | £2,529,611 | £2,451,636 | -3.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,670,688 | £10,471,809 | £4,105,683 | -60.8% | |
| Net assets | £8,608,506 | £10,425,250 | £4,073,380 | -60.9% | |
| Equity | £8,608,506 | £10,425,250 | £4,073,380 | -60.9% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 114 | 107 | -6.1% | |
| Wages | £7,690,446 | £7,704,996 | £7,874,757 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £180,000 | £301,901 | £162,983 | -46% |
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 4.7% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 5.8% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.4% | 14.0% | 12.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.7% | 20.3% | 40.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 4.94x | 2.43x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- CRIMSON LIMITED 2001-02-01 → present
- THE SOFTWARE ACADEMY LIMITED 2000-10-27 → 2001-02-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Thomas & Young Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “A strategic decision was taken to extract a long-standing service line and remove all associated revenues and gross profit.”
- “The exceptional item relates to costs in relation to the sale of the Skills division during the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MORETON, Natalie | Secretary | 2024-07-31 | — | — |
| MALLABAND, Robert William | Director | 2001-04-24 | Mar 1966 | British |
| WHITE, Beverley Marie | Director | 2020-02-03 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CHAVE, Helen Yvonne | Secretary | 2000-10-27 | 2001-05-01 |
| CHAVE, Simon James | Secretary | 2001-05-01 | 2017-09-11 |
| GARRATT, Mark Jonathan | Secretary | 2017-09-11 | 2019-10-30 |
| TILLEY, Christopher Stuart | Secretary | 2019-10-21 | 2024-07-31 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 |
| AMES, Barbara | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2017-09-11 |
| AMES, Michael St John Paul | Director | 2001-12-20 | 2017-09-11 |
| CHAVE, Helen | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2017-09-11 |
| CHAVE, Simon James | Director | 2000-10-27 | 2017-09-11 |
| ELLIS, Albert George Hector | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2020-01-17 |
| GARRATT, Mark Jonathan | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2019-10-21 |
| MALLABAND, Julie Ann | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2017-09-11 |
| TILLEY, Christopher Stuart | Director | 2019-10-21 | 2024-07-31 |
| WASSALL, Simon Mark | Director | 2017-09-11 | 2019-11-30 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-10-27 | 2000-10-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Harvey Nash Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% (as firm), Voting 75–100% (as firm) | 2017-09-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 184 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-12-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-30 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2025-03-12 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2025-03-08 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-07-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-15 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type medium | |
| 2023-01-16 | 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
- 1
- 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.