CRIMSON LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-11-10 (in 6mo)
Last made up 2025-10-27
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
+252.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£10M
+21.1% vs 2024
Employees
114
-3.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£2M
-10.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £36,871,147 | £31,171,632 | |
| Operating profit | £1,858,456 | £1,471,128 | |
| Profit before tax | £2,132,255 | £1,917,034 | |
| Net profit | £1,606,545 | £1,816,744 | |
| Cash | £718,375 | £2,529,611 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £8,670,688 | £10,471,809 | |
| Net assets | £8,608,506 | £10,425,250 | |
| Equity | £8,608,506 | £10,425,250 | |
| Average employees | 118 | 114 | |
| Wages | £7,690,446 | £7,704,996 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £180,000 | £297,208 |
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 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
-
Turnover
-15.5%
£36,871,147 £31,171,632
-
Cash
+252.1%
£718,375 £2,529,611
-
Net assets
+21.1%
£8,608,506 £10,425,250
-
Employees
-3.4%
118 114
-
Operating profit
-20.8%
£1,858,456 £1,471,128
-
Profit before tax
-10.1%
£2,132,255 £1,917,034
-
Wages
+0.2%
£7,690,446 £7,704,996
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 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 5.0% | 4.7% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 21.4% | 14.0% | |
| Current ratio | 3.14x | 4.94x |
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 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
“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 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.”
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 | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent-as-firm, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent-as-firm | 2017-09-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 183 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | |
| 2022-11-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control |
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.