CRAWFORDS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD
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Cash
£379k
highest in 4 filed years
Net assets
£6.8m
highest in 4 filed years
Employees
130
Average over period
Profit before tax
£644k
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
4-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £68,162,931 | £89,868,538 | £47,637,404 | — | |
| Operating profit | — | £1,512,567 | £2,433,661 | £1,347,537 | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | £315,099 | £875,466 | £644,407 | — | |
| Net profit | — | £219,846 | £642,429 | £449,757 | — | |
| Cash | £1 | £221,709 | £16,182 | £378,528 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1 | £9,619,565 | £10,169,928 | £10,150,532 | — | |
| Net assets | — | £5,931,975 | £6,472,974 | £6,841,434 | — | |
| Equity | £1 | £5,931,975 | £6,472,974 | £6,841,434 | — | |
| Average employees | 3 | 133 | 137 | 130 | — | |
| Wages | — | £6,028,840 | £7,550,077 | £4,433,156 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £230,356 | £311,159 | £147,492 | — | |
| Directors' pension contributions | — | £40,000 | £40,000 | £1,064 | — | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £136,505 | — | — |
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 —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing covers about 9 months versus 15 months prior. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 2.2% | 2.7% | 2.8% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.3% | 0.7% | 0.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 15.7% | 23.9% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 83.5% | 82.2% | 76.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | 1.21x | 1.18x | 1.27x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.25x | 1.55x | 1.90x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Rickard Luckin Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“These financial statements have been prepared under the going concern basis. At the time of approving the financial statements, the director has a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future.”
Group structure
- CRAWFORDS GROUP HOLDINGS LTD · parent
- Agwood Ltd 100%
- R. W. Crawford Agricultural Machinery Ltd 100%
Significant events
- “On 31 March 2025, R.W. Crawford Agricultural Machinery Limited acquired all the trade and assets of a fellow group undertaking, Agwood Limited, as part of a group restructure.”
- “The company has changed its year end and the current period results represent the 9 month period ending 31 December 2025.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| OLIVER, Russell John | Secretary | 2022-05-11 | — | — |
| CRAWFORD, Wesley Darren | Director | 2022-05-11 | Dec 1977 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CRAWFORD, Robert William | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2026-01-07 |
| RIO, Nunzio Gerardo | Director | 2022-05-11 | 2026-01-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Wesley Darren Crawford | Individual | Shares 50–75%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-05-11 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 36 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-07-21 MA Memorandum articles
- 2026-07-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-05-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-09-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-07-24 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened | |
| 2026-07-21 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-07-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-07-21 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2026-05-19 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-05-14 | RP01CS01 | confirmation-statement | Replacement filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2026-05-11 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2026-05-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-05-06 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2026-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 19
- Capital events
- 7
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 2
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.