CRANEWARE PLC
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-30
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-02 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-05-19
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
USD 1,528,000
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£239M
USD 319,379,000
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£3M
USD 3,727,000
Period ending 2025-12-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Technology median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2025-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £20,151,753 | |
| Operating profit | — | £2,805,562 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £2,786,125 | |
| Net profit | £32,212,006 | £2,354,041 | |
| Cash | £2,097,630 | £1,142,259 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £243,506,765 | £239,684,533 | |
| Net assets | £242,466,921 | £238,752,336 | |
| Equity | £242,466,921 | £238,752,336 | |
| Average employees | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — |
Figures converted to GBP from USD at 0.748 per USD (Frankfurter spot rate) — hover any figure for the original. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2025 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-12-31 vs 2025-06-30
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2025-06-30 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 13.9% | |
| Net margin | — | 11.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 12.0% | 13.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.87x | 0.76x | |
| Interest cover | — | 144.35x |
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
- CRANEWARE PLC 2007-09-06 → present
- CRANEWARE LIMITED 1999-05-19 → 2007-09-06
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Audit opinion
- Unaudited (audit-exempt)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The interim financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis. The going concern assessment detailed in the Annual Report and Financial Statements for the year ended 30 June 2025 is still applicable.”
Significant events
- “As part of the capital reduction, which was effective from 7 November 2025, the Company issued 35,542,169 new B Ordinary Shares at a subscription price of $5.260827351589038 per B Ordinary Share to capitalise the entire amount that was standing to the credit of the Company's merger reserve. The B Ordinary Shares were allotted on 5 November 2025 and then cancelled on 7 November 2025.”
- “The share premium account balance was cancelled and re-categorised to retained earnings following the capital reduction effective on 7 November 2025.”
- “Treasury Shares represent Ordinary Shares of the Company which were purchased by the Company in a share buyback programme, which commenced in April 2023 and completed in May 2024, and held for the purpose of satisfying employee share plan awards.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
9 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOLDSMITH, Jill | Secretary | 2025-11-21 | — | — |
| ERSKINE, Alistair Robert, Dr | Director | 2020-02-24 | Sep 1970 | British,American |
| MCCUNE, Anne | Director | 2022-11-16 | Oct 1955 | American |
| MINNIER, Tamra | Director | 2024-11-13 | Dec 1961 | American |
| NEILSON, Keith | Director | 1999-05-19 | Feb 1969 | British |
| NELSON, Susan | Director | 2025-01-16 | Oct 1966 | American |
| PRESTON, Craig Thomas | Director | 2008-09-15 | Oct 1970 | British |
| URQUHART, Isabel | Director | 2022-04-27 | Apr 1968 | British |
| WHITEHORN, William Elliott | Director | 2020-01-01 | Feb 1960 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MCCULLOCH, Colin John | Secretary | 1999-05-19 | 2005-09-26 |
| MCDOUGALL, Alexander Morrison | Secretary | 2005-09-26 | 2008-09-15 |
| PRESTON, Craig Thomas | Secretary | 2008-09-15 | 2025-11-21 |
| BLYE, Collen Ann | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2024-11-13 |
| CRAIG, William Gordon | Director | 1999-05-19 | 2007-09-06 |
| ELLIOTT, George Reginald | Director | 2007-08-10 | 2019-11-12 |
| HEYWOOD, Neil Philip Lanceley | Director | 2002-01-31 | 2016-11-08 |
| KEMP, David Miller | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2025-11-21 |
| LYON, Kevin John | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2007-07-11 |
| MCCALL, William | Director | 2000-10-18 | 2005-04-25 |
| MCCARTNEY, Hugh David | Director | 2005-06-20 | 2006-03-27 |
| MCDOUGALL, Alexander Morrison | Director | 2005-08-22 | 2008-09-15 |
| MCGOLDRICK, Linda | Director | 1999-12-01 | 2001-12-18 |
| PATERSON, Derek William | Director | 2004-04-29 | 2007-09-06 |
| RUDISH, Russ Joel | Director | 2014-08-28 | 2024-11-13 |
| VERNI, Ronald | Director | 2009-05-01 | 2020-11-17 |
| WATSON, John Gerrard | Director | 2004-04-29 | 2005-04-25 |
| WILSON, James Robert | Director | 2006-01-31 | 2007-09-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 301 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-26 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type interim | |
| 2026-04-21 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-17 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-15 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-10 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-04-01 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2026-03-17 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2026-02-04 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-12 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares | |
| 2025-11-27 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares | |
| 2025-11-26 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-11-10 | OC138 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2025-11-10 | CERT17 | capital | Certificate capital reduction issued capital share premium cancellation share premiumn |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 20
- Capital events
- 15
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.