CRU INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Cash
£55M
+19.7% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£44M
+14.1% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
237
-2.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7.3M
-14.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,091,069 | £61,582,943 | £64,674,936 | +5% | |
| Operating profit | £6,696,891 | £6,945,342 | £5,911,070 | -14.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £8,045,048 | £8,494,253 | £7,275,242 | -14.4% | |
| Net profit | £6,123,570 | £5,905,137 | £5,481,255 | -7.2% | |
| Cash | £49,678,422 | £46,352,393 | £55,474,356 | +19.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,446,135 | £38,953,326 | £44,411,053 | +14% | |
| Net assets | £32,174,747 | £38,392,884 | £43,814,139 | +14.1% | |
| Equity | £32,174,747 | £38,392,884 | £43,814,139 | +14.1% | |
| Average employees | 209 | 243 | 237 | -2.5% | |
| Wages | £17,504,426 | £17,470,915 | £18,330,277 | +4.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,720,739 | £1,297,397 | £1,222,192 | -5.8% |
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 | 2023-09-30 | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 12.2% | 11.3% | 9.1% | |
| Net margin | 11.1% | 9.6% | 8.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.0% | 17.8% | 13.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 62.4% | 57.1% | 55.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.33x | 1.33x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 77.46x | — | — |
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
- CRU INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1992-04-03 → present
- COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED 1968-10-17 → 1992-04-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Henton & Co LLP
- 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.”
Group structure
- CRU INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- CRU North America Inc. 100%
- CRU Indices Limited 100%
- CRU Strategies Consultores Limitada 100%
- Fertecon Research Centre Limited 100%
- Steel Market Update Inc. 100%
- CRU (Beijing) Consulting Limited 100%
- Commodities Research Unit (Singapore) Pte Limited 100%
- CRU (Shanghai) Limited 100%
- CRU Saudi Arabia 100%
- Refcomm Inc. 100%
- Exawatt Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BALLAK, Claire | Secretary | 2024-11-04 | — | — |
| ARCHER, Joy Lynne | Director | 2026-03-31 | Dec 1977 | British |
| HORAM, John Rhodes | Director | 1997-06-03 | Mar 1939 | British |
| PERLMAN, Matthew Henry | Director | 2024-11-04 | Aug 1994 | British |
| PERLMAN, Robert Abraham | Director | — | Sep 1943 | Dutch |
| PERLMAN, Roberta | Director | 2021-02-03 | Jan 1951 | British |
| YENTOB, Robert | Director | 2021-02-03 | Mar 1947 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARBER, Geoffrey Ronald | Secretary | 2006-12-31 | 2020-01-31 |
| ETCHELL, William John | Secretary | 2020-02-10 | 2024-11-04 |
| GELLMAN, Robert David | Secretary | — | 1996-12-12 |
| NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid | Secretary | 1996-12-12 | 2006-12-31 |
| BARBER, Geoffrey Ronald | Director | 2006-12-18 | 2020-01-31 |
| BARDEN, Michael Kieran | Director | 2006-12-28 | 2008-08-15 |
| BRENTNALL, Bernard Alan | Director | — | 2002-10-07 |
| ETCHELL, William John | Director | 2020-02-10 | 2024-11-04 |
| GEDDES, William Preston | Director | — | 1993-07-29 |
| GELLMAN, Robert David | Director | 1980-06-27 | 2014-03-20 |
| GELLMAN, Robert David | Director | — | 1996-12-12 |
| GILBERT, Kenneth | Director | — | 1996-09-30 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Robert Bruce | Director | 2001-01-22 | 2002-11-29 |
| GOLDSTEIN, Robert Bruce | Director | — | 2000-11-10 |
| HORAM, John Rhodes | Director | — | 1995-03-06 |
| LANCASTER, John Meredith | Director | — | 1996-12-31 |
| LIM, Ming Peng | Director | — | 1996-10-11 |
| MORGAN, Nicholas David | Director | 2008-11-05 | 2018-09-30 |
| NICOL, Andrew John Diarmid | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2007-01-02 |
| PRATT, Colin Ronald | Director | — | 2010-01-01 |
| SEGAL, John Leon | Director | — | 2010-11-22 |
| SINGH, Manvinder | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2006-11-10 |
| STOBART, Christopher Gervas | Director | — | 2010-12-03 |
| TOMLINSON, Philip | Director | 1994-04-14 | 2010-12-13 |
| TRAFFORD, David Jeremy Mallory | Director | 2018-10-17 | 2026-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Robert Abraham Perlman | Individual | Appoints directors, Appoints directors (as firm), Significant influence, Significant influence (as firm) | 2016-07-17 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 178 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-04-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-12 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-12 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-07-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.