CROWN WORLDWIDE LIMITED
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Cash
£4.9m
-37.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
-£2.6m
-1,410.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
361
+29.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£2.7m
+22% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £52,323,000 | £47,498,000 | £43,659,000 | -8.1% | |
| Operating profit | -£2,014,000 | -£1,169,000 | -£546,000 | +53.3% | |
| Profit before tax | -£2,721,000 | -£3,498,000 | -£2,730,000 | +22% | |
| Net profit | -£2,563,000 | -£3,362,000 | -£2,778,000 | +17.4% | |
| Cash | £7,533,000 | £7,876,000 | £4,919,000 | -37.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £28,413,000 | £19,329,000 | £23,939,000 | +23.9% | |
| Net assets | £3,559,000 | £197,000 | -£2,581,000 | -1,410.2% | |
| Equity | £3,559,000 | £197,000 | -£2,581,000 | -1,410.2% | |
| Average employees | 386 | 278 | 361 | +29.9% | |
| Wages | £18,812,000 | £17,632,000 | £17,948,000 | +1.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £615,455 | £575,138 | £527,701 | -8.2% | |
| Highest paid director | £396,818 | £335,935 | £278,729 | -17% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -3.8% | -2.5% | -1.3% | |
| Net margin | -4.9% | -7.1% | -6.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | -7.1% | -6.0% | -2.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 93.1% | 99.6% | 105.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.85x | 1.32x | 1.56x | |
| Interest cover | -0.84x | -0.50x | -0.25x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- CROWN WORLDWIDE LIMITED 1994-12-23 → present
- SCOTPAC INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 1989-11-27 → 1994-12-23
- SCOTT PACKING & WAREHOUSING COMPANY LIMITED 1970-02-04 → 1989-11-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- GKP (Ampthill) Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“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 group's and the parent 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
- CROWN WORLDWIDE LIMITED · parent
- Crown Fine Arts Limited 100%
- Crown Workspace Limited 100%
- Time Relocation Limited 100%
- Office Re-Sale Limited 100%
- Premier Systems IT Limited 100%
- Premier Sustain Limited 100%
- Scotpac International (U.K.) Limited 99.9%
Significant events
- “The company also took steps in the year to rationalise its property portfolio, exiting from the Ardra Rd (units 3&4) site in February 2025, and basing its operations within other Crown sites, enabling it to benefit from cost savings for the majority of the year, having incurred significant exit costs in the previous year.”
- “In April 2026, the company ceased its use of the computer software within intangible fixed assets. The net book value of the asset at 31 December 2025 is £650,000.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPPING, Francis Vivian | Secretary | 2018-12-04 | — | — |
| HARDIE, Stephen | Director | 2018-12-04 | Dec 1972 | British |
| KOOLEN, Barry Anthony | Director | 2002-02-12 | Apr 1966 | British |
| MORTIMER, Jonathan Charles | Director | 2023-12-01 | Nov 1968 | British |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIDSON, Ronald Ferguson | Secretary | 1991-04-01 | 2000-05-02 |
| DEVAKUMAR, Shyamala | Secretary | 2006-11-01 | 2010-07-05 |
| FOOTE, Robert James | Secretary | 2004-09-30 | 2006-10-31 |
| GANESH, Narindra | Secretary | 2010-07-05 | 2013-02-22 |
| HARDIE, Stephen | Secretary | 2013-02-22 | 2018-12-04 |
| LINDLEY, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1990-12-31 |
| MOREY, Ian Malcolm | Secretary | 2000-05-02 | 2004-09-30 |
| BROWN, Steven | Director | 1995-09-15 | 2001-01-04 |
| DASILVA, Ray | Director | 2001-01-04 | 2004-03-30 |
| DAVIDSON, Ronald Ferguson | Director | 1991-04-01 | 1991-08-02 |
| DAVIES, John B Scott | Director | — | 1990-02-02 |
| ELLIS, Roland Arthur | Director | — | 1990-02-02 |
| FOOTE, Robert James | Director | 2004-03-30 | 2023-12-01 |
| LINDLEY, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1990-12-31 |
| MCGREGOR, Robert John | Director | — | 1994-03-31 |
| MUIR, David Stanley | Director | 2004-03-30 | 2018-12-04 |
| PATTERSON, Ronald | Director | — | 1989-10-25 |
| SCOTT, John | Director | — | 1990-08-02 |
| SHANKS, Moore Irvine | Director | — | 1997-12-31 |
| STEENS, Bernardus Carolus | Director | — | 1989-12-31 |
| THOMPSON, James Edward | Director | — | 2016-03-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Sally Anne Barrington Thompson | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-12-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-12-04 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-12-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-16 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-08-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-08-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-08-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-01-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-10-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.