Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
31/12/2026Filing deadline
Made up to 31/03/2025Due 31/12/2026
- Next accounts made up to
- 31/03/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 31/03/2025
BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Unit 32 St. Asaph Business Park, St. Asaph, Denbighshire LL17 0JA
- Classification (2 SIC codes)
- Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. motorcycles (43.99/9 - SIC 2007)Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 09/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 02/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Mark Robert Francis as a person with significant control on 2025-06-11
- 02/09/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-02 with updates
- 02/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Robert Thomas Francis as a person with significant control on 2025-06-11
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Accounts and confirmation statement
The two filings Companies House requires every year, and where each one stands against its deadline today.
Due in 89 days
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
16/09/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 02/09/2025Due 16/09/2026
- Next statement date
- 02/09/2026
- Last statement dated
- 02/09/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£2.49M2025
32.86%vs 20242024: £1.87M
Total Assets
£6.51M2025
34.91%vs 20242024: £4.83M
Cash in Bank
£805.61K2025
35.43%vs 20242024: £594.86K
Total Liabilities
£4.03M2025
36.21%vs 20242024: £2.96M
Employees
402025
0vs 20242024: 40
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 4 rose. Total assets moved furthest, up 34.91% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED.
The full financial record
Four ways through BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +20% a year (CAGR)Three-year trend, 2023–2025Every measure end to end across 2023, 2024 and 2025, with the compound rate behind each one.See what moved5 chartsCharts by indicator5 filed indicators plotted year by year, 2021–2025.Plot the figuresNothing estimatedRatios from the filed figures4 ratios computed from this company's own reported amounts, each shown against the year it was derived from.Check the ratios5 × 5 yearsEvery figure by yearAll 5 measures Okredo tracks across 5 reported years, exactly as filed.Open the table
Employees
Headcount as reported to Companies House for 2021–2025.
| Year | Employees | Change |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 40 | 0 |
| 2024 | 40 | -4 |
| 2023 | 44 | +2 |
| 2022 | 42 | +5 |
| 2021 | 37 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 37 in 2021 to 40 in 2025. See how headcount moved alongside the reported financials.
Credit report
It is a professional assessment of the company 's performance, revealing company's potential and risks, showing it's past experiences and revealing future prospects.
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Officers
10Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 05/11/2010–27/10/2023 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 26/02/1997–18/01/2010 | 0 | |
| Secretary | 18/01/2010–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 26/02/1997–18/01/2010 | 0 | |
| Nominee Secretary | 26/02/1997–26/02/1997 | 3053 | |
| Director | 16/09/2026–Present | 2 | |
| Director | 27/02/1997–Present | 0 | |
| Director | 21/03/2001–18/01/2010 | 0 | |
| Director | 04/11/2010–27/05/2011 | 0 | |
| Director | 22/03/2001–Present | 0 |
Persons with significant control
7Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 11/06/2025–Present | 2 | |
| 06/04/2016–12/04/2023 | 0 | |
| 06/02/2024–11/06/2025 | 0 | |
| 06/02/2024–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–12/04/2023 | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 | |
| 06/04/2016–Present | 0 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 91
- Since 27/02/1997
- Last 12 months
- 1
- -3 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 09/12/2025
- 9 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 09/12/2025
Filing timeline
- 09/12/2025View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31
- 02/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Change of details for Mr Mark Robert Francis as a person with significant control on 2025-06-11
- 02/09/2025View PDF (4 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-09-02 with updates
- 02/09/2025View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Robert Thomas Francis as a person with significant control on 2025-06-11
- 02/09/2025View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Luke Robert Francis as a person with significant control on 2025-06-11
- 03/10/2024View PDF (11 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-03-31
- 20/07/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 1 in full
- 20/07/2024View PDF (4 pages)
Satisfaction of charge 033252420002 in full
- 27/02/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-02-27 with no updates
- 06/02/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Notification of Robert Thomas Francis as a person with significant control on 2024-02-06
- 04/12/2023View PDF (12 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-03-31
- 27/10/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Robert Thomas Francis as a person with significant control on 2023-04-12
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About BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Unit 32 St. Asaph Business Park, St. Asaph, Denbighshire LL17 0JA. Companies House classifies its business as Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. motorcycles, one of 2 SIC classifications on its record. It has been on the register for 29 years 7 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £2.49M and 40 employees. Its confirmation statement is past the filing deadline shown on the registry record.
BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED under 2 registered business activities: Other specialised construction activities n.e.c. motorcycles (43.99/9 - SIC 2007) and Freight transport by road (49.41 - SIC 2007).
BOB FRANCIS CRANE HIRE LIMITED is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 27/02/1997.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £2.49M, total assets of £6.51M, cash in bank of £805.61K and total liabilities of £4.03M.
The most recent document on the record is dated 09/12/2025: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-03-31, 9 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 31/12/2026 and the next confirmation statement is due by 16/09/2026, which has passed.
Companies House lists 10 officers (4 currently in post) and 7 people with significant control (4 current).