Annual accounts
Total Exemption Full accounts
29/01/2027Filing deadline
Made up to 29/04/2025Due 29/01/2027
- Next accounts made up to
- 29/04/2026
- Last accounts made up to
- 29/04/2025
CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD
ActiveRegistry details
Reference data exactly as held at Companies House.
Copy registry details
- Registered office
- Old Smithy Garage Newcastle Road, Arclid, Sandbach CW11 2UE
- Classification (SIC)
- Renting and leasing of other machinery equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. (77.39 - SIC 2007)
- Accounts type
- Total Exemption Full
Company activity
The 4 most recent documents filed at Companies House.
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- 28/04/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-29
- 20/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-09 with no updates
- 20/01/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-29
- 21/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Neil Forster on 2024-11-21
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- Whether the filed accounts are strengthening or weakening year on year.
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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.
On schedule
Confirmation statement
Confirms the registry record is up to date
23/11/2026Filing deadline
Last statement 09/11/2025Due 23/11/2026
- Next statement date
- 09/11/2026
- Last statement dated
- 09/11/2025
Financial performance
The latest figures CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD filed. Okredo holds filed accounts data for 2021–2025; the year-by-year record is on the financials page.
Net Assets
£172.29K2025
-20.06%vs 20242024: £215.53K
Total Assets
£253.46K2025
-13.18%vs 20242024: £291.94K
Cash in Bank
£138.81K2025
-3.43%vs 20242024: £143.73K
Total Liabilities
£81.17K2025
6.22%vs 20242024: £76.41K
Employees
52025
0vs 20242024: 5
Of the 4 measures with an earlier filing to compare against, 1 rose and 3 fell. Net assets moved furthest, down 20.06% on 2024. See the full financial analysis for CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD.
The full financial record
Four ways through CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD's filed accounts — the year-by-year numbers, the compound rates and the ratios behind them.
Net Assets · +5.2% 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 | 5 | 0 |
| 2024 | 5 | +1 |
| 2023 | 4 | 0 |
| 2022 | 4 | +2 |
| 2021 | 2 | – |
Reported employee count increased from 2 in 2021 to 5 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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- Past performance
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Officers
3Directors, secretaries and other appointed officers, with the period each has served.
| Person | Role | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Director | 15/01/2014–09/03/2021 | 0 | |
| Director | 09/11/2011–Present | 3 | |
| Director | 09/11/2011–Present | 3 |
Persons with significant control
3Individuals or entities with significant control over the company, as declared to Companies House.
| Person | Period | Connected companies |
|---|---|---|
| 01/10/2016–09/03/2021 | 0 | |
| 01/10/2016–Present | 3 | |
| 01/10/2016–Present | 3 |
Filing history and recent activity
Every document on the Companies House record, newest first.
- Filings on record
- 37
- Since 09/11/2011
- Last 12 months
- 2
- -1 vs the year before
- Most recent filing
- 28/04/2026
- 5 months ago
What changed in the last year
- Accounts filedLatest 28/04/2026
- Confirmation statementLatest 20/01/2026
Filing timeline
- 28/04/2026View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-29
- 20/01/2026View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2025-11-09 with no updates
- 20/01/2025View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2024-04-29
- 21/11/2024View PDF (2 pages)
Director's details changed for Mr Neil Forster on 2024-11-21
- 21/11/2024View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2024-11-09 with no updates
- 29/01/2024View PDF (9 pages)
Total exemption full accounts made up to 2023-04-30
- 16/11/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2023-11-09 with no updates
- 31/01/2023View PDF (3 pages)
Second filing of Confirmation Statement dated 2022-11-09
- 30/01/2023View PDF (1 pages)
Previous accounting period shortened from 2022-04-30 to 2022-04-29
- 08/01/2023View PDF (5 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2022-11-09 with updates
- 22/03/2022View PDF (1 pages)
Cessation of Steven Keir Forster as a person with significant control on 2021-03-09
- 23/11/2021View PDF (3 pages)
Confirmation statement made on 2021-11-09 with no updates
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About CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD
A short description of the company, written from its Companies House record.
CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD is a private limited company registered in the United Kingdom, based in Old Smithy Garage Newcastle Road, Arclid, Sandbach CW11 2UE. Companies House classifies its business as Renting and leasing of other machinery equipment and tangible goods n.e.c.. It has been on the register for 14 years 10 months.
The register currently records it as active. Its 2025 accounts report net assets of £172.29K and 5 employees.
CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD: frequently asked questions
Answered from this company's own registry record and filed figures.
Companies House records CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD under one registered business activity: Renting and leasing of other machinery equipment and tangible goods n.e.c. (77.39 - SIC 2007).
CRANE & GENERAL SERVICES LTD is recorded as active on the Companies House register, and has been on it since 09/11/2011.
The most recent accounts Okredo holds cover 2025 and report net assets of £172.29K, total assets of £253.46K, cash in bank of £138.81K and total liabilities of £81.17K.
The most recent document on the record is dated 28/04/2026: Total exemption full accounts made up to 2025-04-29, 5 months ago.
On the current registry record, accounts are due by 29/01/2027 and the next confirmation statement is due by 23/11/2026.
Companies House lists 3 officers (2 currently in post) and 3 people with significant control (2 current).