Cranswick

Activities of head offices · Hessle

Cranswick

Cranswick PLC

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ActiveLatest figures: 2026Group consolidated54 years on the register

Public limited company registered in Hessle, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

Headline figures

FY to Mar 2026 · Group consolidated

Turnover

For subscribers

Profit after tax

£158m

Net assets

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Cash

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Employees

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Retained reserves

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What the numbers say

4 findings from the figures, in plain English

Written by rules from the figures on this page. Not a forecast or a credit opinion.

History

Pro
£202420252026
Profit after tax£158m
Turnover
Net assets
Cash
Employees
Retained reserves

Every figure for all 3 years

“—” means we did not find the figure in a source; it is never filled with an estimate.

Balance sheet and ratios

From the filed balance sheets · £

Balance sheet202420252026
Current assets
of which cash
Creditors due within a year
Creditors due after a year
Net assets
Ratios
Profit marginProfit after tax as a share of turnover
Return on equityProfit after tax as a share of net assets
Current ratioCurrent assets for every £1 owed within a year
Cash ratioCash for every £1 owed within a year

5 balance-sheet lines and 4 ratios, every year

A ratio appears only for years where every line it needs was filed. Lines are as tagged in the accounts; nothing is added up or estimated.

Timeline

Checked 2026-10-18

  1. Shares
    Statement of capital following an allotment of shares on 26 September 2026 · GBP 5,430,662.8 (and 5 more like it since 10 September 2013)
  2. Directors
    Director's details changed for Mt Tim Smith on 17 August 2026
  3. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 28 March 2026
  4. Filing
    Resolutions (and 14 more like it since 8 August 2012)
  5. Address
    Registered office address changed from Cranes Court Hesslewood Office Park Ferriby Road Hessle HU13 0PA England to Crane Court Hesslewood Country Office Park Ferriby Road Hessle…
  6. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 29 March 2025
  7. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 30 March 2024
  8. Directors
    Appointment of Mrs Rachel Margaret Howarth as a director on 1 May 2024
  9. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Pam Powell as a director on 1 September 2023
  10. Directors
    Appointment of Mr Alan Richard Williams as a director on 24 July 2023
  11. Directors
    Termination of appointment of Mark James Reckitt as a director on 24 July 2023
  12. Accounts
    Group of companies' accounts made up to 25 March 2023
  13. 26 earlier
    1. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 26 March 2022
    2. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Yetunde Yewande Hofmann as a director on 1 August 2022
    3. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Christopher Aldersley as a director on 1 August 2022
    4. Filing
      Memorandum and Articles of Association
    5. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Helen Catherine Allum as a director on 1 August 2022
    6. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 27 March 2021
    7. Directors
      Appointment of Mrs Elizabeth Barber as a director on 1 May 2021
    8. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Martin Thomas Peter Davey as a director on 26 July 2021
    9. Address
      Register inspection address has been changed (and 2 more like it since 21 September 2011)
    10. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 March 2020
    11. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 March 2019
    12. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr Adam Hartley Couch on 21 January 2019
    13. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr James Robert Brisby on 21 January 2019
    14. Directors
      Secretary's details changed for Mr Steven Garrick Glover on 21 January 2019
    15. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mr John Mark Bottomley on 21 January 2019
    16. Directors
      Director's details changed for Mrs Helen Catherine Allum on 21 January 2019
    17. Address
      Registered office address changed from 74 Helsinki Road Sutton Fields Industrial Estate Kingston upon Hull HU7 0YW to Cranes Court Hesslewood Office Park Ferriby Road Hessle HU1…
    18. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Steven Derek Esom as a director on 22 November 2018
    19. Ownership
      Notification of a person with significant control statement
    20. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 March 2018
    21. Directors
      Appointment of Mt Tim Smith as a director on 1 April 2018
    22. Directors
      Appointment of Ms Pamela Powell as a director on 1 April 2018
    23. Accounts
      Group of companies' accounts made up to 31 March 2017
    24. Filing
      Auditor's resignation
    25. Directors
      Appointment of Mr Steven Garrick Glover as a secretary on 1 August 2017
    26. Directors
      Termination of appointment of Malcolm Barrie Windeatt as a secretary on 31 July 2017

From the Companies House filing history. Routine confirmation statements are left out, and a run of the same filing is shown once.

Questions people ask

›What does Cranswick do?

Public limited company registered in Hessle, classed under “Activities of head offices”.

›How much turnover does Cranswick make?

Answered in the full report

›Is Cranswick profitable?

Yes: it made a profit after tax of £158m in the year to 28 March 2026, its latest filed accounts.

›Who runs and owns Cranswick?

Answered in the full report

›Where is Cranswick based?

Its registered office is Crane Court Hesslewood Country Office Park, Ferriby Road, Hessle, HU13 0PA, in Hessle.

›When was Cranswick founded?

Cranswick PLC was incorporated on 29 September 1972.

›Is Cranswick still trading?

The register lists Cranswick PLC as active.