Cronimet Great Britain Limited
Registered name: CRONIMET GREAT BRITAIN LIMITED
Cronimet Great Britain Limited made £52.2m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Cronimet Great Britain Limited’s revenue fell 28% to £52.2m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.9m and 33 employees. The company is classified under “wholesale of metals and metal ores” and is based in Cannock; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Cannock, West Midlands
- Age
- 41 yrs · since 1985
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The ultimate parent company and immediate parent company is Cronimet Holding GmbH, a company incorporated in Germany which owns 100% of the issued share capital.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £102m | £90.2m | £72.2m | £52.2m |
| Cost of sales | £98.3m | £88.2m | £71.4m | £51.7m |
| Gross profit | £3.9m | £2m | £766k | £476k |
| Operating profit | £2.2m | £450k | −£789k | −£722k |
| Profit before tax | −£2.9m | £620k | −£1.8m | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£2.9m | £620k | −£1.8m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£2.9m | £620k | −£1.8m | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.5m | £1.5m | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Employees (average) | 30 | 35 | 32 | 33 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | −2.8% | 0.7% | −2.5% | −3.6% |
| Gross margin | 3.9% | 2.2% | 1.1% | 0.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £3.4m | £2.6m | £2.3m | £1.6m |
| Profit per employee | −£96.2k | £17.7k | −£55.9k | −£56.9k |
| Cash conversion | −50.3% | −157.5% | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.8% | ▼20% | ▼27.6% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼388.7% | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▼8.6% | ▲3.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £301 | £12.2k | £205k | £13.5k |
| Net assets | −£633k | −£13.4k | −£1.8m | −£3.7m |
| Fixed assets | £2.1m | £2.1m | £2.8m | £3.2m |
| Current assets | £16m | £15.9m | £11.1m | £9.9m |
| Debtors | £9.6m | £9.3m | £1.8m | £303k |
| Deferred income | £388k | £0 | £101k | £71.7k |
| Cash from operations | −£1.1m | −£709k | −£2.1m | −£1.8m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −3.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 0.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £1.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£56.9k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 6.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 0.6%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now −£3.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼93%
- Now £13.5k
- Headcount
- ▲3%
- Now 33
- Deferred income
- ▼29%
- Now £71.7k
- Fixed assets
- ▲16%
- Now £3.2m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Apr 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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