Cranes 2000 Holdings Ltd
Registered name: CRANES 2000 HOLDINGS LTD
Cranes 2000 Holdings Ltd made £31.5m revenue and £917k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Cranes 2000 Holdings Ltd’s revenue grew 1% to £31.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with £917k profit and 4 employees. The company is classified under “other letting and operating of own or leased real estate” and is based in Purfleet; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Purfleet, London
- Age
- 6 yrs · since 2020
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | No P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £32.3m | £31.2m | £31.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | £21.9m | £22.4m | £22.8m |
| Gross profit | — | £10.4m | £8.8m | £8.7m |
| Operating profit | — | £4.8m | £3.2m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | — | £3.3m | £1.3m | £971k |
| Profit after tax | — | £2.8m | £1.7m | £917k |
| Profit (best available) | — | £2.8m | £1.7m | £917k |
| Staff costs | — | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Employees (average) | 170 | 167 | 4 | 4 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 8.7% | 5.5% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | — | 32.3% | 28.1% | 27.7% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £194k | £7.8m | £7.9m |
| Profit per employee | — | £16.9k | £429k | £229k |
| Cash conversion | — | −4% | −9.6% | −8.6% |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▼3.4% | ▲0.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | ▼39.1% | ▼46.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼1.8% | ▼97.6% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | — | £34.4k | £37k | £20.9k |
| Net assets | — | £6.3m | £6.5m | £6.7m |
| Fixed assets | — | £7.7m | £7.7m | £7.7m |
| Current assets | — | £1.3m | £1.4m | £1.6m |
| Debtors | — | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | — | £30.6k | £30.6k | £30.6k |
| Cash from operations | — | −£195k | −£305k | −£285k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 27.7%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £7.9m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £229k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −8.6%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 24.4%
- 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%
- 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
- ▲3%
- Now £6.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼43%
- Now £20.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 4
- Deferred income
- 0%
- Now £30.6k
- Fixed assets
- ▼0%
- Now £7.7m
Group structure
Subsidiaries (3)
- City Lifting LimitedRev. £31.4m · Profit −£9.6k
- City Tower Cranes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Paramount Connections LimitedRev. — · Profit £96.3k
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit £917k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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