Crown Worldwide Limited
Registered name: CROWN WORLDWIDE LIMITED
Crown Worldwide Limited made £43.7m revenue and a £2.8m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Crown Worldwide Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £43.7m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £2.8m and 361 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in Livingston; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Livingston, Scotland
- Age
- 56 yrs · since 1970
- Type
- Private Limited Company
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 | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text | Profit & lossread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £56.3m | £52.3m | £47.5m | £43.7m |
| Cost of sales | £40m | £36.2m | £32.1m | £29.1m |
| Gross profit | £16.3m | £16.1m | £15.4m | £14.5m |
| Operating profit | £2.4m | −£329k | −£1.2m | −£546k |
| Profit before tax | £1.4m | −£2.7m | −£3.5m | −£2.7m |
| Profit after tax | £1.7m | −£2.6m | −£3.4m | −£2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.7m | −£2.6m | −£3.4m | −£2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 389 | 386 | 278 | 361 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 3.1% | −4.9% | −7.1% | −6.4% |
| Gross margin | 29% | 30.8% | 32.4% | 33.3% |
| Revenue per employee | £145k | £136k | £171k | £121k |
| Profit per employee | £4.5k | −£6.6k | −£12.1k | −£7.7k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.1% | ▼9.2% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼247.2% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼0.8% | ▼28% | ▲29.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.8m | £5.4m | £5m | £481k |
| Net assets | £8.2m | £6.3m | £4.3m | £2m |
| Fixed assets | £14.6m | £15.2m | £15.1m | £14.9m |
| Current assets | £33.4m | £34.1m | £32m | £30.5m |
| Debtors | £4.5m | £3m | £2.1m | £1.4m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −6.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 33.3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £121k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£7.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 34.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.1%
- 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
- ▼54%
- Now £2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼90%
- Now £481k
- Headcount
- ▲30%
- Now 361
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £14.9m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Aug 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.