CRANE LIMITED

Active
Company number 00098677Private limited companyIncorporated 1908

Key figures

£78,066,327
Net assets 2024

† CRANE LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 28140

Where the company stands among the 239 active companies whose first SIC code is 28140 (Manufacture of taps and valves).

Company age118.4 years
Older than 99% · median 11.9 years
Largest in this sector by net assets
  1. KOHLER MIRA LIMITED£157.4m
  2. CHARGEPOINT TECHNOLOGY LIMITED£47.8m
  3. CRANE PROCESS FLOW TECHNOLOGIES LTD£35.7m
  4. AMOT UK HOLDINGS LIMITED£35.2m
  5. KOSO KENT INTROL LIMITED£23.6m
  6. OLIVER VALVETEK LIMITED£21.3m
  7. BEL VALVES LIMITED£15.8m
  8. OLIVER VALVES LIMITED£11m
  9. STAITECH LIMITED£8.6m
  10. HORNE ENGINEERING LIMITED£7.8m

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: CRANE LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CRANE LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 00098677. It was incorporated on 3 Jul 1908. Its status is active. The registered office is in Ipswich (IP3). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of taps and valves (28140).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £111,636,986. Profit for the year was £18,162,596. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 239 active companies whose first SIC code is 28140: It is older than 99% of them (median age 11.9 years).

Does it supply the public sector?

The company is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2021. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £2.3m.

What do public registers and reports show?

It appears on the Home Office register of licensed sponsors (Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker). HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly plastics, rubber, ceramics. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly rubber, iron and steel articles, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 50 days to pay suppliers, and 53% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1.1% higher than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 7 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 12 Jun 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover107,489,315111,636,986
Profit for the year13,070,54218,162,596
Total assets56,932,846—
Total liabilities——
Net assets / total equity78,066,327—

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Public contracts

2 contracts

CRANE LIMITED is named as a supplier in 2 public contract award notices from 2 public sector buyers since 2021. The 1 contract awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £2.3m.

Contracts per year
Main buyers2
NORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED
1 contract · £2.3m
THAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
1 contract
Contracts
  1. Mechanical Repair Products & ServicesTHAMES WATER UTILITIES LIMITED
  2. Couplings and Flange AdaptorsNORTHUMBRIAN WATER GROUP LIMITED · £2,331,087

From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
50 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
53%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 64%
  • 31 to 60 days 14%
  • After 60 days 22%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
48
58%
49%
30 Jun 2025
42
38%
32%
31 Dec 2024
44
39%
33%
30 Jun 2024
44
34%
33%
31 Dec 2023
47
29%
49%
30 Jun 2023
44
33%
40%
31 Dec 2022
42
36%
42%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 1.1% higher
Mean hourly pay
women 8.2% lower
Median bonus pay
women 59% higher
Employer size
250 to 499 employees
Lower pay quarter19% womenLower middle24% womenUpper middle25% womenUpper pay quarter19% women
Earlier years (8)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 6% lower
women 7.6% lower
2023/24
women 6.7% lower
women 7.2% lower
2022/23
women 10.8% lower
women 13.6% lower
2021/22
women 12.2% lower
women 17.3% lower
2020/21
women 9.4% lower
women 18.3% lower
2019/20
women 18% lower
women 20% lower
2018/19
women 10.7% lower
women 20.3% lower
2017/18
women 9.3% lower
women 19.4% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements7
2026
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (4)
2023
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement · summary on GOV.UK
2020
Statement · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

Sponsor licence‡
Licence type and rating
Worker (A rating)
Routes
Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker, Skilled Worker

On the Home Office register of licensed sponsors, which lists organisations licensed to sponsor workers from overseas.

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: plastics, rubber, ceramics, iron and steel articles and copper.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: rubber, iron and steel articles, machinery, copper and miscellaneous metal articles.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £111.6m
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £107.5m, net assets £78.1m
  3. Crane S C Holdings Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.