CRENOON LIMITED

Company number 01543489 ·

In Administration

Executive summary

Crenoon Limited, a long-standing independent operator in the UK car leasing sector, has entered administration, underscoring the severe structural pressures facing asset-heavy, under-capitalized SMEs in the current macroeconomic climate. The company's failure reflects the sector's broader vulnerability to skyrocketing cost of capital and residual value volatility, which disproportionately punish smaller lessors lacking the economies of scale and funding diversification of larger consolidators. Ultimately, Crenoon could not sustain the margin compression brought on by high interest rates and fleet depreciation, leading to the collapse of a four-decade-old business.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
1981-02-05
Registered office
C/O CURRIE YOUNG LIMITED, Riverside 2 No 3 Campbell Road, Stoke-On-Trent, ST4 4RJ
Postcode
ST4 4RJ
Capital
20,000 GBP
Accounts category
Total Exemption Full
Charges
11 outstanding

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-09-30
Next due by
2026-06-30
Financial year end
30 September

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-02-24
Next due by
2026-03-10
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 77110 Renting and leasing of cars and light motor vehicles

Officers 6 current · 1 resigned

Appointed 2021-07-23
Appointed 2003-02-21
MRS Maria DOBSON Director
Appointed 2003-02-21
Appointed 1984-10-29
Appointed 1981-02-25

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Group structure

Controlled by CRENOON HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2024-05-14

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
AFFORD RENT A CAR, VICTORIA ROAD, FENTON, STOKE-ON-TRENT ST4 2AQ1990-02-20
23 VICTORIA PLACE, FENTON, STOKE ON TRENT1987-04-13

The class of 1981

65%

of the 14,493 companies incorporated in 1981 are still active today; 29% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.

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