CROWN HAND TOOLS LIMITED
Company number 02368980 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Crown Hand Tools Limited is a financially sound but strategically static Sheffield tool manufacturer whose 35-year heritage and fortress balance sheet (net assets £960K, negligible debt) are being undermined by a contracting asset base, aging capital equipment (86% depreciated), and declining revenue indicators. The company possesses the financial resources—£462K in cash and a 4.25x current ratio—to fund a decisive reinvestment programme, but requires urgent action to modernise production assets, optimise inventory, and leverage its Sheffield provenance for premium positioning before import competition further erodes its market position.
Shareholders' funds
£960,492
Balance sheet as at 2025-12-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-04-06
- Employees
- 16 (2025 accounts · was 18 in 2024)
- Registered office
- 332-334 Coleford Road, Darnall, Sheffield, South Yorkshire, S9 5PH
- Postcode
- S9 5PH
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Unaudited Abridged
- Charges
- 1 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-12-31
- Next due by
- 2027-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-06
- Next due by
- 2027-04-20
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25730 Manufacture of tools
Officers 5 current · 2 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- crownhandtools.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| RAPID 7968 LIMITED | 1989-05-05 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| EXCELSIOR WORKS, BURNT TREE LANE, HOYLE STREET, SHEFFIELD S3 7EX | 2007-06-27 |
| 7O CLARKEHOUSE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 2LJ | 1989-07-17 |
| 70 CLARKEHOUSE ROAD, SHEFFIELD, S10 2LJ | 1989-05-04 |
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 48 similar companies in S
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (16 staff).
Trading since 1989.
No.10 of the largest manufacture of tools companies in Sheffield →
Competitors Sheffield
This company ranks 10 among manufacture of tools in Sheffield.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2018-05-29
- Where
- South Yorkshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYK661382 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2018-05-29 | — |
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