CROWN PRODUCTS (KENT) LIMITED
Company number 02000579 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Crown Products (Kent) Limited possesses a formidable balance sheet and vertically integrated model that positions it as a potential consolidator in a market experiencing competitive attrition, yet the dramatic swing to a £3.1M loss and 3-percentage-point gross margin compression demand immediate operational intervention rather than passive cyclical waiting. The company's strategic imperative is to convert financial strength into market position—through targeted acquisition of distressed competitors, ruthless margin recovery in the distribution value chain, and productivity realignment now that the ERP infrastructure investment is complete. The window for offensive action is narrow; competitors' failures create opportunity, but sustained cash erosion will eventually constrain options.
Shareholders' funds
£13,884,081
Balance sheet as at 2024-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is split into manufacturing and distribution. Manufacturing activities comprise operation of the production facility in Herne Bay, Kent and supply of the furniture to our distribution subsidiary based in Newport Pagnell , Buckinghamshire. This furniture is then combined with sinks, taps, appliances, worktops and other ancillary products before being supplied onwards to the marketplace. We had a small stand-alone distribution operation in Boston, Massachusetts but this has now been sold.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1986-03-17
- Employees
- 73 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Eddington Works, Eddington Lane, Herne Bay, Kent, CT6 5TR
- Postcode
- CT6 5TR
- Capital
- 47,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Group
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 31020 Manufacture of kitchen furniture
- 31090 Manufacture of other furniture
Officers 2 current · 9 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Among its peers
Top 10%
by shareholders' funds, of 38 similar companies in CT — measured against the wider sector
The largest employer among its local peers (73 staff).
2nd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1986.
The class of 1986
50%
of the 18,365 companies incorporated in 1986 are still active today; 42% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 3 titles
- Freehold
- 3
- Most recent registration
- 2023-01-04
- Where
- Milton Keynes (3)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BM262900 | Milton Keynes | Freehold | 2023-01-04 | — |
| BM327634 | Milton Keynes | Freehold | 2021-11-10 | — |
| BM188078 | Milton Keynes | Freehold | 2020-04-14 | — |
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