CRU INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
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Executive summary
CRU International Limited is a well-established, independently-owned specialist in commodities research and consultancy, operating in a sector benefiting from structural tailwinds around energy transition and critical minerals demand. Its financial position is exceptionally strong—with £55.5M cash on a £64.7M revenue base and no debt—providing strategic optionality that most competitors cannot match. However, operating margins have compressed to 9.2% (below the 15-25% typical of leading professional services firms), and the company's scale relative to increasingly consolidated competitors poses a long-term strategic challenge. The business is financially robust but faces a strategic inflection point: whether to invest aggressively to close the scale gap with integrated competitors, or maintain its independent niche positioning where deep expertise remains its primary competitive differentiator.
Shareholders' funds
£43,814,139
Balance sheet as at 2025-09-30
What it does
The company is incorporated and domiciled in England and its principal place of business is at First Floor MidCity Place, 71 High Holborn, London WC1V 6EA.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1968-10-17
- Employees
- 237 (2025 accounts · was 243 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Ground Floor 31 Kentish Town Road, Camden Town, London, England, NW1 8NL
- Postcode
- NW1 8NL
- Capital
- 10,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-09-30
- Next due by
- 2027-06-30
- Financial year end
- 30 September
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-09-02
- Next due by
- 2026-09-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 74909 Other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified
Officers 7 current · 25 resigned
Group structure 3 subsidiaries
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£99,300 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
Matched by registered name to the register of licensed sponsors (Home Office, updated daily) — check the register itself before relying on it. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA314404 (Tier 3), registered since 2018.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Political donations 3
£52,500 in registered political donations since 2016.
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Liberal Democrats
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The In Campaign Ltd
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The In Campaign Ltd
Source: the Electoral Commission's register of donations — this company's full record, Open Government Licence v3.0.
Gender pay gap
24.6%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · in the bottom quarter for parity
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| COMMODITIES RESEARCH UNIT LIMITED | 1992-04-03 |
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 18 ST GEORGE STREET, HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON W1R 0LL | 1996-08-16 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 582 similar companies in NW
The largest employer among its local peers (237 staff).
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1968.
Competitors London
This company ranks 2 among other professional, scientific and technical activities not elsewhere classified in London.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2024-06-20
- Where
- Greater London (3), South Yorkshire (1)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SYK718523 | South Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2024-06-20 | — |
| BB6410 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2020-06-16 | — |
| AGL271976 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2012-12-07 | — |
| AGL272099 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2012-12-07 | — |
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