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Registration number: 03909505

Craven & Co Limited
Unaudited Filleted Financial Statements
for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

Craven & Co Limited

Contents

Balance Sheet | 1 to 2
Notes to the Financial Statements | 3 to 8

Craven & Co Limited

(Registration number: 03909505)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

| Note | 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Fixed assets |  |  |
Tangible assets | 5 | 325,597 | 166,785
Investments | 6 | 2 | 2
|  | 325,599 | 166,787
Current assets |  |  |
Stocks |  | 492,639 | 239,824
Debtors | 7 | 2,599,691 | 2,504,865
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 223,639 | 159,691
|  | 3,315,969 | 2,904,380
Creditors: Amounts falling due within one year | 8 | (1,954,023) | (1,287,003)
Net current assets |  | 1,361,946 | 1,617,377
Total assets less current liabilities |  | 1,687,545 | 1,784,164
Creditors: Amounts falling due after more than one year | 8 | (75,116) | (111,307)
Provisions for liabilities |  | (81,399) | (37,459)
Net assets |  | 1,531,030 | 1,635,398
Capital and reserves |  |  |
Called up share capital |  | 68,141 | 68,141
Share premium reserve |  | 229,445 | 229,445
Capital redemption reserve |  | 88,441 | 88,441
Profit and loss account |  | 1,145,003 | 1,249,371
Total equity |  | 1,531,030 | 1,635,398

For the financial year ending 31 December 2025 the company was entitled to exemption from audit under section 477 of the Companies Act 2006 relating to small companies.

Director's responsibilities:

• | The members have not required the company to obtain an audit of its accounts for the year in question in accordance with section 476; and
• | The director acknowledges his responsibilities for complying with the requirements of the Act with respect to accounting records and the preparation of accounts.

These financial statements have been prepared and delivered in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies subject to the small companies regime. As permitted by section 444 (5A) of the Companies Act 2006, the director has not delivered to the registrar a copy of the Profit and Loss Account.

Approved and authorised by the director on 27 March 2026

Craven & Co Limited

(Registration number: 03909505)
Balance Sheet as at 31 December 2025

......................................... Mr Wesley Michael Spencer Dance Director

Craven & Co Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

1 | General information

The company is a private company limited by share capital, incorporated in England and Wales.

The address of its registered office is:
Manse Lane
Knaresborough
North Yorkshire
HG5 8ET

These financial statements were authorised for issue by the director on 27 March 2026.

2 | Accounting policies

Summary of significant accounting policies and key accounting estimates

The principal accounting policies applied in the preparation of these financial statements are set out below. These policies have been consistently applied to all the years presented, unless otherwise stated.

Statement of compliance

These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with Financial Reporting Standard 102 Section 1A - 'The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland' and the Companies Act 2006.

Basis of preparation

These financial statements have been prepared using the historical cost convention except that as disclosed in the accounting policies certain items are shown at fair value.

Depreciation

Depreciation is charged so as to write off the cost of assets, other than land and properties under construction over their estimated useful lives, as follows:

Asset class | Depreciation method and rate
Plant and machinery | 12.5% - 25% Straight line
Fixtures and fittings | 15% - 20% Straight line
Motor vehicles | 20% Straight line (Fully written off)

Amortisation

Amortisation is provided on intangible assets so as to write off the cost, less any estimated residual value, over their useful life as follows:

Asset class | Amortisation method and rate
Goodwill | Over 5 years (Fully written off)

3 | Staff numbers

The average number of persons employed by the company (including the director) during the year, was 41 (2024 - 44).

Craven & Co Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

4 | Intangible assets

| Goodwill £ | Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025 | 12,500 | 12,500
At 31 December 2025 | 12,500 | 12,500
Amortisation
At 1 January 2025 | 12,500 | 12,500
At 31 December 2025 | 12,500 | 12,500
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025 | - | -

5 | Tangible assets

| Fixtures and fittings £ | Plant and machinery £ | Motor vehicles £ | Total £
Cost or valuation
At 1 January 2025 | 279,567 | 2,093,359 | 23,729 | 2,396,655
Additions | - | 216,900 | - | 216,900
At 31 December 2025 | 279,567 | 2,310,259 | 23,729 | 2,613,555
Depreciation
At 1 January 2025 | 276,534 | 1,929,608 | 23,729 | 2,229,871
Charge for the year | 2,498 | 55,589 | - | 58,087
At 31 December 2025 | 279,032 | 1,985,197 | 23,729 | 2,287,958
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025 | 535 | 325,062 | - | 325,597
At 31 December 2024 | 3,033 | 163,752 | - | 166,785

Craven & Co Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

6 | Investments

| 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Investments in subsidiaries | 2 | 2

Subsidiaries | £
Cost
At 1 January 2025 and 31 December 2025 | 2
Carrying amount
At 31 December 2025 | 2
At 31 December 2024 | 2

Details of undertakings

Details of the investments in which the company holds 20% or more of the nominal value of any class of share capital are as follows:

Undertaking |  | Holding | Proportion of voting rights and shares held
|  |  | 31 December 2025 | 31 December 2024
Subsidiary undertakings
Firmashelf Ltd |  | Ordinary | 100% | 100%
Richard Craven & Co Ltd |  | Ordinary | 100% | 100%

Subsidiary undertakings
Firmashelf Ltd The principal activity of Firmashelf Ltd is Dormant Company.
Richard Craven & Co Ltd The principal activity of Richard Craven & Co Ltd is Dormant Company.

Craven & Co Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

7 | Debtors

| 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Trade debtors | 822,110 | 665,099
Other debtors | 158,241 | 220,426
Amounts owed by parent undertakings | 1,619,340 | 1,619,340
Total current trade and other debtors | 2,599,691 | 2,504,865

Craven & Co Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

8 | Creditors

Creditors: amounts falling due within one year

| Note | 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Due within one year |  |  |
Bank loans and overdrafts | 9 | 673,840 | 401,187
Trade creditors |  | 839,104 | 542,555
Taxation and social security |  | 162,104 | 170,489
Accruals and deferred income |  | 156,706 | 75,090
Other creditors |  | 122,269 | 97,682
|  | 1,954,023 | 1,287,003

Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year

| Note | 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Due after one year |  |  |
Loans and borrowings | 9 | 75,116 | 111,307

9 | Loans and borrowings

| 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Non-current loans and borrowings
HP and finance lease liabilities | 75,116 | 111,307

Current loans and borrowings

| 31 December 2025 £ | 31 December 2024 £
Bank overdrafts | 635,716 | 363,063
Hire purchase contracts | 38,124 | 38,124
| 673,840 | 401,187

Craven & Co Limited

Notes to the Financial Statements for the Year Ended 31 December 2025

10 | Related party transactions

Summary of transactions with parent

CBB Group Ltd
(Parent Company)
Craven & Co Limited is 100% subsidiary of CBB Group Ltd.
There were no disclosable transactions during the year. At the balance sheet date the amount due from CBB Group Ltd was £1,619,340 (2024 - £1,527,093).

Summary of transactions with associates

Wire Mesh Fabrications Limited (formerly Booth Wire Products Limited) Associate Company under common control.
During the year Wire Mesh Fabrications Limited (formerly Booth Wire Products Limited) made purchase of £Nil (2024 - £Nil) from Craven & Co Limited and made sales of £Nil (2024 - £Nil) to Craven & Co Limited. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Craven & Co Limited was £Nil (2024 - £Nil).

Summary of transactions with associates

Bedford Shelving Limited
Associate Company under common control.
During the year Bedford Shelving Limited made purchase of £108,690 (2024 - £83,735) from Craven & Co Limited and made sales of £172,271 (2024 - £38,323) to Craven & Co Limited.
Bedford Shelving Limited has paid mangement charges of £Nil (2024 - £125,000) to Craven & Co Limited. At the balance sheet date the amount due to Craven & Co Limited was £19,624 (2024 - £162,212).