R.T.D. Crawford Limited
Registered name: R.T.D. CRAWFORD LIMITED
R.T.D. Crawford Limited made £19.4m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
R.T.D. Crawford Limited’s revenue grew 10% to £19.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 24 employees. The company is classified under “sawmilling and planing of wood” and is based in Lisbellaw; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lisbellaw, Northern Ireland
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £19.7m | £17.5m | £17.6m | £19.4m |
| Cost of sales | £15.5m | £14m | £13.8m | £15.7m |
| Gross profit | £4.2m | £3.4m | £3.9m | £3.7m |
| Operating profit | £2.9m | £2.7m | £1.9m | £2.8m |
| Profit before tax | £3.3m | £4.3m | £2m | £2.8m |
| Profit after tax | £2.9m | £3.7m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £2.9m | £3.7m | £1.5m | £2.3m |
| Staff costs | £1.4m | £907k | £2.2m | £997k |
| Employees (average) | 25 | 24 | 24 | 24 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 14.7% | 21% | 8.3% | 12% |
| Gross margin | 21.1% | 19.7% | 22.1% | 19.2% |
| Revenue per employee | £787k | £728k | £735k | £809k |
| Profit per employee | £116k | £153k | £60.9k | £96.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼11.3% | ▲1.1% | ▲10% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲26.4% | ▼60.1% | ▲58.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼4% | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £9.9m | £6.9m | £2.2m | £4.9m |
| Net assets | £21.6m | £21.3m | £20.7m | £20.1m |
| Fixed assets | £11m | £10.4m | £10.3m | £10.1m |
| Current assets | £17.5m | £12.7m | £11.7m | £12m |
| Debtors | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.4m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 12%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 19.2%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £809k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £96.8k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 52.2%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 12.3%
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- ▼3%
- Now £20.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲118%
- Now £4.9m
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 24
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼2%
- Now £10.1m
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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