JOHN EDWARD CROWTHER LIMITED
Company number 00298851 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
John Edward Crowther Limited represents a classic example of a heritage Yorkshire textile spinner that has adapted to secular industry decline through diversification into property letting. Its position within a PLC holding group structure provides resilience, while its nearly nine-decade trading history confers provenance advantages increasingly valued in premium textile supply chains. The company faces persistent challenges from energy costs, global competition, and succession planning, but its dual-income model and niche specialist positioning offer a viable path for continued operation within the contracting but not extinct UK woollen spinning sector.
Shareholders' funds
£2,880,912
Balance sheet as at 2026-03-31
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1935-03-27
- Employees
- 5 (2026 accounts)
- Registered office
- Bank Bottom Mills, Marsden Nr Huddersfield, Yorks, HD7 6HR
- Postcode
- HD7 6HR
- Capital
- 287,402 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2026-03-31
- Next due by
- 2027-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-10-02
- Next due by
- 2027-10-16
Nature of business (SIC)
- 13100 Preparation and spinning of textile fibres
- 68209 Other letting and operating of own or leased real estate
Officers 3 current · 6 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by JOHN EDWARD CROWTHER (HOLDINGS) PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY — since 2016-10-02
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA735558 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Among its peers
Top 25%
by shareholders' funds, of 16 similar companies in HD
3rd oldest of its local peers, trading since 1935.
Competitors Huddersfield
This company ranks 2 among preparation and spinning of textile fibres in Huddersfield.
Property in England & Wales 14 titles
- Freehold
- 12
- Leasehold
- 2
- Most recent registration
- 2019-05-22
- Where
- West Yorkshire (14)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY122056 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2019-05-22 | — |
| WYK932601 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2011-03-03 | — |
| WYK885871 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2008-08-27 | — |
| WYK885787 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2008-08-26 | — |
| WYK883737 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2008-07-29 | — |
| WYK883739 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2008-07-29 | — |
| WYK883740 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2008-07-29 | — |
| WYK787505 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2005-03-11 | — |
| WYK787523 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2005-03-11 | — |
| WYK759261 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2004-02-25 | — |
| WYK758155 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2004-02-12 | — |
| WYK758156 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2004-02-12 | — |
| WYK758157 | West Yorkshire | Freehold | 2004-02-12 | — |
| WYK758159 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2004-02-12 | — |
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