Cranfield Quality Services Limited

Active02263454 Private limited company
Incorporated
31 May 1988 (38 years)
Previously known as
Cranfield Holdings (Wessex) Limited (until 11 April 2011)
Carryco Ltd (until 2 August 1988)
Industry
Other activities of employment placement agencies (78109)
Owned by
Cranfield University
Accounts type
Full
Region
East of England
Address
Kent House Wharley End
Cranfield
Bedford
MK43 0AL

Filing status

Accounts due
30 April 2027
Last accounts
31 July 2025
Conf. stmt due
18 December 2026
Last conf. stmt
4 December 2025

Officers 1 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 21 March 2011
British
Born June 1961 (65)
Officer history (25 former)
8 August 2026
Resigned Sibbald, Ian as Secretary
8 August 2026
Resigned Sibbald, Ian as Director
30 October 2024
Resigned Aspinall, Philip John as Director
1 January 2018
Resigned Stephens, William, Professor as Director
21 March 2011
Appointed Elsmore, Stewart Arthur James as Director
21 March 2011
Appointed Stephens, William, Professor as Director
21 March 2011
Appointed Sibbald, Ian as Secretary
21 March 2011
Resigned Roberts, Angela Margaret as Secretary
1 February 2011
Appointed Aspinall, Philip John as Director
1 February 2011
Appointed Sibbald, Ian as Director
31 January 2011
Resigned Wallace, Ian George, Professor as Director
31 January 2011
Resigned Gill, Mary Elizabeth as Director
1 October 2009
Appointed Wallace, Ian George, Professor as Director
30 September 2009
9 October 2008
Appointed Mays, Geoffrey Charles, Professor as Director
9 October 2008
Resigned Griffiths, Hugh Duncan as Director
2 October 2006
Appointed Griffiths, Hugh Duncan as Director
30 September 2006
Resigned Town, James Stephen as Director
30 September 2006
Resigned Hutchinson, Philip, Professor as Director
14 August 2001
Appointed Roberts, Angela Margaret as Secretary
14 August 2001
Resigned Lazenby, Bridget Louise as Secretary
13 April 2000
Appointed Town, James Stephen as Director
1 October 1999
Resigned Gillibrand, Angela Helen as Director
1 October 1999
Resigned Gillibrand, Angela Helen as Secretary
1 October 1999
Appointed Lazenby, Bridget Louise as Secretary
31 July 1999
Resigned Brown, Alexander, Professor as Director
4 November 1998
Resigned Town, James Stephen as Director
14 October 1998
23 April 1998
Appointed Gillibrand, Angela Helen as Director
23 April 1998
Appointed Gill, Mary Elizabeth as Director
28 June 1997
Resigned Nand-Lal, Rama Warren as Director
27 June 1997
Appointed Brown, Alexander, Professor as Director
18 November 1996
18 November 1996
Appointed Gillibrand, Angela Helen as Secretary
18 November 1996
Resigned Tilley, Ernest Percy as Secretary
18 November 1996
Resigned Lewis, Arthur Raymond as Director
1 September 1996
Appointed Hutchinson, Philip, Professor as Director
1 August 1996
Appointed Tilley, Ernest Percy as Secretary
1 August 1996
Resigned Mccombie, Stanley Thomas as Secretary
1 August 1996
Resigned Baynham, Alexander Christopher as Director
1 August 1996
Resigned Townsend, William Godfrey as Director
24 November 1994
Resigned Rizk, Waheeb, Doctor as Director
26 May 1994
Appointed Lewis, Arthur Raymond as Director
22 February 1994
Resigned Miller, Richard Albert as Director

Ownership 1 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

Cranfield University
Corporate entity · Notified 6 April 2016
Owns 75–100% of shares
Exempt Charity

Holdings 1

Companies where Cranfield Quality Services Limited is registered as a person with significant control

Owns 75–100% of shares
Active

Financials

Net Assets
£87,197
up £355 (0%)
Cash
£5,013
down £143,706 (97%)
Turnover
£3,322,418
up £378,939 (13%)
Profit Before Tax
£355
down £1,809 (84%)
Employees
100
up 19 (23%)
Debt Ratio
52%
Current Ratio
1.8x
Profit Margin
0%
Return on Equity
0%
Balance sheet detail
2019
Fixed Assets£10,000
Current Assets£170,972
Debtors£165,959
Cash£5,013
Creditors (< 1 year)£93,775
Net Current Assets£77,197
Net Assets£87,197
Shareholder Funds£87,197

Turnover£3,322,418
Cost of Sales£3,303,087
Gross Profit£19,331
Admin Expenses£18,992
Operating Profit£339
Profit Before Tax£355
Profit for Period£355

What Cranfield Quality Services say about themselves

“At Cranfield University we partner with business to deliver research, postgraduate education and professional development”

— from cranfield.ac.uk

Filings 138

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
24 August 2026Termination of appointment of a secretary
24 August 2026Termination of appointment of a director
27 April 2026Full accounts31 July 2025
15 December 2025Confirmation statement with no updates4 December 2025
15 April 2025Full accounts31 July 2024
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