CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Castings PLC is a listed iron casting and machining group that operates foundries under the William Lee and Castings Ductile names, alongside its CNC Speedwell machining business.
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Cash
£17m
+11.7% vs 2025
Net assets
£127m
-0.1% vs 2025
Employees
1,058
-10.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£10m
+83% vs 2025
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £224,414,000 | £176,969,000 | £173,227,000 | -2.1% | |
| Operating profit | £19,759,000 | £4,772,000 | £9,963,000 | +108.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £21,286,000 | £5,627,000 | £10,297,000 | +83% | |
| Net profit | £16,721,000 | £4,173,000 | £7,547,000 | +80.9% | |
| Cash | £32,527,000 | £15,564,000 | £17,390,000 | +11.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £140,020,000 | £136,349,000 | £139,777,000 | +2.5% | |
| Net assets | £133,990,000 | £127,435,000 | £127,272,000 | -0.1% | |
| Equity | £133,990,000 | £127,435,000 | £127,272,000 | -0.1% | |
| Average employees | 1,241 | 1,178 | 1,058 | -10.2% | |
| Wages | £55,412,000 | £48,738,000 | £47,419,000 | -2.7% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,249,000 | £883,000 | £1,031,000 | +16.8% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £31,000 | £32,000 | £32,000 | 0% | |
| Highest paid director | £616,000 | £384,000 | £468,000 | +21.9% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | 2026-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.8% | 2.7% | 5.8% | |
| Net margin | 7.5% | 2.4% | 4.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 14.1% | 3.5% | 7.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 23.0% | 24.3% | 22.8% | |
| Current ratio | 3.30x | 3.14x | 3.36x | |
| Interest cover | — | 44.60x | 55.66x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“the directors are confident that the group will have sufficient funds to continue to meet their liabilities as they fall due for at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Group structure
- CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY · parent
- William Lee Limited 100%
- CNC Speedwell Limited 100%
- Ductile Castings Limited 100%
- W H Booth & Co Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The new foundry production line at our William Lee site was commissioned towards the end of the 2025 calendar year and production commenced in the final quarter of the financial year.”
- “In June 2024 the group acquired certain assets to form Ductile Castings”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 15 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MANT, Steven James | Secretary | 2010-11-01 | — | — |
| HARRISON, Stephen Richard | Director | 2024-09-26 | Feb 1968 | British |
| JONES, Alec Norman | Director | 2012-04-03 | Dec 1951 | British |
| MANT, Steven James | Director | 2010-11-01 | Aug 1975 | British |
| SMITH, Mark Lyndon | Director | 2022-11-16 | Oct 1963 | British |
| VICARY, Adam | Director | 2012-04-03 | Mar 1968 | British |
Show 15 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ROBY, John Christopher | Secretary | — | 2010-10-31 |
| COOKE, Brian John | Director | — | 2023-08-15 |
| COOPER, Graham | Director | 2005-05-16 | 2014-09-30 |
| EASTGATE, Andrew Keith | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2025-08-21 |
| GAWTHORPE, David John | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2017-03-31 |
| GRICE, Brian | Director | 1993-01-28 | 2000-05-31 |
| KING, Christopher Paul | Director | 1998-01-01 | 2015-08-18 |
| LEWIS, Mark Andrew | Director | 2003-07-01 | 2017-10-02 |
| LOCKER, Thomas George | Director | — | 1998-04-30 |
| ROBY, John Christopher | Director | — | 2010-10-31 |
| ROXBURGH, John Neil | Director | — | 2000-05-31 |
| SHARP, Derrik Alan Hearn | Director | — | 1994-04-14 |
| SMITH, Anthony James | Director | — | 2012-03-31 |
| WAINWRIGHT, Gerard Bernard | Director | 1998-05-01 | 2019-03-31 |
| WOODHOUSE, Terry | Director | 1993-01-28 | 2004-12-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 258 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-09-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-09-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-28 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-07-13 | SH04 | capital | Capital sale or transfer treasury shares with date currency capital figure | |
| 2025-12-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-08 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2025-09-08 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-08-28 | ANNOTATION | |||
| 2024-12-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-28 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date | |
| 2024-08-16 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares treasury capital date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.