CASTLE HOWARD ESTATE LIMITED
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Cash
£1.4m
+3.4% vs 2025
Net assets
£74m
0% vs 2025
Employees
222
-5.9% vs 2025
Profit before tax
-£17k
-122.4% vs 2025
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Consumer Staples median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £7,769,483 | £13,361,493 | £15,421,794 | £14,754,343 | £15,302,292 | +3.7% | |
| Operating profit | -£380,687 | £758,276 | -£1,165,453 | -£2,020,253 | -£51,440 | +97.5% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,930,612 | £10,521,104 | -£1,654,558 | £77,157 | -£17,317 | -122.4% | |
| Net profit | £5,770,039 | £5,374,469 | -£1,298,182 | -£280,439 | £6,029 | +102.1% | |
| Cash | £2,465,081 | £6,621,164 | £3,118,533 | £1,341,913 | £1,387,079 | +3.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | £99,058,159 | £99,167,965 | £98,714,315 | -0.5% | |
| Net assets | £70,076,572 | £75,451,041 | £74,625,779 | £74,345,340 | £74,351,369 | 0% | |
| Equity | £70,076,572 | £75,451,041 | £74,625,779 | £74,345,340 | £74,351,369 | 0% | |
| Average employees | 121 | 161 | 235 | 236 | 222 | -5.9% | |
| Wages | £2,597,236 | £3,276,653 | £4,483,570 | £4,813,762 | £4,629,976 | -3.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £196,157 | £246,936 | £271,116 | £361,089 | £368,563 | +2.1% | |
| Highest paid director | — | — | £172,722 | £215,400 | £236,996 | +10% |
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 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 | 2026-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -4.9% | 5.7% | -7.6% | -13.7% | -0.3% | |
| Net margin | 74.3% | 40.2% | -8.4% | -1.9% | 0.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | -1.2% | -2.0% | -0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 26.5% | 26.7% | 26.6% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 2.95x | 2.31x | 2.07x | |
| Interest cover | -1.62x | 2.42x | -3.07x | -5.24x | -0.12x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Sumer Auditco Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have secured appropriate funding to fulfil budgeted expenditure for the following year. An element of the budgeted expenditure is discretionary and therefore the timing can be varied as required.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 11 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| WOOD, William John | Secretary | 2023-03-27 | — | — |
| HOWARD, Nicholas Paul Geoffrey, The Hon. | Director | — | Apr 1952 | British |
| HOWARD, Victoria | Director | 2014-02-11 | Mar 1954 | British |
| LAMBERT, James Nicholas | Director | 2023-11-07 | Apr 1957 | British |
| SEBAG-MONTEFIORE, Rupert Owen | Director | 2020-08-17 | Nov 1953 | British |
Show 11 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ADAMS, Terence Charles | Secretary | — | 1998-09-25 |
| FINDLAY, Rod | Secretary | 2022-05-27 | 2022-11-28 |
| HOLMES, David Harry | Secretary | 2015-01-20 | 2016-05-05 |
| HOLMES, David Harry | Secretary | 2008-01-08 | 2008-06-01 |
| NIXON, Allister Lance | Secretary | 2016-05-05 | 2022-05-27 |
| PEAKE, Duncan Neil | Secretary | 1998-10-12 | 2007-12-31 |
| RAYMENT, Henry Arthur | Secretary | 2008-06-02 | 2015-01-20 |
| HOWARD, Anthony Michael Geoffrey | Director | — | 1997-02-07 |
| HOWARD, George Fulco Geoffery | Director | 2012-01-27 | 2024-06-04 |
| HOWARD, Philip Charles Wentworth | Director | 2013-02-01 | 2020-08-03 |
| HOWARD, Simon Bartholomew Geoffrey, The Hon | Director | — | 2016-04-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Howard Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 50–75%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Second Legist (C.H.) Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Coneysthorpe Trustees Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 174 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-04 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-02-20 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-10-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-08-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-08-10 | RP01AP01 | officers | Replacement filing of director appointment with name | |
| 2025-11-13 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-06-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-04 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-20 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-11-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-17 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2022-12-09 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-12-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-28 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-10-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.