CASTLECRAFTS LIMITED
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Cash
£5.6M
+44.1% vs 2025
Net assets
£2M
+50.5% vs 2025
Employees
312
+6.8% vs 2025
Profit before tax
£14M
-16.2% vs 2025
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2026-01-17
| Metric | Trend | 2025-01-11 | 2026-01-17 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £230,101,000 | £237,131,000 | +3.1% | |
| Operating profit | £16,971,000 | £15,141,000 | -10.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £16,449,000 | £13,788,000 | -16.2% | |
| Net profit | £12,749,000 | £10,177,000 | -20.2% | |
| Cash | £3,888,000 | £5,601,000 | +44.1% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,252,000 | £2,929,000 | +30.1% | |
| Net assets | £1,316,000 | £1,980,000 | +50.5% | |
| Equity | £1,316,000 | £1,980,000 | +50.5% | |
| Average employees | 292 | 312 | +6.8% | |
| Wages | £15,074,000 | £15,200,000 | +0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £2,765,000 | £2,839,000 | +2.7% |
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 | 2025-01-11 | 2026-01-17 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 7.4% | 6.4% | |
| Net margin | 5.5% | 4.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 753.6% | 516.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.03x | 1.04x | |
| Interest cover | 12.34x | 9.76x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 4 times since incorporation
- CASTLECRAFTS LIMITED 2004-12-16 → present
- DEWHIRST (LADIESWEAR) LIMITED 1992-01-14 → 2004-12-16
- SLIMMA (WALES) LIMITED 1988-01-06 → 1992-01-14
- SLIMMA GROUP LIMITED 1983-05-20 → 1988-01-06
- SLIMMA (WALES) LIMITED 1954-07-03 → 1983-05-20
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Having considered this carefully, the directors are confident that the group and the company will have sufficient funds to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 7 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GILBERT, Tom Sebastian | Secretary | 2025-05-01 | — | — |
| SEVILLE, Gregory Michael | Director | 2025-07-01 | Dec 1966 | British |
| WAFER, Colin Andrew | Director | 2021-12-07 | Feb 1963 | British |
| WARREN, Paul Anthony | Director | 2025-07-01 | Jan 1971 | British |
| WOOD, Anthony James Mark | Director | 2009-02-01 | Mar 1960 | British |
Show 7 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEATTIE, Scott Stanford | Secretary | — | 2009-01-31 |
| WILDE, Christopher John | Secretary | 2009-02-01 | 2025-05-01 |
| BEATTIE, Scott Stanford | Director | — | 2009-01-31 |
| DEWHIRST, Timothy Charles | Director | — | 2004-01-10 |
| JONES, Terry Leslie | Director | — | 2004-07-31 |
| TRAYNOR, Kieron Bartholemew | Director | 2009-02-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| WITT, David | Director | — | 2025-07-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dewhirst Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 168 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-08-13 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-08-12 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-22 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-05-02 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-10-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-28 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-08-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-08-13 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-12 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-08-12 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-12 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-08-12 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-08-12 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2024-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 4
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.