CASTLE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED
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Cash
£852K
-43.2% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.6M
+3% highest in 5 filed years
Employees
42
-4.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£419K
-62.1% lowest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
5-year trend · vs Unclassified median
Accounts
5-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-11-30
| Metric | Trend | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £35,777,146 | £38,900,285 | £30,707,323 | -21.1% | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £980,188 | £1,104,525 | £400,118 | -63.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | £981,471 | £1,104,525 | £418,870 | -62.1% | |
| Net profit | — | — | £751,898 | £823,298 | £305,264 | -62.9% | |
| Cash | — | — | £1,640,158 | £1,500,482 | £851,669 | -43.2% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £342,305 | £342,305 | £5,846,211 | £6,487,876 | £6,692,142 | +3.1% | |
| Net assets | £342,305 | £342,305 | £5,800,824 | £6,442,055 | £6,632,753 | +3% | |
| Equity | £342,305 | £342,305 | £5,800,824 | £6,442,055 | £6,632,753 | +3% | |
| Average employees | 5 | 5 | 42 | 44 | 42 | -4.5% | |
| Wages | — | — | £1,566,809 | £1,839,412 | £1,864,823 | +1.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £532,825 | £483,776 | £539,607 | +11.5% |
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 | 2020-11-30 | 2021-11-30 | 2023-11-30 | 2024-11-30 | 2025-11-30 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 2.7% | 2.8% | 1.3% | |
| Net margin | — | — | 2.1% | 2.1% | 1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 16.8% | 17.0% | 6.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 20.7% | 15.3% | — | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 4.36x | 6.01x | 7.01x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Westcotts (SW) LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the original financial statements were authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- CASTLE MOTOR COMPANY LIMITED · parent
- Castle Motors (Trebrown) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The group has agreed to cross guarantee the bank facilities of Castle Air Limited, a company under the common control of the directors. The maximum full potential liability at the year end was £4,199,012 (2024: £4,673,466).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOD, Dale Aron | Director | 2009-03-27 | Feb 1980 | English |
| FLOOD, Dean Roy | Director | 2009-03-27 | Feb 1975 | British |
| FLOOD, Roy Stanley | Director | 2009-03-27 | Jul 1942 | British |
| FLOOD, Stuart John | Director | 2009-03-27 | Jan 1955 | English |
| MANNING, Robert Anthony Kneale | Director | 2009-03-27 | Nov 1952 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLOOD, Adrian Glen | Director | 2009-03-27 | 2013-11-01 |
| FLOOD, Graham Charles | Director | 2009-03-27 | 2012-12-11 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stuart John Flood | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2026-01-18 |
| Mr Roy Stanley Flood | Individual | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 65 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2023-06-01 MA Memorandum articles
- 2023-06-01 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2026-03-11 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-11 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-02-28 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-04-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-06-01 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2023-06-01 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-06-01 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2023-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-03-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- 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.