CASTLE BIDCO LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-05-31 (in 1y)
Last filed for 2025-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-13 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-01-30
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
-£814K
Equity attributable
Employees
68
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£418K
Period ending 2025-08-31
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-30 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £5,717,081 | £12,912,887 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£97,869 | £243,459 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£446,258 | -£418,083 | |
| Net profit | — | -£397,143 | -£416,987 | |
| Cash | — | £955,352 | £1,229,483 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £10,688,589 | £10,370,185 | |
| Net assets | — | -£397,143 | -£814,130 | |
| Equity | £0 | -£397,143 | -£814,130 | |
| Average employees | — | 58 | 68 | |
| Wages | — | £1,247,619 | £2,809,067 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £130,923 | £300,667 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-08-31 vs 2024-08-31
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-30 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -1.7% | 1.9% | |
| Net margin | — | -6.9% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -0.9% | 2.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 2.56x | 2.33x | |
| Interest cover | — | -0.28x | 0.37x |
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
- Fiander ETL
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Although the company is in a net liabilities position as at 31 August 2025 of £814,130, the company has financial support from its ultimate parent company, Castle Topco Limited, for a period of 12 months from approval of the financial statements. On this basis, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- CASTLE BIDCO LIMITED · parent
- Rapid Repair Network Limited 100%
- Repaired Today Group Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In 2024, Rapid Repair Network Limited was acquired, along with its 100% subsidiary, to form the Group.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HAWES, Robert Peter | Director | 2024-02-14 | May 1973 | British |
| RAWLINGS, Jonathan Geoffrey | Director | 2024-04-25 | May 1982 | British |
| REDMAN, David Ashley | Director | 2024-05-13 | May 1976 | British |
| REID, Harry Thyne | Director | 2025-12-04 | Nov 1994 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEMSWORTH, Samantha Laura | Director | 2024-01-31 | 2024-02-14 |
| ROBINSON, Ben | Director | 2024-02-14 | 2025-12-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Midco 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-01-31 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 20 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-02 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-03-02 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-02-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-05-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-25 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current shortened | |
| 2024-04-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-03-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-03-02 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-02-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-02-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-02-14 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-01-31 | NEWINC | incorporation | Incorporation company |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.