CASTLE OILS LIMITED
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Cash
£1M
-14% vs 2024
Net assets
£2M
+3.3% vs 2024
Employees
13
+8.3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£110K
-67.1% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,946,000 | £4,365,000 | +10.6% | |
| Operating profit | £333,000 | £94,000 | -71.8% | |
| Profit before tax | £334,000 | £110,000 | -67.1% | |
| Net profit | £250,000 | £78,000 | -68.8% | |
| Cash | £1,584,000 | £1,363,000 | -14% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,526,000 | £2,638,000 | +4.4% | |
| Net assets | £2,390,000 | £2,468,000 | +3.3% | |
| Equity | £2,390,000 | £2,468,000 | +3.3% | |
| Average employees | 12 | 13 | +8.3% | |
| Wages | £678,000 | £693,000 | +2.2% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £39,000 | £29,000 | -25.6% |
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 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 8.4% | 2.2% | |
| Net margin | 6.3% | 1.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 13.2% | 3.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 31.4% | 23.2% | |
| Current ratio | 2.73x | 3.66x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis as they do not intend to liquidate the Company or to cease its operations, and as they have concluded that the Company's financial position means that this is realistic. They have also concluded that there are no material uncertainties that could have cast significant doubt over its ability to continue as a going concern for at least a year from the date of approval of the financial statements ("the going concern period").”
Group structure
- CASTLE OILS LIMITED · parent
- Castle Waste Services Limited
Significant events
- “Subsequent to the year ended 31 December 2025, dividends of £842,000 have been declared and paid by the Company.”
- “The Company's contractual commitments to purchase tangible fixed assets at the balance sheet date were £127,000 (2024: £Nil).”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 19 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COLLIER, Sam John | Secretary | 2024-05-31 | — | — |
| COLLIER, Sam John | Director | 2024-05-31 | Nov 1993 | British |
| PALMER-JONES, David Courtenay | Director | 2023-02-24 | Apr 1963 | British |
| RAUCH, John Hugo | Director | 2026-04-01 | Nov 1970 | British |
Show 19 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| MEISTER, Peter Karl | Secretary | 1998-02-27 | 2015-09-29 |
| SANDLAND, Alan Wallace | Secretary | — | 1992-09-14 |
| SMITH, Andrew Marc | Secretary | 2015-09-29 | 2024-05-31 |
| SWIFT, Kenneth | Secretary | 1992-09-15 | 1998-02-27 |
| COWLEY, Stephen Robert | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2023-02-24 |
| DIGGLE, Thomas Charles Andrew | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2023-02-24 |
| DODD, Alan | Director | — | 1992-09-14 |
| DOWNTON, Christopher Hurst | Director | — | 1992-09-14 |
| ELLIOTT, Andrew Mark | Director | 2001-03-14 | 2024-07-31 |
| HEWITT, Michael Roger | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2023-02-24 |
| HUGHES, Harold Warren | Director | 2001-03-14 | 2003-02-10 |
| HUMPHRISS, David Roy | Director | 2024-08-01 | 2026-03-31 |
| HUMPHRISS, David Roy | Director | 2015-05-22 | 2023-02-24 |
| MEISTER, Peter Karl | Director | 1998-02-27 | 2015-12-31 |
| SMITH, Andrew Marc | Director | 2015-09-29 | 2024-05-31 |
| SPITERI, Simon Peter | Director | 2018-01-01 | 2023-02-24 |
| SWIFT, Jeremy Simon | Director | 1992-09-15 | 1998-02-27 |
| SWIFT, Kenneth | Director | 1992-09-15 | 1998-02-27 |
| TUSTIN, Darren John | Director | 2004-10-01 | 2018-05-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Castle Environmental Management Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 188 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2023-04-26 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2026-04-07 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-03-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-08-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-05-31 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-11-06 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company current extended | |
| 2023-09-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2023-08-25 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-08-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-08 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-26 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- 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.