CASTLE INVESTMENT SOLUTIONS LTD
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Cash
£9.6M
+62.8% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
—
Equity attributable
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£7.1M
+12.3% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £6,506,336 | £7,458,663 | £8,248,771 | +10.6% | |
| Operating profit | £5,552,719 | £6,319,597 | £7,097,019 | +12.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £5,552,719 | £6,319,597 | £7,097,019 | +12.3% | |
| Net profit | £4,241,155 | £4,724,768 | £5,334,332 | +12.9% | |
| Cash | £5,896,978 | £5,881,357 | £9,576,143 | +62.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | |
| Net assets | £6,160,094 | £6,884,862 | — | — | |
| Equity | £6,160,094 | £6,884,862 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 4 | 4 | — | — | |
| Wages | £535,974 | £625,179 | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £381,271 | £348,822 | — | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 85.3% | 84.7% | 86.0% | |
| Net margin | 65.2% | 63.3% | 64.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 29.6% | 25.5% | — | |
| Current ratio | 3.37x | 3.89x | — |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors confirm that they are satisfied that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “An interim dividend of £2,000,000 was approved by the Board on 20 January 2026, after the year end. The total amount was paid in two instalments on 30 January 2026 and 16 February 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 13 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Ali | Secretary | 2016-05-01 | — | — |
| APLIN, Simon Paul | Director | 2023-04-25 | Dec 1981 | British |
| TOWNER, Phil | Director | 2026-03-13 | Mar 1962 | British |
Show 13 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| LOADER, Richard Edwin | Secretary | 2015-12-31 | 2016-04-30 |
| BUCKLEY, Ian Michael | Director | 2012-10-04 | 2018-04-30 |
| EDWARDS, Helen Jane | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2015-12-31 |
| EDWARDS, Roger Paul | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2019-12-10 |
| ELLIS, Simon Charles | Director | 2020-04-21 | 2024-02-08 |
| HORSLER, Steven | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2020-09-11 |
| HOWELL, Philip Luard | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2019-05-09 |
| JONES, Paul Colin | Director | 2024-01-19 | 2025-12-18 |
| KING, Zoe Margaret | Director | 2019-12-10 | 2026-03-18 |
| OWEN-JONES, Sarah | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2023-04-25 |
| SWEATON, Paul Andrew | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2025-10-03 |
| SWEATON, Tahnya Helen | Director | 2010-09-09 | 2015-12-31 |
| WEBB, Michael Mark | Director | 2016-04-11 | 2023-09-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vision Independent Financial Planning Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-12-18 | Active |
| Rathbone Brothers Plc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2017-12-18 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 71 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-03-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-09-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-01-23 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-10-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 7
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
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.