Castings Public Limited Company
Registered name: CASTINGS PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Castings Public Limited Company made £173m revenue and £7.5m profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Castings Public Limited Company’s revenue fell 2% to £173m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £7.5m profit and 1,058 employees. The company is classified under “casting of iron” and is based in West Midlands; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- West Midlands, West Midlands
- Age
- 119 yrs · since 1907
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £224m | £177m | £173m |
| Cost of sales | −£181m | −£149m | −£142m |
| Gross profit | £43.3m | £27.5m | £31.3m |
| Operating profit | £19.8m | £4.8m | £10m |
| Profit before tax | £21.3m | £5.6m | £10.3m |
| Profit after tax | £16.7m | £4.2m | £7.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £16.7m | £4.2m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | — | 1,178 | 1,058 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 7.4% | 2.4% | 4.4% |
| Gross margin | 19.3% | 15.5% | 18.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £150k | £164k |
| Profit per employee | — | £3.5k | £7.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼21.1% | ▼2.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼75% | ▲80.8% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▼10.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4.4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £164k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £7.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼10%
- Now 1,058
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Ductile Castings LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £7.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026
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