The Castle Building Services Organisation Limited
Registered name: THE CASTLE BUILDING SERVICES ORGANISATION LIMITED
Part of Cbso Holdings Ltd groupThe Castle Building Services Organisation Limited made £66.3m revenue and £7.9m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
The Castle Building Services Organisation Limited’s revenue grew 26% to £66.3m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £7.9m profit and 120 employees. The company is classified under “construction of commercial buildings” and is based in Hebburn; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hebburn, North East
- Age
- 13 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “The company's ultimate controlling party is CBSO Holdings Limited, whose registered office address is 6 Merchant Court, Merchant Court, Monkton Business Park South, Hebburn, Tyne and Wear, NE31 2EX.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £27.4m | £52.8m | £66.3m |
| Cost of sales | £18.4m | £42.6m | £50.5m |
| Gross profit | £9m | £10.2m | £15.8m |
| Operating profit | £3.6m | £4.3m | £9.5m |
| Profit before tax | £3.5m | £4.2m | £9.4m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £4m | £7.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £4m | £7.9m |
| Staff costs | £5.5m | £7.2m | £7.5m |
| Employees (average) | 113 | 115 | 120 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 11.8% | 7.5% | 11.9% |
| Gross margin | 32.8% | 19.4% | 23.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £243k | £459k | £552k |
| Profit per employee | £28.6k | £34.6k | £65.7k |
| Cash conversion | −60.5% | −259.5% | −48.2% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲92.5% | ▲25.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲23.2% | ▲98.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲1.8% | ▲4.3% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.1m | £8.6m | £6.7m |
| Net assets | £2m | £2.1m | £5.5m |
| Fixed assets | £328k | £240k | £676k |
| Current assets | £9.7m | £20m | £22.5m |
| Debtors | £633k | £825k | £7.3m |
| Deferred income | £3.4m | £11.8m | £11m |
| Cash from operations | −£2.2m | −£11.1m | −£4.6m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 11.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £552k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £65.7k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- −48.2%
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 16.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 11%
- 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
- ▲162%
- Now £5.5m
- Cash at bank
- ▼21%
- Now £6.7m
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 120
- Deferred income
- ▼6%
- Now £11m
- Fixed assets
- ▲182%
- Now £676k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Cbso Holdings Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- The Castle Building Services Organisation Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (1)
- Castle Building Services (South) LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Castle (FM) Facilities Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Castle (Ne) Homes LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Castle Design LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Castle Sustainability LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Castle UK Build LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £7.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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