Castalloy Europe Limited
Registered name: CASTALLOY EUROPE LIMITED
Part of Wgh Holding Corp groupCastalloy Europe Limited made £3.4m revenue and a £1.9m loss in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Castalloy Europe Limited’s revenue fell 21% to £3.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with a loss of £1.9m and 46 employees. The company is classified under “casting of iron” and is based in Altrincham; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Altrincham, North West
- Age
- 10 yrs · since 2016
- 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.
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&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £4.4m | £4.3m | £3.4m |
| Cost of sales | £4.7m | £4.4m | £4.6m |
| Gross profit | −£263k | −£168k | −£1.2m |
| Operating profit | −£702k | −£541k | −£1.6m |
| Profit before tax | −£1m | −£878k | −£1.9m |
| Profit after tax | −£951k | −£1.3m | −£1.9m |
| Profit (best available) | −£951k | −£1.3m | −£1.9m |
| Staff costs | £1.8m | £1.8m | £2.5m |
| Employees (average) | 52 | 50 | 46 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −21.5% | −31.5% | −57.6% |
| Gross margin | −5.9% | −3.9% | −36.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £85k | £85.5k | £73.1k |
| Profit per employee | −£18.3k | −£27k | −£42.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.3% | ▼21.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼3.9% | ▼8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £216k | £299k | £155k |
| Net assets | −£2.3m | −£3.7m | −£5.6m |
| Fixed assets | £679k | £661k | £643k |
| Current assets | £1.8m | £1.4m | £820k |
| Debtors | £80k | £288k | £245k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −57.6%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −36.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £73.1k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£42.1k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 19.1%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 7.3%
- 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 −£5.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼48%
- Now £155k
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 46
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- ▼3%
- Now £643k
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Wgh Holding Corp (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- WGH UK Holdings Limited75–100%
- WGH UK Limited75–100%
- Wheelabrator Technologies (UK) Limited75–100%
- Wheelabrator Group Limited75–100%
- Castalloy Europe Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit −£1.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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