Castle Irwell Limited
Registered name: CASTLE IRWELL LIMITED
Part of Fred Done Property Trading Group Limited groupCastle Irwell Limited made £31.7m revenue and £1.3m profit in the year to 31 Jan 2025.
Castle Irwell Limited’s revenue grew 15% to £31.7m in the year to 31 Jan 2025, with £1.3m profit and 3 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in Salford; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Salford, North West
- Age
- 7 yrs · since 2019
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28.5m | £27.5m | £31.7m |
| Cost of sales | £26.4m | £24.5m | £30.7m |
| Gross profit | £2m | £2.9m | £956k |
| Operating profit | £2m | £2.9m | £974k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £2.9m | £974k |
| Profit after tax | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.6m | £2.2m | £1.3m |
| Employees (average) | 3 | 3 | 3 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 5.8% | 8% | 4% |
| Gross margin | 7.2% | 10.6% | 3% |
| Revenue per employee | £9.5m | £9.2m | £10.6m |
| Profit per employee | £549k | £731k | £422k |
| Cash conversion | 368.8% | 278.1% | 1983% |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼3.5% | ▲15.3% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲33.3% | ▼42.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Cash at bank | £2.4m | £2m | £5.9k |
| Net assets | £2.8m | £5m | £6.2m |
| Current assets | £34.8m | £30.9m | £7.4m |
| Debtors | £163k | £2.3k | £4.6k |
| Cash from operations | £7.5m | £8.2m | £19.3m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Oct 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 4%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 3%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £10.6m
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £422k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- 1983%
- 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
- 0%
- 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
- ▲26%
- Now £6.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▼100%
- Now £5.9k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 3
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Fred Done Property Trading Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Castle Irwell Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (10)
- Salboy LimitedRev. £81m · Profit £1m
- Booths Farm Developments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- BTS NQ LtdFigures not disclosed
- Doficm LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Local Blackfriars Management LimitedFigures not disclosed
- QN Street LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Salboy (SPV Co 2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Salboy (SPV Co 4) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Salboy (SPV Co 5) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Salboy (Tuckingmill) 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 Jan 2025 (profit £1.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Oct 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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