Castilian 1 Ltd
Registered name: CASTILIAN 1 LTD
Part of Woodall-Nicholson Ltd groupCastilian 1 Ltd made £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025 (revenue not disclosed).
Castilian 1 Ltd reported £1.5m profit in the year to 30 Nov 2025, down 60% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 149 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of motor vehicles” and is based in Westhoughton; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Westhoughton, North West
- Age
- 2 yrs · since 2023
- 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 immediate parent and ultimate parent company is Woodall-Nicholson Ltd, a company incorporated in England and Wales, with registered office at Colmill Works, Wigan Road, Westhoughton, Bolton, BL5 2”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Nov 2024 | 30 Nov 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £2.9m | £1.8m |
| Profit after tax | £3.7m | £1.5m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.7m | £1.5m |
| Staff costs | £6.2m | £6.1m |
| Employees (average) | 174 | 149 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £21.3k | £9.9k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▼60.3% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼14.4% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £364k | £710k |
| Net assets | £3.7m | £5.2m |
| Fixed assets | £960k | £1.4m |
| Current assets | £8m | £7.6m |
| Debtors | £1.8m | £1.9m |
| Deferred income | £965k | £272k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Apr 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data May 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £9.9k
- 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
- ▲40%
- Now £5.2m
- Cash at bank
- ▲95%
- Now £710k
- Headcount
- ▼14%
- Now 149
- Deferred income
- ▼72%
- Now £272k
- Fixed assets
- ▲48%
- Now £1.4m
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
- Woodall-Nicholson Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Castilian 1 Ltdthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Coleman Milne LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Mellor Bus LtdRev. — · Profit £1.2m
- Mellor Coachcraft LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Treka Bus LimitedRev. — · Profit £2.7m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Nov 2025 (profit £1.5m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published May 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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