Shancastle Investments Limited
Registered name: SHANCASTLE INVESTMENTS LIMITED
Shancastle Investments Limited made £0 revenue and a £721k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025. read from filing text
Shancastle Investments Limited’s revenue was £0 in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £721k and 8 employees. The company is classified under “financial intermediation not elsewhere classified” and is based in Edinburgh; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Edinburgh, Scotland
- Age
- 66 yrs · since 1960
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Operating profit | £282k | −£650k | −£418k | −£549k |
| Profit before tax | £266k | −£1m | −£806k | −£941k |
| Profit after tax | £156k | −£841k | −£836k | −£721k |
| Profit (best available) | £156k | −£841k | −£836k | −£721k |
| Employees (average) | 9 | 9 | 8 | 8 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Profit per employee | £17.3k | −£93.5k | −£104k | −£90.1k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Profit growth | — | ▼640.6% | — | — |
| Headcount growth | — | 0% | ▼11.1% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.2m | £914k | £884k | £431k |
| Net assets | £11.4m | £10.5m | £9.5m | £8.7m |
| Fixed assets | £7.8m | £6.8m | £5.7m | — |
| Current assets | £4.1m | £3.9m | £4.1m | £4m |
| Debtors | £0 | £5.4k | £0 | £3.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £0
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£90.1k
- 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
- ▼9%
- Now £8.7m
- Cash at bank
- ▼51%
- Now £431k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 8
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (4)
- The Kilfinan Property Company LimitedRev. £54.5k · Profit −£33.1k
- Crispie LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Shel Security Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Total Chatbots Ltd.Figures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£721k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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