CAST LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-06-19 (in 1mo)
Last made up 2025-06-05
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£2B
+9.8% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£190M
+109.9% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CAST LIMITED 1990-02-14 → present
- BEALAW (242) LIMITED 1989-06-05 → 1990-02-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £90,358,000 | £189,645,000 | |
| Net profit | £90,358,000 | £185,801,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,886,871,000 | £2,072,672,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,886,871,000 | £2,072,672,000 | |
| Equity | £1,886,871,000 | £2,072,672,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Current ratio | — | 96.06x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The company has sufficient financial resources and support of the ultimate parent undertaking to continue to operate. Consequently, the directors believe the company has an effective framework for its business risks and that it is well managed. The directors have assessed the ability of ESAB Corporation to provide that support and have no concerns and have a reasonable expectation that the company can continue as going concern to 31 December 2026.”
Group structure
- CAST LIMITED · parent
- Charter Central Finance Limited 100%
- ESAB Europe GmbH 100%
- ESAB Holdings Limited 100%
- Soldex Holdings I LLC 100%
- The British South Africa Company 100%
Significant events
- “The ongoing conflicts between Russia and Ukraine, as well as Israel and Hamas, pose wide-ranging challenges... The UK cost of living crisis has also led to increased costs and inflation.”
- “Post year end there was a group wide intercompany restructuring project which for the Company has resulted in the recognition of dividend incomes of £54m and dividend distributions of £221m.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 26 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JEWELL, Curtis Evan | Director | 2022-02-14 | Dec 1981 | American |
| JOHNSON, Kevin | Director | 2022-02-14 | Sep 1975 | British |
| RAPERPORT, Eileen Annabelle | Director | 2012-09-28 | Aug 1951 | British |
| ROSTRON, Guy | Director | 2012-07-02 | Oct 1960 | British |
Show 26 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOPE TERRY, Geoffrey | Secretary | — | 1994-06-05 |
| CHARTER CENTRAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1992-11-16 | 2014-03-31 |
| TMF CORPORATE ADMINISTRATION SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2014-04-02 | 2017-03-30 |
| AVERY, John Leonard | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2012-06-29 |
| BRANNAN, Charles Scott | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2016-09-30 |
| CARELESS, Robert Arthur | Director | 2004-04-22 | 2012-01-17 |
| CLARK, Robin Hurst | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2014-11-30 |
| DEELEY, James Richard | Director | 2006-11-20 | 2012-01-13 |
| EILBECK, David Maurice | Director | 2001-07-01 | 2004-04-22 |
| FLEXON, William (Bill) | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2020-02-05 |
| FOSTER, Michael George | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2010-06-25 |
| FUCHS, Peter Ernest Kay | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| HIX, Christopher Michael | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2022-02-14 |
| HOPE TERRY, Geoffrey | Director | — | 1992-11-30 |
| LEHMAN, Mark Paul | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2019-10-01 |
| MCINTYRE, Sarah Elizabeth | Director | 2017-10-19 | 2019-06-21 |
| MORGAN, Dominic Albert Daniel | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2017-10-19 |
| PARKER, Charles Herbert | Director | 1992-11-16 | 1996-12-31 |
| PRYOR, Daniel Alexis | Director | 2012-03-28 | 2022-02-14 |
| PUCKETT, Anne Lynne | Director | 2012-01-17 | 2019-02-12 |
| ROBSON, Nigel Edward | Director | 1992-11-16 | 2001-06-30 |
| ROSTRON, Guy | Director | 2012-06-28 | 2012-06-30 |
| STOCKWELL, Andrew James | Director | 2012-04-25 | 2013-03-31 |
| STOCKWELL, Andrew James | Director | 2007-12-12 | 2010-06-25 |
| THWAITE, Peter Maguire | Director | 1997-01-01 | 2001-09-30 |
| YAPP, Alison | Director | 2001-10-01 | 2006-01-27 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Charter Consolidated Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-12-29 | Active |
| Airgare Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-12-29 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 223 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-11-11 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2025-11-11 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-01-27 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2026-01-27 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-11-11 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2025-11-11 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-06-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-10-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-11-08 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-24 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2022-02-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 8
- Capital events
- 1
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
+9.8%
£1,886,871,000 £2,072,672,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Profit before tax
+109.9%
£90,358,000 £189,645,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers