CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED

Active
Company number 02182762Private limited companyIncorporated 1987

Key figures

£350,692,000+13.9%
Net assets 2025
+13.9%
Average annual growth 2024–2025
0100 m200 m300 m400 m20242025

† CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.

Ratios

2025

Sector comparison

SIC 23510

Where the company stands among the 61 active companies whose first SIC code is 23510 (Manufacture of cement).

Company age39.0 years
Older than 90% · median 5.8 years

Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant. The line on each bar marks the median.

Summary: CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED

What kind of company is it?

CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 02182762. It was incorporated on 23 Oct 1987. Its status is active. The registered office is in Maidenhead (SL6). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is manufacture of cement (23510), activities of other holding companies n.e.c. (64209).

How is the company doing financially?

The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £309,368,000. Profit for the year was £87,714,000. Net assets were £350,692,000, up 13.9% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £1,000. Total assets were £564,859,000 and total liabilities £176,305,000. The company had an average of 703 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).

How does it compare with similar companies?

Compared with 61 active companies whose first SIC code is 23510: It is older than 90% of them (median age 5.8 years).

Has it received government grants?

It is recorded as the recipient of 14 central government grants worth £6m, mainly from Department for Energy Security and Net Zero.

What do public registers and reports show?

HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly salt, stone and cement, iron and steel articles, machinery. HMRC lists it as an exporter of goods, mainly ceramics, glass, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 35 days to pay suppliers, and 35% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 1.2% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 6 years.

Who runs and controls the company?

One person with significant control is registered.

When are its next filings due?

The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 28 Feb 2027.

Filed accounts2024–2025
2024 †2025 †
Turnover324,828,000309,368,000
Profit for the year70,181,00087,714,000
Cash at bank and in hand22,0001,000
Total assets479,486,000564,859,000
Total liabilities144,493,000176,305,000
Net assets / total equity308,009,000350,692,000
Average number of employees743703

A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.

Government grants

14 grants

CASTLE CEMENT LIMITED is recorded as the recipient of 14 central government grants since 2018, together worth £6m.

Funders
Department for Energy Security and Net Zero
1 grant · £4.6m
Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
2 grants · £631.9k
Department for Science, Innovation and Technology
2 grants · £617.3k
Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
4 grants · £130.7k
Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
4 grants · £33.3k
Grants
  1. Industrial Energy Transformation Fund (IETF)Department for Energy Security and Net Zero · £4,587,142
  2. GCA AME RPA DELINKED PAYMENTSDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £5,714
  3. GCA PROG DEL RPA BPS DOMESTIC 16 OCTDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £7,429
  4. Bellmanpark Lime Kilns, Clitheroe, LancashireDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £10,563 · ALB - Historic England - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - f/y 22/23
  5. RPA BPS DOMESTICDepartment for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £9,144
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  1. HyNet (Onshore) - Hydrogen and CCSDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £579,409 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  2. Developing industrial symbiosis using UK waste clay resources for new generation building materialsDepartment for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £52,474 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme 22/23
  3. Developing industrial symbiosis using UK waste clay resources for new generation building materialsDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £21,934 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  4. Bellmanpark Lime Kilns, Clitheroe, LancashireDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £21,125 · ALB - Historic England - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - f/y 21/22
  5. ALB - Rural Payments Agency - Exchq - BPS - NSA P1Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs · £10,995 · RPA BPS Domestic
  6. HyNet (Onshore) - Hydrogen and CCSDepartment for Science, Innovation and Technology · £595,344 · UKRI - ISCF - Scheme
  7. ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Bellmanpark Lime Kilns, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 1AZDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £13,095 · ALB - Historic England - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - f/y 20/21
  8. ALB-HISTORIC ENGLAND - Bellmanpark Lime Kilns, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7 1AZDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £85,903 · ALB - Historic England - Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk - f/y 20/21
  9. Bellmanpark Limekilns, Clitheroe, LancashireDepartment for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £11,965 · ALB-Historic England- Repair Grants for Heritage at Risk-f/y 18/19

From the Government Grants Register published by the Cabinet Office (financial years 2016/17 onwards, Open Government Licence v3.0). It covers grants from central government departments and their agencies where the register states the recipient's company number and the recipient name matches this company; grants from local authorities, lottery distributors and devolved governments are not included.

Statutory reporting

Payment practices1 Jan 2026 – 30 Jun 2026
Average time taken to pay invoices
35 days
Invoices not paid within agreed terms
35%
Member of a payment code
No
  • Within 30 days 61%
  • 31 to 60 days 8%
  • After 60 days 31%
Earlier periods (7)
Period ending
Days to pay
Within 30 days
Late
31 Dec 2025
33
62%
36%
30 Jun 2025
34
62%
36%
31 Dec 2024
32
64%
34%
30 Jun 2024
34
60%
35%
31 Dec 2023
31
64%
31%
30 Jun 2023
36
60%
34%
31 Dec 2022
33
62%
33%

View the latest report on GOV.UK

Gender pay gap2025/26
Median hourly pay
women 1.2% lower
Mean hourly pay
women 1.2% lower
Employer size
1000 to 4999 employees
Lower pay quarter11.5% womenLower middle11.1% womenUpper middle8.7% womenUpper pay quarter11% women
Earlier years (7)
Year
Median hourly pay
Mean hourly pay
2024/25
women 33.9% lower
women 33.9% lower
2023/24
women 34.2% lower
women 34.2% lower
2022/23
women 29.7% lower
women 29.7% lower
2021/22
women 32.2% lower
women 32.2% lower
2020/21
women 33.7% lower
women 33.7% lower
2018/19
women 27.2% lower
women 5.5% lower
2017/18
women 28.1% lower
women 10.2% lower

A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. This report was submitted after the deadline. View on the Gender pay gap service

Modern slavery statements6
2026
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK
2025
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK
2024
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK
Earlier years (3)
2023
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK
2022
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK
2021
Statement registered · summary on GOV.UK

Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.

Registers and licences

International trade‡

Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 12 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: salt, stone and cement, iron and steel articles, machinery, inorganic chemicals and plastics.

Listed by HMRC as an exporter of goods in 3 of the last 12 months on record, most recently June 2026. Main goods: ceramics, glass and machinery.

From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.

Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.

History

4 events
  1. Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £309.4m, net assets £350.7m, 703 employees
  2. Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £324.8m, net assets £308m, 743 employees
  3. Heidelberg Materials Cement Holding Limited registered as a person with significant control
  4. Company incorporatedPrivate limited company

Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.