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Company description
CASTELL HOWELL FOODS LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 20 June 1988; registered for 38 years; registered office reported in LLANELLI, CARMARTHENSHIRE. Its primary declared activity is 46390 · Non-specialised wholesale of food, beverages and tobacco.
In its latest electronically filed accounts for the period ended 31 October 2024, it reported profit after tax £9,840,000, net assets £51,252,000, average employees 699. This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 4 PSC records, 3 trade marks, 4 procurement records. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- CASTELL HOWELL FOODS LIMITED
- Company number
- 02269053
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- GROUP
- Mortgage charges
- 15 total · 10 outstanding · 5 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 October 2025Next accounts due
31 July 2027Last statement made up to
28 December 2025Next statement due
11 January 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Filed financials
Latest electronic accounts
- Profit after tax
- £9,840,000
- Fixed assets
- £27,538,000
- Net assets
- £51,252,000
- Current assets
- £56,443,000
- Current liabilities
- £29,764,000
- Total assets less current liabilities
- £54,217,000
- Cash at bank
- £7,154,000
- Equity
- £51,252,000
Figures are taken from company-filed iXBRL/XBRL. Coverage is limited to electronic filings in the imported Companies House batch. Missing figures do not mean zero, and values have not been audited by BritDB.
04 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -408.5%
- Mean bonus gap
- -68.0%
- Women receiving bonus
- 68.0%
- Men receiving bonus
- 56.0%
- Women in top quartile
- 24.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 16.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 25.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 11.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 500 to 999-5.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-0.2% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-3.1% median hourly gap
- Less than 250-21.6% median hourly gap
- Less than 2503.4% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-8.3% median hourly gap
- 500 to 999-2.6% median hourly gap
- Not Provided-8.2% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
05 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 November 2023 – 31 May 2024
- Filed
- 23 July 2024
- Shortest standard term
- 30 days
- Longest standard term
- 45 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- No qualifying construction contracts
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-1
- Financial period started
- Not supplied
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £0
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 51.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 45 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
20 days from month end statement
- Dispute resolution process
Discussion with purchase ledger department and direct with buyer if not resolved
Earlier payment reports (5 shown)
- 44.0 average days to pay35.0% outside terms
- 41.0 average days to pay57.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
- 44.0 average days to pay53.0% outside terms
- Average time not suppliedLate-payment rate not supplied
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
06 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
CASTELL HOWELL FOODS LIMITED
LEI 2138002Q2TM2EOER9T70 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 20 June 1988
- Initial LEI registration
- 26 June 2014
- LEI last updated
- 27 June 2023
- Next renewal
- 26 June 2023
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Legal address
- CROSS HANDS FOOD PARK, CROSS HANDS, LLANELLI, GB-CMN, SA14 6SX, GB
- Headquarters address
- CROSS HANDS FOOD PARK, CROSS HANDS, LLANELLI, GB-CMN, SA14 6SX, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NO_KNOWN_PERSON
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
07 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- CASTELL HOWELL FOODS LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 November 2024 – 31 October 2025
- Approved
- 23 March 2026
- Sectors
- Food and beverages, agriculture and fishing Transportation, logistics, and storage
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Not reported as covered
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- £100 million to £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 27 March 2026
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits the use of worker-paid recruitment fees Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Provides access to remedy, compensation and justice for victims of modern slavery
Training described
Human resources Procurement staff
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Workers within your organisation
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app
Other monitoring
Monitored working hours in line with the Working Time Directive. Conducted an Employee Satisfaction Survey covering culture, job, facilities, etc. Conduct Right to Work checks for all new employees.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
08 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Castell Howell Foods Limited
Registration Z6738111
- Registered from
- 24 May 2004
- Current end date
- 23 May 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
09 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
83_25 Supply of Ambient, Chilled, Frozen Foods and Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Salads
Espo · ocds-b5fd17-f71688dc-55b2-45e0-9ffa-c119df134bd4
- Supplier named in award
- CASTELL HOWELL FOODS LIMITED
- Award value
- £400,000,000
- Contract period
- 1 August 2025 – 31 July 2027
- Published
- 23 July 2025
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-f71688dc-55b2-45e0-9ffa-c119df134bd4-2025-07-23T09:29:20+01:00
Multi Temperature Food Solutions
FOODBUY EUROPE LIMITED · ocds-b5fd17-43db703d-55c7-43ce-8eee-941d6cf6e30f
- Supplier named in award
- Castell Howell Foods Ltd
- Award value
- £240,000,000
- Contract period
- 9 August 2021 – 8 August 2025
- Published
- 6 July 2021
- Procedure
- Open procedure (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 15000000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-43db703d-55c7-43ce-8eee-941d6cf6e30f-2021-07-06T11:30:22+01:00
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
TM UK trade marks
Exact owner-name matches
CAFFEETO
Owner Castell Howell Foods Limited · classes 21,25,30,43
- Filed / designated
- 17 February 2010
- Valid until / renewal due
- 17 February 2020
CASTELL HOWELL
Owner Castell Howell Foods Limited · classes 30
- Filed / designated
- 18 January 2018
- Valid until / renewal due
- Not supplied
CELTICA
Owner Castell Howell Foods Limited · classes 29,30
- Filed / designated
- 28 January 2003
- Valid until / renewal due
- 28 January 2013
This is an exact normalised company-name match, not a registrar-confirmed ownership link. Another legal entity can have the same or a very similar name. UKIPO data is a historical 2018 snapshot; verify the owner and current status before relying on it.
10 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Cwmgwili Enterprise Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- Laws Of England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Limited Company By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 14895427
- Notified
- 2 April 2026
Mr Simon Martin JonesSee 10 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- Wales
- Notified
- 9 April 2024
- Ceased
- 2 April 2026
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-26T00:00:00Z
Mr David Brian JonesSee 11 companies with this PSC name →
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Nationality
- British
- Country of residence
- United Kingdom
- Notified
- 9 January 2019
- Ceased
- 2 April 2026
- Appointment Verification End On: 9999-12-31T00:00:00Z
- Appointment Verification Start On: 2026-01-26T00:00:00Z
No individual or entity with signficant control
- Notified
- 27 December 2016
- Ceased
- 9 January 2019
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
11 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
12 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
CCNI publishes company numbers without a jurisdiction prefix. BritDB links only when the plausible padded UK and NI candidates resolve to exactly one Companies House company.
13 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
14 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Fresh Butchered Meat and Poultry and Associated Products (2026 - 2030)
THE UNIVERSITY CATERERS ORGANISATION LIMITED · updated 12 August 2026
- Tender value
- £32,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Provision of Ambient, Chilled and Fresh Food items for Patient Shops
Nottinghamshire Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust · updated 19 March 2026
- Tender value
- £400,000,000
- Awards
- 5
These links use only the GB-COH identifier supplied in the procurement record. A company may have other public-sector work that is absent, older, below publication thresholds or published without a Companies House identifier.
15 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
The licensed Environment Agency subset did not contain this exact Companies House number. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
16 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
17 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
2 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
18 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
19 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Company-filed electronic accounts and extracted headline financial facts.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
Companies House, Charity Commission, OSCR and UK Sanctions List information is public-register data. BritDB reproduces and organises it with source-specific limits; official external links are kept on the dedicated source pages.