Authorised by the FCA
This firm is on the FCA register and authorised to carry out regulated activities.
Website, phone number and address
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Phone number
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Address
Castle Windows Ltd, Black Barn, Unit C, Fronds Park, Frouds Lane, Woolhampton, Reading, Berkshire, RG7 4LH, United Kingdom
In the full report: 3 background checks
- When castlewindowsnewbury.co.uk first appeared online, and whether it can receive email
- What kind of line 0118 971 1960 is
- Who else gives the postcode RG7 4LH
Other names (1)
If you were contacted under any of these names, it is this firm.
- Castle Windows Trading name: A name it trades under now.
FCA permissions and consumer protection
- Lend or arrange credit No FSCS coverConsumer credit is not covered by the FSCS, so there is no compensation scheme if the firm fails.
- Complaints Ombudsman, freeYou can refer a complaint about this firm to the Financial Ombudsman Service for free, whichever activity it relates to.
Show FCA detail (1 permission)
- Credit Broking
FCA disciplinary action and complaints
No FCA disciplinary action.
The Financial Ombudsman Service only publishes complaint figures for firms with 30 or more new complaints in six months, so there are none here for this firm.
Companies House record
The company behind the firm: its status, age, registered office and directors.
- Company number
- 02525733 (opens Companies House in a new tab)
- Company status
- Active
- Company type
- Private limited company
- Incorporated
- 26 July 1990 (36 years old)
- Registered office
- Black Barn Unit C, Fronds Park Frouds Lane, Woolhampton, Berkshire, RG7 4LH
- Nature of business
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- Other construction installation (SIC 43290)
Directors and company secretaries
| Name | Role | Born | Appointed | Other companies |
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| Oliver Michael Byng | Director | Mar 1980 | 5 Apr 2003 | None |
| James Knight | Director | Mar 1974 | 1 Jan 2011 | 1 other company |
| Michael Victor Byng | Director | Apr 1948 | 20 Dec 2023 | 4 other companies |
| Margaret Ann Byng | Director | Jul 1951 | 20 Dec 2023 | 1 other company |
| Rachael Abigail Knight | Secretary | Not published | 5 Apr 2003 | – |
Other companies run by these 4 directors
A firm is run by people, and their other companies are their track record: what they built, what closed, and anything that failed. It is the check most people never think to make.
- other companies
- 5
- closed down
- 3
- run together
- 1
In the full report: all 5 companies, named
- What each company does, and whether it is still trading
- Which of these 4 directors sit on each board, and since when
- Any that went into liquidation or administration
- The 1 company these 4 directors run together
Filed accounts and finances
Net assets
£812k
<1% from £811k
Cash at bank
£1.07m
+24% from £862k
Employees (average)
9
+29% from 7
Owed within a year
£624k
+11% from £561k
Assets and liabilities
In the full report: all 7 years of accounts
- Every year from 2019 to 2025
- The chart, over every year
- Every filed figure, year by year
About these figures
- Turnover
- Money taken from sales in the year, before any costs.
- Profit before tax
- What was left after the year’s costs, before corporation tax. A minus figure is a loss.
- Net assets, or total equity
- Everything the company owns minus everything it owes. A minus figure means it owes more than it owns.
- Total assets and total liabilities
- Everything the company owns, and everything it owes, on the last day of the year. The gap between them is its net assets.
- Cash at bank
- Money in the company’s accounts on the last day of the year.
- Owed within a year, owed after a year
- Debts and bills due in the next twelve months, and those due later.
There is no turnover or profit: small companies do not have to publish them.
Accounts filed at Companies House for company 02525733. Every figure is as filed, apart from total assets and total liabilities, which are added up from filed figures. Nothing is estimated.
Key dates in its history
Castle Windows (Newbury)’s history from the FCA register and Companies House, newest first.
2023
9 February 2023
- Regulated by the FCA from this date
- Became authorised by the FCA
FCA register
2016
1 June 2016
- Oliver Michael Byng became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
- Rachel Knight became a part-owner (25–50% of shares)
Companies House
2003
5 April 2003
- Board replaced: both directors left and a new director took over
Companies House
1990
26 July 1990
- Incorporated at Companies House
Companies House
In the full report: all 15 events
- All 15 events in its history (6 shown here)
- Every director appointment and resignation: 6
Firms connected to Castle Windows (Newbury)
Other FCA-listed firms that share a director, phone number or address with Castle Windows (Newbury). A link shows who the firm is tied to, not whether either can be trusted.
- connected firm
- 1
- share its postcode
- 1
In the full report: the connected firm, named
- How it is linked: the same postcode (1)
- Who links it to this firm: the named directors, with dates
Firms like Castle Windows (Newbury)
Other firms of the same type (home improvement or trades), nearest first.
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- 5 other companies its directors have run, named
- 3 background checks on its contact details
- 7 years of accounts, charted
- All 15 events in its history
- 1 connected firm, named, and who links them
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Sources and links
- Its entry on the FCA register register.fca.org.uk
- Its Companies House record gov.uk
- Complaints the Financial Ombudsman Service can help with financial-ombudsman.org.uk
- Report a scam to the FCA fca.org.uk