# Open Estates Ltd

## Details

- **Company number:** [08423297](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08423297)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** Private Limited Company
- **Incorporated:** 28 Feb 2013
- **Registered office:** 230 ST. JOHNS ROAD, HEMEL HEMPSTEAD, HP1 1QQ
- **Nature of business:** [68310](/sic/68310) Real estate agencies
- **Corporate group:** [Castles Property Group Ltd](/group/6135) (13 companies)


## Previous names

- First Let Estates Ltd (until 19 Mar 2013)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DURBRIDGE, Simon Ivor Francis | director | 22 Jan 2025 | 31 May 2026 |
| SHAWYER-CLARKE, Ronnie Graham | director | 9 Dec 2024 |  |
| SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James | director | 9 Dec 2024 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jonathan Adam Fifer | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 6 Apr 2016 | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Mr Simon Ivor Francis Durbridge | ownership-of-shares-25-to-50-percent, voting-rights-25-to-50-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 6 Apr 2016 | 9 Dec 2024 |
| Castles Property Group | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 2 Sep 2025 |  |
| Castles Property Sales (Eaton Bray) Ltd | ownership-of-shares-75-to-100-percent, voting-rights-75-to-100-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 9 Dec 2024 |  |



## Accounts

| Year ended | Net assets | Cash | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|
| 31 Mar 2025 | -£29,678 | - | 0 |
| 28 Feb 2024 | - | - | 4 |
| 28 Feb 2023 | - | - | 4 |
| 28 Feb 2022 | £16,643 | - | 5 |
| 28 Feb 2021 | £18,435 | - | 5 |
| 29 Feb 2020 | £390 | - | 5 |
| 28 Feb 2019 | -£30,418 | - | 5 |
| 28 Feb 2018 | -£32,675 | - | - |
| 28 Feb 2016 | - | £55,577 | - |
| 28 Feb 2015 | - | £14,735 | - |
| 28 Feb 2014 | - | £5,691 | - |



## Owned by

Open Estates Ltd → [Castles Property Group Ltd](/company/16010883)




## Directors' other companies

- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - director at [Collinsons Limited](/company/03353664)
- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - director at [Patient Billing Ltd](/company/11154229)
- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - director at [Castles Property Sales (Kings Langley) Ltd](/company/09368346)
- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - llp-designated-member at [Castles Boxmoor LLP](/company/OC352232)
- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - director at [Castles Property Lettings Limited](/company/06562865)
- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - director at [Rsgc Property Investments Limited](/company/11834270)
- [SHAWYER-CLARKE, Richard James](/person/5995594) - director at [Castles Property Sales (Eaton Bray) Limited](/company/07285419)



## Companies at the same address

- [Castles Boxmoor LLP](/company/OC352232) (OC352232)
- [Castles Property Lettings Limited](/company/06562865) (06562865)
- [Freeman Financial Partners Ltd](/company/16051092) (16051092)