UNIPART RAIL LIMITED
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Cash
£3.5m
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£103m
Equity attributable
Employees
641
Average over period
Profit before tax
£4.3m
Period ending 2023-12-31
Net assets
1-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
1-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £128,521,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £2,900,000 | — | |
| Profit before tax | £4,340,000 | — | |
| Net profit | £3,130,000 | — | |
| Cash | £3,488,000 | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £103,139,000 | — | |
| Net assets | £102,531,000 | — | |
| Equity | £102,531,000 | — | |
| Average employees | 641 | — | |
| Wages | £26,027,000 | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £190,000 | — | |
| Highest paid director | £0 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. Year-on-year comparison hidden: this filing's period length differs materially from the prior year. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 |
|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 2.3% | |
| Net margin | 2.4% | |
| Return on capital employed | 2.8% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 26.9% | |
| Current ratio | 3.43x | |
| Interest cover | 3.89x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- UNIPART RAIL LIMITED 2006-12-01 → present
- RAILPART (UK) LIMITED 1995-03-22 → 2006-12-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on these assessments, the Board has a reasonable expectation that the Company and Group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. For this reason, the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- UNIPART RAIL LIMITED · parent
- Unipart Rail Logistics Limited 100%
- Unipart Rail Malaysia Sdn Bhd 100%
- Unipart Services Canada Inc 100%
- Lucchini Unipart Rail Limited 40%
- UGL Unipart Rail Services Pty Limited 30%
- Dorman Traffic Products Limited 100%
- Dorman Traffic Products Pension Trustees Limited 100%
- Lucchini UK Limited 40%
- Rail Supply Chain Services Malaysia Sdn Bhd 100%
Significant events
- “A buyout of the Dorman Traffic Products Limited Retirement Benefits Scheme was completed in the year, therefore the Company has no further liability in respect of this scheme.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| THORNTON, Benjamin Lascelles | Secretary | 2024-03-01 | — | — |
| JACKSON, Richard Ian | Director | 2023-06-30 | Mar 1971 | British |
| LEIGH, Darren Peter | Director | 2020-05-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| LEUNG, Alex Raymond | Director | 2024-08-31 | May 1974 | British |
| MCGORMAN, David Martin, Dr | Director | 2025-02-04 | May 1980 | British |
| WELDON, Christopher James | Director | 2019-02-01 | Feb 1978 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HEWETT, Peter Graham | Nominee Secretary | 1995-03-22 | 1997-03-06 |
| O'BRIEN, Robert Paul David | Secretary | 2015-06-01 | 2021-07-31 |
| RIMMER, Michael Douglas | Secretary | 1997-03-06 | 2015-06-01 |
| RUSSELL, Tanya | Secretary | 2021-09-06 | 2024-03-01 |
| CHITTY, Jonathan | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2020-04-30 |
| CLAYTON, John David | Director | 1997-10-08 | 2018-06-30 |
| DAVIES, Christopher David | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2009-06-10 |
| DESSAIN, Paul Mark | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2016-07-01 |
| FRODSHAM, Robert | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1996-02-09 |
| HEWETT, Peter Graham | Nominee Director | 1995-03-22 | 1997-03-06 |
| JACKSON, Graham Martin | Director | 2007-03-26 | 2019-12-05 |
| JOHNSTONE, Thomas George | Director | 2004-12-07 | 2021-08-13 |
| MARCHANT, George Ernest | Director | 1997-03-05 | 1997-03-06 |
| MARSH, David | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1996-03-18 |
| MCNICHOLAS, Neil Dominic Peter | Director | 2021-07-22 | 2025-01-23 |
| MILNE, John David | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1996-10-31 |
| MOFFAT, David Muirhead | Director | 1997-03-06 | 1998-12-07 |
| MOURGUE, Anthony John | Director | 1997-03-06 | 2018-12-31 |
| NEILL, John Mitchell | Director | 2008-09-09 | 2024-08-31 |
| OBRIEN, Ian James | Director | 1996-10-31 | 1997-03-06 |
| PORTER, Ralph Anthony | Director | 1997-03-05 | 1997-03-06 |
| ROCHE, Anthony Douglas | Director | 1995-05-31 | 1997-03-06 |
| THOMPSON, Peter Charles Mechlin | Director | 1997-03-06 | 1997-05-19 |
| TILLIER, George James | Director | 2013-09-10 | 2019-02-28 |
| TRAVERS, Noel James | Director | 2016-09-14 | 2020-07-15 |
| WALKER, Christopher Neil | Director | 2020-10-28 | 2021-06-08 |
| WOOD, Richard John | Director | 1995-03-22 | 1997-02-07 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Unipart Rail Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-02-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-03-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-03-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-08-23 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-07-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-06-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-05-27 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2023-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-05-16 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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