BUCKLAND RAIL LIMITED
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Cash
£17M
+586.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£19M
+26.3% vs 2024
Employees
202
+5.8% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£5.2M
+339.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-09-30
| Metric | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £27,996,000 | £39,353,000 | +40.6% | |
| Operating profit | £1,272,000 | £5,293,000 | +316.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,185,000 | £5,204,000 | +339.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,145,000 | £3,882,000 | +239% | |
| Cash | £2,537,000 | £17,417,000 | +586.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £15,580,000 | £20,558,000 | +32% | |
| Net assets | £14,748,000 | £18,630,000 | +26.3% | |
| Equity | £14,748,000 | £18,630,000 | +26.3% | |
| Average employees | 191 | 202 | +5.8% | |
| Wages | £7,662,000 | £8,689,000 | +13.4% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £338,000 | — |
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 —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-09-30 | 2025-09-30 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 4.5% | 13.5% | |
| Net margin | 4.1% | 9.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.2% | 25.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 40.3% | 57.9% | |
| Current ratio | 1.56x | 1.38x | |
| Interest cover | 7.27x | 22.24x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- BUCKLAND RAIL LIMITED 2024-03-28 → present
- W.H. DAVIS (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2009-06-27 → 2024-03-28
- ALLOY WIRE (HOLDINGS) LIMITED 2008-12-09 → 2009-06-27
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Menzies LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have drawn up cash flow forecasts through to December 2026 and based on these forecasts have concluded that the Group have sufficient funds to meet its obligations for a period of at least 12 months and as such consider that it is appropriate to adopt the going concern basis.”
Group structure
- BUCKLAND RAIL LIMITED · parent
- W.H. Davis Limited 100%
- Davis Wagon Services Limited 100%
- Yellow Rail Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May of this year a significant Framework Agreement was signed with Irish Rail for the provision of 400 new commercial wagons of which two call offs have now been signed that total 218 wagons.”
- “Also subsequent to the end of the year a contract to design and manufacture 75 twin intermodal wagons for Porterbrook to be operated by Freightliner worth £24.3m has been signed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRAGG, Paul Roger | Director | 2022-02-17 | May 1970 | British |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Mark Edward | Director | 2009-07-23 | Oct 1964 | British |
| TRAVERS, Noel James | Director | 2025-01-28 | Aug 1969 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Secretary | 2009-07-23 | 2017-02-28 |
| TYROLESE (SECRETARIAL) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2008-12-09 | 2009-06-23 |
| BLACKWELL, Paul Anthony | Director | 2022-09-01 | 2023-10-23 |
| BRYANT, Leslie Robert | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2026-01-09 |
| CUNNINGHAM, Paul James | Director | 2025-01-31 | 2025-04-28 |
| GREENWOOD, Stewart Clifford | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2022-03-31 |
| HALL, John Andrew | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2026-01-09 |
| HAMER, Jonathan | Director | 2019-06-10 | 2023-06-30 |
| HARBORD, David Christopher | Director | 2013-01-09 | 2022-02-17 |
| HARROLD, Tracy | Director | 2023-10-23 | 2024-12-31 |
| HORNER, David Alistair | Director | 2009-06-23 | 2015-03-25 |
| HOUGHTON, Andrew | Director | 2023-10-23 | 2026-01-09 |
| JACKSON, Mark Alan | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2017-02-28 |
| KEVINS, Andrew Michael | Director | 2023-06-08 | 2024-12-31 |
| SHARPE, Derrick | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2010-07-23 |
| THISTLETHWAYTE, Robin | Director | 2009-07-23 | 2016-05-12 |
| WALKER, Adam Davey | Director | 2008-12-09 | 2009-06-23 |
| TYROLESE (DIRECTORS) LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2008-12-09 | 2009-06-23 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portchester Equity Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-09-28 | Active |
| Portchester Equity Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2023-09-28 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 110 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-28 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-19 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type audit exemption subsiduary | |
| 2025-07-02 | PARENT_ACC | accounts | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-02 | GUARANTEE2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-07-02 | AGREEMENT2 | other | Legacy | |
| 2025-04-29 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-04 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-02-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-28 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-28 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-03-28 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2024-03-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-01-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-10-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 9
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.