SPERRY RAIL EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£8.4m
+31.3% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£18m
+31.3% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
138
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£8.8m
+18.9% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £24,065,000 | £25,353,000 | £29,372,000 | +15.9% | |
| Operating profit | £6,035,000 | £7,388,000 | £8,836,000 | +19.6% | |
| Profit before tax | £6,003,000 | £7,388,000 | £8,784,000 | +18.9% | |
| Net profit | £5,032,000 | £5,320,000 | £6,513,000 | +22.4% | |
| Cash | £6,360,000 | £6,433,000 | £8,446,000 | +31.3% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £11,040,000 | £13,494,000 | £18,179,000 | +34.7% | |
| Net assets | £11,009,000 | £13,494,000 | £17,722,000 | +31.3% | |
| Equity | £11,009,000 | £13,494,000 | £17,722,000 | +31.3% | |
| Average employees | 124 | 141 | 138 | -2.1% | |
| Wages | £7,033,000 | £7,974,000 | £8,635,000 | +8.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £167,000 | £189,000 | +13.2% |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 25.1% | 29.1% | 30.1% | |
| Net margin | 20.9% | 21.0% | 22.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 54.7% | 54.8% | 48.6% | |
| Current ratio | 3.11x | 2.83x | 4.04x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Group therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”
Group structure
- SPERRY RAIL EUROPE HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Sperry Rail (International) Limited 100%
- Sperry Europe GmbH 100%
- Sperry Rail Australia PTY Ltd 100%
- Sperry Rail Technology Services Private Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Board of Directors proposed and paid a dividend of £1.25 million in March 2026.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KARSCHNIA, Robert J | Director | 2025-05-07 | Jun 1963 | American |
| SOUTHGATE, Rachael Sarah | Director | 2025-05-07 | Mar 1987 | British |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOZEK, Adam Scott | Secretary | 2012-01-01 | 2014-10-13 |
| GERSTEN, Robin | Secretary | 2014-10-13 | 2018-08-01 |
| STROUD, Justin James Robert | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2022-08-01 |
| MWLAW SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2011-10-19 | 2013-01-07 |
| ALESIO, Todd Anthony | Director | 2024-02-08 | 2025-01-01 |
| LOCKWOOD, John Peter | Director | 2011-10-19 | 2014-10-13 |
| O'ROURKE, James Kelly | Director | 2014-10-13 | 2025-05-07 |
| SANKAR, Srikanth | Director | 2022-11-04 | 2024-01-20 |
| SCANNELL, Peter Owen | Director | 2011-10-19 | 2016-05-31 |
| STROUD, Justin James Robert | Director | 2016-05-31 | 2022-08-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sperry Rail Service Inc | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 62 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-11-27 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-07-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-07-02 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2025-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-05-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-05-09 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-11-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-12 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-05 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-12-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-12-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-11-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.