ROCK RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£5m
+12.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£58m
+25% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
32
+10.3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£14m
+44.5% 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 | £12,424,678 | £13,665,330 | £13,460,414 | -1.5% | |
| Operating profit | £3,366,169 | £4,440,632 | £4,029,451 | -9.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £12,143,713 | £9,869,956 | £14,265,209 | +44.5% | |
| Net profit | £11,399,973 | £8,469,513 | £13,018,464 | +53.7% | |
| Cash | £4,844,408 | £4,455,841 | £5,018,108 | +12.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £52,717,468 | £60,436,421 | £70,583,392 | +16.8% | |
| Net assets | £37,951,967 | £46,192,435 | £57,738,487 | +25% | |
| Equity | £37,951,967 | £46,192,435 | £57,738,487 | +25% | |
| Average employees | 27 | 29 | 32 | +10.3% | |
| Wages | £4,159,920 | £5,179,302 | £5,138,494 | -0.8% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £851,252 | £735,676 | £885,352 | +20.3% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £20,119 | £45,397 | £28,888 | -36.4% | |
| Highest paid director | £600,300 | £463,352 | £607,352 | +31.1% |
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 | 27.1% | 32.5% | 29.9% | |
| Net margin | 91.8% | 62.0% | 96.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.4% | 7.3% | 5.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 36.6% | 32.4% | 25.4% | |
| Current ratio | 5.30x | 5.15x | 6.00x | |
| Interest cover | 2.87x | 3.37x | 3.37x |
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
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis which the Directors consider appropriate for the reasons outlined below and where they have reviewed cash flow forecasts for a period of 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements.”
Group structure
- ROCK RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Rock Rail Moorgate Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail East Anglia Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail Management Services Limited 100%
- Rock Rail East Midlands Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail West Coast Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail Main-Weser Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail MDSB Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail Forest Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail NNW Management Limited 100%
- Rock Rail Europe Limited 100%
- Rock Rail Apple Limited 100%
- Rock Rail GmbH 100%
- Rock Road Holdings Limited 100%
- Rock Road London Limited 51%
- Rolling Stock Investment No 1 Limited 7%
Significant events
- “In February 2025, Rock Road Hopper 1 Limited secured further third party debt financing to acquire and lease 30 additional buses to London United Busways Limited.”
- “In August 2025, the Group entered into equity and loan arrangements to fund the purchase of new trains from DB Regio AG and lease them back to run on the Mittelthüringer Akku-Netz (MAN) network.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GRACE-SWINDELL, Margaret Elizabeth | Secretary | 2016-07-01 | — | — |
| JOHNSON-FERGUSON, Charles Patrick | Director | 2024-08-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| SWINDELL, Mark Roy | Director | 2016-07-01 | Dec 1960 | British |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SHEPHERD, Joanne Claire | Director | 2020-09-28 | 2024-08-01 |
| STRINGER, Arthur John | Director | 2017-03-29 | 2020-09-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mrs Margaret Elizabeth Grace-Swindell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-09-16 | Active |
| Mr Mark Roy Swindell | Individual | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-07-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 63 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2025-08-27 MA Memorandum articles
- 2025-08-27 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-04-05 MA Memorandum articles
- 2024-04-05 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-09-08 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2025-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-09-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-25 | SH08 | capital | Capital name of class of shares | |
| 2025-09-24 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2025-09-24 | SH02 | capital | Capital alter shares subdivision | |
| 2025-08-27 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2025-08-27 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-11-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-12 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2024-04-05 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-04-03 | SH10 | capital | Capital variation of rights attached to shares | |
| 2024-03-28 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2023-11-13 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2023-11-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 3
- 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.