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AMEY RAIL LIMITED

#02995531 · Active · Incorporated 1994-11-28 (31y 9m) · Last filing 2026-07-08 (1mo ago)
Industrials · SIC 42120 · F Construction · Full accounts
Accounts due 2027-09-30 (in 1y) · Confirmation due 2027-05-15 (in 9 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

£6m

-36.6% vs 2024

Net assets

£136m

+18.7% vs 2024

Employees

0

Average over period

Profit before tax

£29m

+1,919.6% vs 2024

Accounts

2-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31

Metric Trend 2024-12-312025-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £237,966,000£229,873,000 -3.4%
Operating profit -£2,462,000£18,005,000 +831.3%
Profit before tax £1,432,000£28,921,000 +1,919.6%
Net profit £6,284,000£21,353,000 +239.8%
Cash £9,535,000£6,042,000 -36.6%
Total assets less current liabilities £121,093,000£138,404,000 +14.3%
Net assets £114,300,000£135,653,000 +18.7%
Equity £114,300,000£135,653,000 +18.7%
Average employees 00 —
Wages —— —
Directors' remuneration —— —

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 2024-12-312025-12-31
Operating margin -1.0%7.8%
Net margin 2.6%9.3%
Return on capital employed -2.0%13.0%
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 36.6%33.2%
Current ratio 2.97x3.04x
Interest cover -2.23x27.91x

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

  1. AMEY RAIL LIMITED 1998-12-01 → present
  2. AMEY RAILWAYS LIMITED 1996-03-26 → 1998-12-01
  3. WESTERN INFRASTRUCTURE MAINTENANCE COMPANY LIMITED 1994-11-28 → 1996-03-26

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Forvis Mazars LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“After making enquiries and based on the assumptions outlined in note 2 to the financial statements, the Directors have concluded that the Company has adequate resources to meet its obligations as they fall due for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approving these financial statements. For this reason, they continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

  1. AMEY RAIL LIMITED · parent
    1. Seilwaith Amey Cymru/Amey Infrastructure Wales Limited 100% · England and Wales · rail maintenance services
    2. Amey Infrastructure Ireland Limited 100% · Republic of Ireland · rail maintenance and management services

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

5 active · 44 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
SHERARD SECRETARIAT SERVICES LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2005-11-30 — —
ANDERSON, Peter Stuart Director 2020-08-06 Sep 1966 British
BENNETT, Keith Francis Director 2021-10-28 Jul 1967 British
HOLMES, James Richard Director 2022-06-10 Feb 1977 British
NELSON, Andrew Latham Director 2006-09-22 Apr 1959 British
Show 44 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
HEWETT, Peter Graham Secretary 1994-11-28 1996-03-25
HUI, Carol Secretary 2000-09-18 2005-11-30
MANTZ, Ann Elizabeth Secretary 1996-03-25 2000-02-04
TETLOW, John Richard Secretary 2000-02-09 2000-09-18
ADAMS, Richard Hawthorn Director 2004-06-02 2005-07-15
ADAMS, Richard Hawthorn Director 1998-02-01 2001-11-28
ASHLEY, Neil Director 1996-03-26 1998-10-23
CARR, Collin Andrew Director 1996-03-27 2001-11-28
CAWTHORNE, David Alwyn Director 1996-03-25 1997-03-01
CORNELL, Jim Scott Director 1994-11-28 1996-03-25
ENTWISTLE, Richard William Director 1996-10-14 2005-06-30
EWELL, Melvyn Director 2001-10-17 2016-03-31
FENTON, Christopher Victor Director 2010-07-13 2012-10-31
FORBES, Peter John Director 1994-11-28 1997-08-04
GORMAN, Timothy Paul Director 1998-01-12 2001-11-28
GROSE, John Harold Director 1996-03-27 1999-03-31
HALL, Simon John Director 2001-05-01 2005-03-10
HALUCH, James Stefan Director 2020-03-25 2020-08-03
HAMPTON, Melvyn Paul Director 2003-09-08 2004-05-31
HELLIWELL, Stephen John Director 2005-03-10 2010-05-07
HINDLE, Nicola Ruth Director 2016-02-19 2020-01-31
JOY, Andrew Robert Director 2020-03-25 2021-10-22
KAYSER, Michael Arthur Director 2002-09-11 2002-10-15
KING, Edmund Alec Director 1996-03-25 1998-02-13
KNIGHT, John Henry Director 1996-03-27 1996-06-20
LEO, Jose Director 2003-06-06 2006-09-22
LINDSAY, Anthony John Joseph Director 1996-03-27 2005-03-10
LINDSAY, Anthony John Joseph Director 1995-12-08 1995-12-10
LOW, Mike Director 2001-05-01 2003-02-28
LUCAS, William Anthony Director 1996-07-01 1997-07-01
MCCORMACK, Gerard Joseph Director 1997-03-01 1998-10-23
MILLER, David John Director 1998-11-02 2002-09-10
MILNER, Andrew Lee Director 2013-02-06 2019-12-12
NICHOLLS, Richard Charles Alan Director 1996-01-19 1996-03-25
PEAT, Stephen Hedley Director 1998-12-04 2001-11-28
PILBEAM, Michael Director 2000-07-28 2001-02-28
RITCHIE, Andrew Brown Director 2005-12-31 2008-04-20
SARGENT, Graham Antony Director 1996-03-27 1996-06-20
SNOWDON, John Watson Teasdale Director 2005-06-22 2005-12-31
SNOWDON, John Watson Teasdale Director 2002-09-23 2005-03-10
STAPLES, Brian Lynn Director 1997-11-25 2001-11-28
SWEENEY, John Trevor Director 1996-06-21 2001-11-28
WEBSTER, Christopher Charles Director 2005-03-10 2010-04-11
WITHERS, Stephen John Director 2008-05-12 2013-02-06

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Amey Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 223 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2025-01-23 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
  • 2025-01-23 MA Memorandum articles
Date Type Category Description
2026-07-08 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full PDF
2026-05-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-05-05 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-12-01 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2025-09-17 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-05-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2025-01-23 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution
2025-01-23 MA incorporation Memorandum articles
2024-08-12 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-05-01 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2024-03-28 SH01 capital Capital allotment shares PDF
2023-12-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-05-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-04-14 AUD auditors Auditors resignation company
2022-12-21 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-11-24 PSC05 persons-with-significant-control Change to a person with significant control PDF
2022-06-10 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF
2022-05-03 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2021-11-26 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2021-10-28 AP01 officers Appoint person director company with name date PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
5

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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