GREAT RAIL JOURNEYS LIMITED
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Cash
£26m
+126% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£49m
+67.7% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
136
+3% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£19m
+160.2% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-10-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £83,977,000 | £110,811,000 | £139,786,000 | +26.1% | |
| Operating profit | £386,000 | £7,349,000 | £14,927,000 | +103.1% | |
| Profit before tax | £1,709,000 | £7,127,000 | £18,545,000 | +160.2% | |
| Net profit | £1,188,000 | £6,339,000 | £19,860,000 | +213.3% | |
| Cash | £10,023,000 | £11,688,000 | £26,412,000 | +126% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £23,121,000 | £29,355,000 | £49,208,000 | +67.6% | |
| Net assets | £23,004,000 | £29,343,000 | £49,203,000 | +67.7% | |
| Equity | £23,004,000 | £29,343,000 | £49,203,000 | +67.7% | |
| Average employees | 118 | 132 | 136 | +3% | |
| Wages | £4,693,000 | £5,929,000 | £6,315,000 | +6.5% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £137,000 | £128,000 | £8,000 | -93.8% |
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 | 2023-10-31 | 2024-10-31 | 2025-10-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 0.5% | 6.6% | 10.7% | |
| Net margin | 1.4% | 5.7% | 14.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 1.7% | 25.0% | 30.3% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 55.7% | 52.1% | 44.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.47x | 0.48x | 0.85x | |
| Interest cover | 7.72x | 6.46x | — |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- BDO LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“As a result, the Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Group and the Company have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future Accordingly they have adopted the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements”
Group structure
- GREAT RAIL JOURNEYS LIMITED · parent
- GRJ (Transport) Limited 100%
Significant events
- “On the 30th May 2025, the wider Group of which this Company is a member was acquired by special limited partnerships comprising the investment fund 'Vitruvian Investment Partnership V', each of which are managed by Vitruvian Partners LLP ("Vitruvian").”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 20 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| RILEY, David James | Director | 2018-09-28 | Aug 1980 | British |
| STEWART, Andrew Dominic | Director | 2024-11-21 | Jun 1979 | British |
Show 20 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BACKHOUSE, Michael | Secretary | 2004-07-19 | 2006-02-01 |
| JOHNSON, Martin Graham | Secretary | 2006-02-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| MACBETH, Mary Catherine | Secretary | 1996-06-05 | 2001-03-30 |
| WOODROFFE, Kathleen Ann | Secretary | 2001-04-02 | 2004-07-19 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-06-05 | 1996-06-05 |
| APPLEYARD, Julian | Director | 2014-10-30 | 2024-11-21 |
| CLARKE, Keith George | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2016-08-31 |
| CUST, Nicholas Pury | Director | 2011-01-27 | 2018-07-09 |
| GASTER, David John | Director | 2005-09-20 | 2013-03-28 |
| JOHNSON, Martin Graham | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2018-09-28 |
| KIMBER, Steven Andrew Howard | Director | 2005-09-20 | 2009-12-24 |
| LEE, Stephen Gerard | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2025-05-30 |
| LINEY, Peter Richard | Director | 2013-09-06 | 2022-11-30 |
| MACBETH, Ian | Director | 1996-06-05 | 2005-09-20 |
| PRITCHARD, Noeleen Patricia Rita | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2021-09-13 |
| ROBERTS, Alexander James | Director | 2008-04-07 | 2018-09-28 |
| SKOLNICK, Jonathan Philip | Director | 2022-10-26 | 2025-05-30 |
| TAYLOR, Mark Andrew | Director | 2007-12-03 | 2019-12-09 |
| TRINDER, Howard Philip | Director | 1996-06-05 | 2005-09-20 |
| WILSON, Robert Graham | Director | 2010-01-04 | 2013-03-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Great Rail Journeys Partnership Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 131 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-05-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-06 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-12-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-10-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-07-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2021-09-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.