GB RAILFREIGHT LIMITED
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Cash
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Latest balance sheet
Net assets
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Equity attributable
Employees
1,387
+1.6% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£1.9m
-87.8% lowest 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 | £308,967,000 | £336,026,000 | £350,653,000 | +4.4% | |
| Operating profit | £27,764,000 | £28,590,000 | £14,460,000 | -49.4% | |
| Profit before tax | £15,880,000 | £15,747,000 | £1,915,000 | -87.8% | |
| Net profit | £13,813,000 | £12,351,000 | £1,584,000 | -87.2% | |
| Cash | £6,202,000 | £5,373,000 | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £370,589,000 | £360,357,000 | — | — | |
| Net assets | £80,860,000 | £91,493,000 | — | — | |
| Equity | £80,860,000 | £91,493,000 | — | — | |
| Average employees | 1,372 | 1,365 | 1,387 | +1.6% | |
| Wages | £83,074,000 | £86,034,000 | £89,755,000 | +4.3% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,179,000 | £1,154,000 | £2,077,000 | +80% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £16,000 | £17,000 | £70,000 | +311.8% | |
| Highest paid director | £680,000 | £648,000 | £672,000 | +3.7% |
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 | 9.0% | 8.5% | 4.1% | |
| Net margin | 4.5% | 3.7% | 0.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 7.5% | 7.9% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 82.3% | 79.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 1.14x | 1.01x | — | |
| Interest cover | 2.34x | 2.23x | 1.15x |
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 1 time since incorporation
- GB RAILFREIGHT LIMITED 1999-06-28 → present
- TRADEMAIL LIMITED 1999-02-04 → 1999-06-28
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PKF Littlejohn LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“No material uncertainties have been identified that would cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for the next 12 months from the date of approval of these financial statements. As a result, the Directors believe that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Top Invest Limited, the Group's indirect subsidiaries into liquidation and to cease operations. As a result, there was release of certain intercompany loans and balances during the year.”
- “The restructuring has no direct operational impact on GBRf, as the entities liquidated sit above it within the Group structure. Although certain intercompany balances have affected GBRf, the overall financial impact is not material. Further details can be referenced in note 25.”
- “£9.6m Greenhouse Bidco Intercompany loan received February 2026. £8m purchase of 10 Class 60 locomotives. £1.6m intercompany loan repaid to Greenhouse Bidco. £4.5m intercompany loan paid to Greenhouse Bidco”
- “During June 2026 GB Railfreight Limited (the Company, the operating company) within the Greenhouse Holdco Limited group of companies, received notification via email from the Office of Rail & Road (ORR) of its intention to prosecute the Company in relation to a collision between one of its freight services and another freight train.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DAY, Liam | Director | 2025-01-27 | Mar 1987 | British |
| GOLDING, David Hector | Director | 2025-01-27 | Oct 1965 | British |
| GOULDING-DAVIS, Karl Peter | Director | 2014-03-31 | May 1971 | British |
| LANGTON, Ian David | Director | 2025-01-27 | Dec 1969 | British |
| SMITH, John Geoffrey | Director | 2000-04-07 | May 1961 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BARRIE, Sidney | Secretary | 2005-12-20 | 2010-05-28 |
| CUNNINGTON, Emma | Secretary | 2015-03-25 | 2016-11-15 |
| GARNHAM, Severine Pascale | Secretary | 2010-12-31 | 2014-03-19 |
| GERMON, Derek Anthony | Secretary | 2024-12-03 | 2025-10-29 |
| POTTS, Derek | Secretary | 1999-03-31 | 1999-12-03 |
| ROBINSON, Timothy Andrew | Secretary | 2005-01-11 | 2005-01-11 |
| RUPPEL, Brenda Louise | Secretary | 2005-01-11 | 2005-12-20 |
| SMITH, Marie | Secretary | 2004-07-15 | 2004-12-31 |
| STEINKOPF, Max David | Secretary | 2004-06-29 | 2005-07-08 |
| CML SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2010-05-28 | 2010-12-31 |
| GD SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 1999-12-03 | 2004-07-15 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1999-02-04 | 1999-03-31 |
| COART, Francois | Director | 2010-06-14 | 2016-11-15 |
| COCKERHAM, Alan Stuart | Director | 2009-11-18 | 2010-05-28 |
| CURLEY, John Hamilton | Director | 2005-05-10 | 2009-03-06 |
| ELLIS, John Russell | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2010-05-28 |
| FAHLEN, Elise | Director | 2016-11-15 | 2017-09-25 |
| GAUSBY, David Clement | Director | 2006-03-16 | 2010-05-28 |
| GAUTHEY, Francois | Director | 2015-09-24 | 2016-11-15 |
| GOLDNEY, Ralph Peter | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2009-10-02 |
| GOUNON, Jacques | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2010-05-28 |
| GRANT, Mary Alexander | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2010-05-28 |
| HAINES, Andrew | Director | 2005-07-08 | 2008-11-28 |
| HOGG, Michael Stephen | Director | 2008-05-21 | 2008-12-17 |
| KNOWLES, David Barry | Director | 2016-03-23 | 2018-07-22 |
| LIENARD, Claude Rene | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2012-09-21 |
| LINNETT, Diana Elizabeth | Director | 2002-12-09 | 2004-12-09 |
| LONG, Jeremy Paul Warwick | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2005-04-07 |
| MOULIN, Emmanuel | Director | 2012-09-21 | 2015-03-31 |
| POTTS, Derek | Director | 1999-03-31 | 1999-12-03 |
| ROBINSON, Timothy Andrew | Director | 2005-01-11 | 2005-05-25 |
| SAINSON, Pascal Georges Armand | Director | 2010-05-28 | 2016-11-15 |
| SCHABAS, Michael Huntly | Director | 1999-03-31 | 2009-03-31 |
| SIMONS, David Paul | Director | 2002-08-15 | 2014-03-31 |
| STEINKOPF, Max David | Director | 2000-04-07 | 2005-07-08 |
| TAYLOR, Stephen | Director | 2002-06-27 | 2004-03-31 |
| WALKER, Kevin Paul | Director | 2009-08-24 | 2010-05-28 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1999-02-04 | 1999-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hector Rail Holding Uk Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-11-15 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 236 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-29 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-02-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-02-04 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-01-29 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-12-03 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-10-23 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-09-30 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-17 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-02-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2021-12-23 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.