RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-02-15 (in 9mo)
Last made up 2026-02-01
Watchouts
Cash
£29M
+29.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£38M
+18.8% vs 2024
Employees
380
+3% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£7M
+116.2% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £55,200,000 | £58,828,000 | |
| Operating profit | £1,015,000 | £4,088,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,119,000 | £6,744,000 | |
| Net profit | £2,411,000 | £6,162,000 | |
| Cash | £22,070,000 | £28,616,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £33,270,000 | £38,800,000 | |
| Net assets | £32,117,000 | £38,139,000 | |
| Equity | £32,117,000 | £38,139,000 | |
| Average employees | 369 | 380 | |
| Wages | £24,190,000 | £24,868,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £859,000 | £972,000 |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
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Turnover
+6.6%
£55,200,000 £58,828,000
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Cash
+29.7%
£22,070,000 £28,616,000
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Net assets
+18.8%
£32,117,000 £38,139,000
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Employees
+3%
369 380
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Operating profit
+302.8%
£1,015,000 £4,088,000
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Profit before tax
+116.2%
£3,119,000 £6,744,000
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Wages
+2.8%
£24,190,000 £24,868,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 1.8% | 6.9% | |
| Net margin | 4.4% | 10.5% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.1% | 10.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 50.9% | 43.5% | |
| Current ratio | 1.70x | 1.85x |
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
- Buzzacott Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on our risk mitigations and ongoing engagement with members and stakeholders, we have determined there is no foreseeable doubt about the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Group structure
- RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED · parent
- Railway Documentation and Drawing Services Limited 100%
- Confidential Incident Reporting and Analysis Service Limited 100%
- Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no post balance sheet events to report.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 63 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GWATKIN, Tracy Anne | Secretary | 2019-02-28 | — | — |
| ALLAN, Richard Graham | Director | 2024-08-01 | Mar 1973 | British |
| BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne | Director | 2026-01-01 | Dec 1973 | British |
| CLARKE, John Francis | Director | 2025-04-01 | Dec 1963 | British |
| FROBISHER, Martin James | Director | 2019-07-04 | May 1968 | British |
| HEAD, Emma Louise | Director | 2021-04-16 | Jun 1981 | British |
| HORNE, David Andrew | Director | 2019-09-01 | Aug 1972 | British |
| JORDAN, David Michael | Director | 2019-11-07 | Mar 1973 | British |
| KINGSLEY, Hannah Gillam | Director | 2023-03-02 | Feb 1978 | British |
| LANAGHAN, John Malcolm | Director | 2026-05-01 | May 1955 | British |
| PHILLIPS, Mark | Director | 2016-05-05 | Dec 1964 | British |
| RAYNER, Michael | Director | 2025-06-30 | Dec 1958 | British |
| ROSSI, Andrea | Director | 2024-03-15 | Aug 1975 | British |
| SMITH, Sheena Helen | Director | 2026-01-14 | Jul 1974 | British |
Show 63 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BRADLEY, John Stirling | Secretary | 2003-04-01 | 2009-12-31 |
| CRAWFORD, Lindsay | Secretary | 2003-02-04 | 2003-04-01 |
| FLEMING, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2010-01-01 | 2015-09-11 |
| HASSE, Helen Joy | Secretary | 2015-09-11 | 2017-12-31 |
| ROCHE, Eamon | Secretary | 2018-01-01 | 2018-12-21 |
| ANDREWS, Robert Michael | Director | 2005-04-04 | 2005-07-14 |
| BONER, Stuart Daniel | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2007-07-26 |
| BRADLEY, Anna Louise | Director | 2014-12-08 | 2018-12-31 |
| BROWN, Malcolm | Director | 2011-04-01 | 2018-07-30 |
| BROWN, Michael William Tuke | Director | 2022-06-23 | 2025-07-05 |
| BYRNE, Dolores, Dr | Director | 2015-04-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| CANDFIELD, Jeremy Nicholas | Director | 2006-04-01 | 2016-03-31 |
| CAWTHRA, David Wilkinson | Director | 2003-03-03 | 2003-04-01 |
| CHIKANZA, Tanyaradzwa Tsitsi Wendy Mamie | Director | 2021-10-01 | 2023-11-22 |
| CLARKE, John Simon | Director | 2017-07-01 | 2025-06-18 |
| COCLIFF, Stephen Jeffrey | Director | 2019-03-01 | 2025-02-22 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Edward | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2013-10-08 |
| COOPER, Gary Richard | Director | 2018-01-12 | 2019-01-31 |
| COUCHER, Iain Michael | Director | 2004-11-30 | 2010-11-11 |
| COURSE, Andrew James | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2019-09-17 |
| COX, Thomas Rodford, Professor | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-03-30 |
| DAVIES, Frank John, Sir | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2008-03-31 |
| DUGHER, Tim Richard | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2011-03-31 |
| EMERY, Alan Charles | Director | 2008-04-01 | 2017-05-31 |
| FAWCETT, Caroline Elizabeth | Director | 2018-09-01 | 2021-08-31 |
| FENTON, Christopher Victor | Director | 2014-01-06 | 2016-05-20 |
| GILBERT, Timothy Peter | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2009-03-31 |
| HELLER, Keith Louis | Director | 2007-07-26 | 2010-01-31 |
| HENDERSON, Peter | Director | 2010-11-11 | 2012-07-19 |
| HIGGINS, David Hartmann, Sir | Director | 2011-03-08 | 2014-02-28 |
| HOARE, Philip David | Director | 2016-04-08 | 2019-06-13 |
| HOPKINS, Graham William | Director | 2015-06-01 | 2018-08-13 |
| HORTON, Charles Stuart | Director | 2011-12-20 | 2018-01-11 |
| HUTCHINSON, Anthony Peter | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2007-06-14 |
| INCE, Anna Christina | Director | 2019-11-01 | 2025-10-31 |
| JACK, Anson Charles Richard | Director | 2004-07-14 | 2015-05-31 |
| JOHNSON, Allen Walter | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-06-25 |
| JONES, Lee Royston | Director | 2016-07-26 | 2018-11-01 |
| KIRK, Paul Robert | Director | 2007-07-27 | 2016-07-26 |
| LEAH, Christopher Richard | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2004-11-30 |
| LITHERLAND, Andrew Peter | Director | 2003-02-04 | 2003-03-03 |
| LLEWELLYN, Gareth Mark | Director | 2012-07-20 | 2015-03-10 |
| MANN, Claire | Director | 2022-11-30 | 2024-03-31 |
| MARCHANT, Paul Anthony | Director | 2018-11-01 | 2021-09-30 |
| MCDONALD, Neil James | Director | 2010-02-22 | 2015-03-13 |
| MCMEEL, Anne Marie | Director | 2024-07-04 | 2025-12-31 |
| MOORHOUSE, Barbara Jane | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2022-05-31 |
| MURPHY, Stephen John | Director | 2013-11-11 | 2022-11-10 |
| NELSON, Aidan Edward Cambridge | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2007-04-06 |
| PENNEY, John David, Dr | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2006-03-31 |
| POLLINS, Andrew | Director | 2023-12-22 | 2024-06-07 |
| PORTER, Leonard Keith | Director | 2003-04-08 | 2014-03-31 |
| PROFIT, George Richard | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2010-12-10 |
| RAYNER, Christopher | Director | 2019-01-01 | 2021-03-04 |
| RING, Hans Nils Verner | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-03-31 |
| ROSE, Andrew Edward | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-05-05 |
| SELF, John Anthony | Director | 2003-03-14 | 2003-04-08 |
| SHOOTER, Adrian | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2011-12-19 |
| SPENCER, Geoffrey Michael Silson | Director | 2015-03-14 | 2024-03-13 |
| THOMAS, Paul Anthony Moseley, Rear Admiral (Retd) | Director | 2005-10-14 | 2015-03-31 |
| TUNNICLIFFE, Denis | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2008-04-18 |
| WABOSO, David Gogo | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2005-04-04 |
| WALTER, Matias Hans | Director | 2003-04-01 | 2004-06-29 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Network Rail Infrastructure Limited | Corporate entity | significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 217 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-16 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2026-01-13 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-16 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2026-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-01-13 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2026-01-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-11-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-10-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-03 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-03-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-11-11 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-08-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 14
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 4
- Officers resigned
- 4
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.