RAILSTON HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Cash
£4.6m
+16.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£5.1m
-23.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
110
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£5m
+22.2% 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 | £40,078,653 | £52,718,640 | £47,332,370 | -10.2% | |
| Operating profit | £3,175,932 | £4,411,091 | £4,775,668 | +8.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £3,052,035 | £4,097,860 | £5,007,860 | +22.2% | |
| Net profit | £2,320,349 | £2,953,410 | £3,762,975 | +27.4% | |
| Cash | £3,650,667 | £3,934,221 | £4,586,284 | +16.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £7,185,493 | £7,580,367 | £6,805,217 | -10.2% | |
| Net assets | £6,130,223 | £6,651,333 | £5,095,718 | -23.4% | |
| Equity | £6,130,223 | £6,651,333 | £5,095,718 | -23.4% | |
| Average employees | 88 | 97 | 110 | +13.4% | |
| Wages | £4,146,508 | £7,654,199 | £4,890,466 | -36.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | £1,064,063 | £3,466,618 | £2,238,283 | -35.4% | |
| Directors' pension contributions | £56,177 | £56,179 | £275,689 | +390.7% | |
| Highest paid director | £413,715 | £1,207,545 | £1,589,596 | +31.6% |
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 | 7.9% | 8.4% | 10.1% | |
| Net margin | 5.8% | 5.6% | 8.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | 44.2% | 58.2% | 70.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 61.7% | 65.1% | 74.4% | |
| Current ratio | 1.60x | 1.41x | 1.31x | |
| Interest cover | 20.12x | 61.87x | 29.65x |
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
- RAILSTON HOLDINGS LIMITED 2005-11-02 → present
- RAM (107) LIMITED 2005-06-30 → 2005-11-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- MHA Audit Services LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.”
Group structure
- RAILSTON HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Railston Limited 100%
- Railston (Czech) s.r.o 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON, Kathryn Jane | Secretary | 2018-06-30 | — | — |
| ARNETT, Philip Richard | Director | 2018-06-30 | Jul 1984 | British |
| JOHNSON, Kathryn Jane | Director | 2018-06-30 | Dec 1978 | British |
| OWEN, Geoffrey Ivor | Director | 2005-06-30 | Apr 1967 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| OWEN, Geoffrey Ivor | Secretary | 2005-06-30 | 2018-06-30 |
| CURRY, Andrew | Director | 2005-11-15 | 2018-06-30 |
| MUSTY, Andrew Christopher | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2006-05-26 |
| O'SULLIVAN, Gerrard Martin | Director | 2018-11-24 | 2023-03-04 |
| RUMSEY, Stephen | Director | 2005-06-30 | 2023-01-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Gerrard Martin O'Sullivan | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2018-11-23 | Ceased 2023-02-28 |
| Mr Stephen Rumsey | Individual | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2018-10-15 |
| Mr Geoffrey Ivor Owen | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 96 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-04-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-08-22 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-31 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-08-23 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-05-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-17 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-03-17 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2023-01-25 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-05-11 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2021-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2020-07-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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