BEACON RAIL FINANCE (EUROPE) LIMITED
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Cash
£27m
+27.6% highest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£32m
+71.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£26m
-9.8% 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 | £95,117,921 | £94,864,982 | £96,105,286 | +1.3% | |
| Operating profit | £52,759,746 | £52,120,625 | £43,688,106 | -16.2% | |
| Profit before tax | £31,987,221 | £28,891,243 | £26,048,830 | -9.8% | |
| Net profit | £24,131,289 | £22,053,908 | £19,422,307 | -11.9% | |
| Cash | £3,635,734 | £21,223,468 | £27,081,161 | +27.6% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £635,380,366 | £642,068,377 | £671,336,185 | +4.6% | |
| Net assets | £21,484,599 | £18,544,802 | £31,872,627 | +71.9% | |
| Equity | £21,484,599 | £18,544,802 | £31,872,627 | +71.9% | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | — | — | |
| 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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 55.5% | 54.9% | 45.5% | |
| Net margin | 25.4% | 23.2% | 20.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | 8.3% | 8.1% | 6.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.9% | 97.4% | 95.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.59x | 0.62x | 0.91x | |
| Interest cover | 2.46x | 2.15x | 1.96x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on the going concern basis which requires the Directors to have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future and is considered in more detail in note 1 of the accounts.”
Significant events
- “In June 2026, an affiliated undertaking, Beacon Finco S.à r.l. entered into new loan facility agreements with external lenders governed by the CTA representing commitments for a total amount of GBP 2.1 billion in connection with a Group restructuring and refinancing of existing debts. The drawdown amount is not anticipated to exceed 20% of the total facility, however, the final amount remains subject to change until the date of approval of these annual accounts.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MIRCICA, Elizabeth | Secretary | 2019-07-01 | — | — |
| BLACKBURN, Gary Andrew | Director | 2025-07-01 | Mar 1991 | Irish |
| CUNLIFFE, Adam Lewis | Director | 2019-07-01 | Apr 1972 | British |
| GOMEZ-FERRER NAVARRO, Clara | Director | 2019-07-01 | Oct 1984 | Spanish |
| HOWARD, Keith Robert | Director | 2019-03-13 | Sep 1953 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GAFFNEY, Theodore | Secretary | 2014-05-16 | 2019-03-13 |
| HUNTER, William | Secretary | 2013-04-15 | 2014-05-16 |
| JOHNSON, Michael Raymond | Secretary | 2014-08-14 | 2019-06-30 |
| BENNETT, Neil Ivor | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2019-12-09 |
| BENNETT, Neil Ivor | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2014-05-16 |
| FISICHELLI, Gregory Edward | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2014-05-16 |
| GAFFNEY, Theodore James | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2019-03-13 |
| HARDY, Robert Andrew | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2022-05-13 |
| SCARSELLA, Mark Joseph | Director | 2022-05-13 | 2025-07-01 |
| TAKAISHI, Hideya | Director | 2013-04-15 | 2014-05-16 |
| THOMPSON, Richard John | Director | 2014-08-14 | 2019-03-13 |
| WILSON, Lynne | Director | 2016-04-27 | 2017-11-03 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Alexander Knaster | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-11-17 | Ceased 2017-04-20 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 371 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-03-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-10 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2025-09-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-04 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-07-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-03-10 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-25 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2023-09-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-07-20 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2023-03-13 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-04 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number | |
| 2022-09-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-05-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-02-23 | MR05 | mortgage | Mortgage charge part both with charge number |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.