WILLIAM COOK RAIL LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2027-03-29 (in 10mo)
Last filed for 2025-06-28
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-01 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-17
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£537K
+24.7% vs 2024
Net assets
£6M
+7.2% vs 2024
Employees
146
0% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£558K
+682.9% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Basic Materials median
Accounts
3-year trend · latest reflected 2025-06-28
| Metric | Trend | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £14,548,922 | £13,867,277 | |
| Operating profit | — | £71,263 | £556,989 | |
| Profit before tax | — | £71,263 | £557,929 | |
| Net profit | — | £19,807 | £390,250 | |
| Cash | — | £430,928 | £537,268 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £11,587,715 | £12,997,021 | |
| Net assets | — | £5,387,864 | £5,778,114 | |
| Equity | £5,368,057 | £5,387,864 | £5,778,114 | |
| Average employees | — | 146 | 146 | |
| Wages | — | £5,130,667 | £5,399,581 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-06-28 vs 2024-06-29
-
Turnover
-4.7%
£14,548,922 £13,867,277
-
Cash
+24.7%
£430,928 £537,268
-
Net assets
+7.2%
£5,387,864 £5,778,114
-
Employees
0%
146 146
-
Operating profit
+681.6%
£71,263 £556,989
-
Profit before tax
+682.9%
£71,263 £557,929
-
Wages
+5.2%
£5,130,667 £5,399,581
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 | 2023-07-01 | 2024-06-29 | 2025-06-28 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 0.5% | 4.0% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | 2.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 0.6% | 4.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | 3.14x | 2.96x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- WILLIAM COOK RAIL LIMITED 2013-10-01 → present
- GWECO 596 LIMITED 2013-09-17 → 2013-10-01
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors continue to monitor the market dynamics on an ongoing basis and given the Group had significant cash of over £16m, net current assets of over £27m and no significant external debt beyond related parties as at 28 June 2025, the directors consider the Group and the Company are well placed to manage the risks associated with the business. The Compan”
Group structure
- WILLIAM COOK RAIL LIMITED · parent
- Crowle Wharf Engineers Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no significant events affecting the Company since the year end.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 9 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ROSS, Philip John | Secretary | 2024-07-26 | — | — |
| ROSS, Philip John | Director | 2024-04-24 | Oct 1976 | British |
| SEYMOUR, Christopher David | Director | 2016-07-15 | May 1973 | British |
Show 9 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HODGSON, Michael Keith | Secretary | 2013-09-30 | 2024-07-26 |
| BENTLEY, Timothy Richard | Director | 2016-07-15 | 2017-02-28 |
| COOK, Andrew John | Director | 2013-09-30 | 2017-04-03 |
| COOK, William James | Director | 2017-04-03 | 2017-10-24 |
| GRAYLEY, Kevin John | Director | 2014-03-28 | 2015-07-01 |
| HODGSON, Michael Keith | Director | 2018-03-28 | 2024-04-24 |
| HOLDEN, John Layfield | Director | 2013-09-17 | 2013-09-30 |
| MASSANT, Arnaud Guy Roger Marie | Director | 2015-01-05 | 2015-06-10 |
| GWECO DIRECTORS LTD | Corporate Director | 2013-09-17 | 2013-09-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| William Cook Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors, Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 60 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-09-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-26 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-07-26 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-24 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-04-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-09-19 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-09-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-06-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-03-27 | AA01 | accounts | Change account reference date company previous shortened |
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
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.