ROCK RAIL SOUTH WESTERN PLC
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Cash
£159M
-18.8% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£162M
+8% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£18M
+460.7% first positive since 2024
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 | £28,558,000 | £45,861,000 | £68,034,000 | +48.3% | |
| Operating profit | £46,012,000 | £23,351,000 | £50,986,000 | +118.3% | |
| Profit before tax | £36,334,000 | -£4,943,000 | £17,829,000 | +460.7% | |
| Net profit | £25,746,000 | -£5,091,000 | £11,964,000 | +335% | |
| Cash | £264,503,000 | £195,206,000 | £158,560,000 | -18.8% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £1,176,251,000 | £1,171,177,000 | £1,090,166,000 | -6.9% | |
| Net assets | £155,328,000 | £150,237,000 | £162,201,000 | +8% | |
| Equity | £155,328,000 | £150,237,000 | £162,201,000 | +8% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| 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 | 161.1% | 50.9% | 74.9% | |
| Net margin | 90.2% | -11.1% | 17.6% | |
| Return on capital employed | 3.9% | 2.0% | 4.7% | |
| Current ratio | 4.09x | 4.66x | 2.77x | |
| Interest cover | 2.04x | 0.63x | 1.31x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- KPMG LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors have prepared the financial statements on a 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 1.2 of the accounts.”
Significant events
- “On 25 May 2025, the company entered into a new operating lease agreement with South Western Railway Limited for the lease of the Aventra trains. The lease has a term of five years up to May 2030 and is expected to result in future lease payments amounting to £424m.”
- “Amounts contracted for but not yet provided for in the financial statements amounted to £nil (2024: £1.6m).”
- “On 24 April 2026, interim dividend of £48,573k was declared and paid to Rock Rail South Western (Holdings) 2 Limited.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 8 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| JOHNSON-FERGUSON, Charles | Secretary | 2024-08-01 | — | — |
| CHIVERS, Andrew Noel | Director | 2017-09-19 | Dec 1959 | British |
| CLANCY, Hugh Patrick | Director | 2024-06-30 | Mar 1964 | British |
| DUNBAR, Graeme Kenneth Wilson | Director | 2019-01-22 | Feb 1977 | British |
| FLYNN, Nicholas | Director | 2021-01-21 | Jun 1989 | British |
| SWINDELL, Mark Roy | Director | 2017-05-04 | Dec 1960 | British |
Show 8 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ENGLISH, Nicholas Stuart | Secretary | 2017-05-04 | 2018-08-01 |
| SHEPHERD, Joanne | Secretary | 2018-08-01 | 2024-08-01 |
| HELMSLEY, Dominic James | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2018-06-19 |
| HOBSON, Daniel Frank | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2017-09-19 |
| MCDONALD, Roger | Director | 2017-11-22 | 2024-06-30 |
| RITTER, Nicolas | Director | 2018-06-19 | 2019-01-22 |
| STRINGER, Arthur John | Director | 2017-05-04 | 2017-06-13 |
| TARASIUK, Maciej | Director | 2017-06-13 | 2021-01-21 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rock Rail South Western (Holdings) 2 Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-04 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 144 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-31 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-10-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-09-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-12 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-11-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-27 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2024-08-23 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-07-02 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
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.