PORTRAIL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-09-08 (in 4mo)
Last made up 2025-08-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£1M
+137.5% vs 2023
Net assets
-£9M
-41.9% lowest in 4 filed years
Employees
64
+12.3% highest in 4 filed years
Profit before tax
-£2M
-8.3% vs 2023
Net assets
4-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
4-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | £15,306,188 | £14,536,963 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | £73,830 | £130,774 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | -£2,238,765 | -£2,425,498 | |
| Net profit | -£2,073,228 | -£2,144,465 | -£2,783,359 | -£2,604,192 | |
| Cash | £1,474,817 | £31,183 | £468,085 | £1,111,545 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £9,634,532 | — | £13,705,268 | £26,119,540 | |
| Net assets | -£2,073,128 | -£4,217,593 | -£6,217,254 | -£8,821,446 | |
| Equity | — | — | -£6,217,254 | -£8,821,446 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | 57 | 64 | |
| Wages | £0 | £0 | £3,269,620 | £3,556,917 | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | £268,375 | £251,610 |
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
-5%
£15,306,188 £14,536,963
-
Cash
+137.5%
£468,085 £1,111,545
-
Net assets
-41.9%
-£6,217,254 -£8,821,446
lowest in 4 filed years
-
Employees
+12.3%
57 64
highest in 4 filed years
-
Operating profit
+77.1%
£73,830 £130,774
-
Profit before tax
-8.3%
-£2,238,765 -£2,425,498
-
Wages
+8.8%
£3,269,620 £3,556,917
highest in 4 filed years
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 | 2021-12-31 | 2022-12-31 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | 0.5% | 0.9% | |
| Net margin | — | — | -18.2% | -17.9% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | 0.5% | 0.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | 133.3% | 120.3% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | 0.58x | 0.48x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | 0.03x | 0.05x |
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 2 times since incorporation
- PORTRAIL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED 2026-01-13 → present
- JST PORTS AND LOGISTICS HOLDINGS LTD 2020-12-02 → 2026-01-13
- ENSCO 1380 LIMITED 2020-08-26 → 2020-12-02
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Subsequent to the year end, the Group has breached the financial covenants in the loan from its ultimate parent company, Shard Credit Partners Fund I SCSp. However, the directors have obtained assurances that Shard Credit Partners Fund I SCSp intend to formally waive this breach and will not exercise their right to demand repayment. Furthermore, during the year under review, Share Credit Partners Fund I SCSp extended their loan facility to a Dec-26 repayment date and have committed to provide financial support as necessary to cover any short-term cash flow requirements across the Group. Having obtained these assurance, the directors are confident that the existing funding facilities and support available will provide sufficient headroom to meet the forecast cash requirements of the business.”
Group structure
- PORTRAIL GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- JST Services (Scotland) Ltd 100%
- JST Holdings (Scotland) Limited 100%
- JST (Floating Piers) Ltd 100%
- RFS Works Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In May the group's Floating Piers subsidiary was honoured to receive a King's Award for Enterprise. This King's Award recognised the innovation of these unique assets which remove significant miles of HGV transport from rural roads and reduce CO2 emissions in the remote Highlands of Scotland.”
- “On 24th December, JST Ports & Logistics Holding Ltd completed the acquisition of RFS Works Ltd. RFS is a leading provider of material handling services, earthworks and heavy mobile equipment solutions particularly focused on primary construction materials in the UK rail sector.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 5 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Alastair Ian | Director | 2020-10-06 | Sep 1972 | British |
| JENNINGS, Richard Edward | Director | 2020-12-06 | Mar 1963 | British |
| MCCARROLL, John Paul | Director | 2026-03-09 | Dec 1976 | British |
Show 5 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GATELEY SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2020-08-26 | 2020-10-06 |
| D'ALBIS, Tanya | Director | 2020-12-06 | 2023-04-04 |
| FERGUSON, Thomas | Director | 2021-02-05 | 2024-09-09 |
| WARD, Michael James | Director | 2020-08-26 | 2020-10-06 |
| GATELEY INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2020-08-26 | 2020-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Shard Credit Partners Fund 1 Scsp | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2020-12-13 | Active |
| Mr Richard Edward Jennings | Individual | Shares 75–100% | 2020-12-06 | Active |
| Gateley Incorporations Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2020-08-26 | Ceased 2020-12-06 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 42 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2026-01-13 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-31 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | CERTNM | change-of-name | Certificate change of name company | |
| 2025-08-29 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-29 | PSC01 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-06-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-03-25 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-12-27 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-12-23 | MR01 | mortgage | Mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date | |
| 2024-09-09 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-06-14 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2024-06-14 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-08-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement | |
| 2023-06-07 | SH03 | capital | Capital return purchase own shares | |
| 2023-04-27 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-04-19 | SH06 | capital | Capital cancellation shares | |
| 2023-04-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-09-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-05-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.