Forest of Dean Railway Limited
Registered name: FOREST OF DEAN RAILWAY LIMITED
Forest of Dean Railway Limited made £893k revenue and a £160k loss in the year to 31 Mar 2025.
Forest of Dean Railway Limited’s revenue fell 8% to £893k in the year to 31 Mar 2025, with a loss of £160k and 5 employees. The company is classified under “passenger rail transport, interurban” and is based in Lydney; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Lydney, South West
- Age
- 43 yrs · since 1983
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2022 | 31 Mar 2023 | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £786k | £975k | £972k | £893k |
| Cost of sales | £417k | £541k | £496k | −£540k |
| Gross profit | £369k | £435k | £476k | £353k |
| Operating profit | £179k | £119k | £262k | −£218k |
| Profit before tax | £175k | £121k | £270k | −£211k |
| Profit after tax | £153k | £95.1k | £206k | −£160k |
| Profit (best available) | £153k | £95.1k | £206k | −£160k |
| Employees (average) | 6 | 7 | 6 | 5 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 19.5% | 9.8% | 21.2% | −17.9% |
| Gross margin | 47% | 44.5% | 49% | 39.6% |
| Revenue per employee | £131k | £139k | £162k | £179k |
| Profit per employee | £25.5k | £13.6k | £34.3k | −£32k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲24.1% | ▼0.4% | ▼8.1% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼37.9% | ▲116.4% | ▼177.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲16.7% | ▼14.3% | ▼16.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £4.1k | £2.8k | £4.9k | — |
| Net assets | £1.4m | £1.4m | £1.4m | — |
| Fixed assets | £1.6m | £1.6m | £1.7m | — |
| Current assets | £375k | £407k | £575k | — |
| Debtors | £3.9k | £17.6k | £22.6k | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Dec 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Dec 2025 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −17.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 39.6%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £179k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£32k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Balance-sheet signals
Year-on-year changes in filed balance-sheet items. They can hint at momentum (or investment) but are not revenue or profit and must not be read as such.
- Net assets
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼17%
- Now 5
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Subsidiaries (1)
- Dean Forest Railway Company LimitedRev. £972k · Profit £206k
Minority corporate shareholders
- Dean Forest Railway Society Cio (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2025 (profit −£160k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Dec 2025. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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