Colman Rail Services Limited
Registered name: COLMAN RAIL SERVICES LIMITED
Colman Rail Services Limited made £2.1m revenue and £60.2k profit in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Colman Rail Services Limited’s revenue grew 24% to £2.1m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with £60.2k profit and 6 employees. The company is classified under “construction of railways and underground railways” and is based in Chatham; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Chatham, South East
- Age
- 16 yrs · since 2010
- 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 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.8m | £1.6m | £1.7m | £1.7m | £2.1m |
| Cost of sales | £1.5m | £1.1m | £1.3m | £1.3m | £1.6m |
| Gross profit | £345k | £449k | £396k | £392k | £487k |
| Operating profit | −£122k | −£20.2k | £7.1k | £18.8k | £60.2k |
| Profit before tax | −£122k | −£20.2k | £7.1k | £18.8k | £60.2k |
| Profit after tax | −£110k | −£20.2k | £7.1k | £18.8k | £60.2k |
| Profit (best available) | −£110k | −£20.2k | £7.1k | £18.8k | £60.2k |
| Employees (average) | — | 17 | 18 | 6 | 6 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | −6% | −1.3% | 0.4% | 1.1% | 2.9% |
| Gross margin | 18.7% | 28.9% | 22.7% | 23.4% | 23.5% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £91.4k | £96.9k | £279k | £345k |
| Profit per employee | — | −£1.2k | £397 | £3.1k | £10k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼15.6% | ▲12.3% | ▼4% | ▲23.7% |
| Profit growth | — | — | — | ▲163.5% | ▲219.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲5.9% | ▼66.7% | 0% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £57k | £20.6k | £5.9k | £10.7k | £5.1k |
| Net assets | £80.5k | £60.4k | £67.5k | £86.3k | £146k |
| Fixed assets | £0 | £13.1k | £8.7k | £4.4k | £0 |
| Current assets | £816k | £843k | £852k | £980k | £508k |
| Debtors | £625k | £719k | £814k | £917k | £399k |
| Deferred income | — | — | — | £1.3k | £1.5k |
| Source | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Nov 2023 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2024 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Jun 2025 | AbridgedAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 2.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 23.5%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £345k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 0%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 0.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 19.3%
- 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
- ▲70%
- Now £146k
- Cash at bank
- ▼52%
- Now £5.1k
- Headcount
- 0%
- Now 6
- Deferred income
- ▲20%
- Now £1.5k
- Fixed assets
- ▼100%
- Now £0
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
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Sources
Latest figures from AbridgedAccounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit £60.2k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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