Network Rail Consulting Limited
Registered name: NETWORK RAIL CONSULTING LIMITED
Part of Secretary Of State For Transport groupNetwork Rail Consulting Limited made £6.7m revenue and a £1m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Network Rail Consulting Limited’s revenue fell 14% to £6.7m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £1m and 47 employees. The company is classified under “other transportation support activities” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London
- Age
- 14 yrs · since 2012
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Key figures
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £9m | £7.7m | £6.7m |
| Cost of sales | −£7m | −£7.2m | −£7m |
| Operating profit | £2.1m | £554k | −£291k |
| Profit before tax | £2m | £59k | −£529k |
| Profit after tax | £762k | −£202k | −£1m |
| Profit (best available) | £762k | −£202k | −£1m |
| Employees (average) | — | — | 47 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 8.5% | −2.6% | −15.2% |
| Revenue per employee | — | — | £142k |
| Profit per employee | — | — | −£21.5k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼14.2% | ▼13.9% |
| Profit growth | — | ▼126.5% | — |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −15.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £142k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£21.5k
- 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
- —
- Now 47
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Secretary Of State For Transport (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Network Rail Limited75–100%
- Network Rail Holdco Limited75–100%
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited75–100%
- Network Rail International Limited75–100%
- Network Rail Consulting Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£1m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 23 Oct 2026
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