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Company No. 08694277 · Incorporated 17 Sep 2013

William Cook Rail Limited

Registered name: WILLIAM COOK RAIL LIMITED

Part of Froggatt Trustee Limited group

William Cook Rail Limited made £13.9m revenue and £390k profit in the year to 28 Jun 2025.

William Cook Rail Limited’s revenue fell 5% to £13.9m in the year to 28 Jun 2025, with £390k profit and 146 employees. The company is classified under “casting of steel” and is based in Sheffield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.

Full P&L filedSection C · ManufacturingSIC 24520Casting of steelSIC 28990Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery n.e.c.
Status
Active
Location
Sheffield, Yorkshire and The Humber
Age
13 yrs · since 2013
Type
Private Limited Company

Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “As at the 28 June 2025, the immediate and ultimate parent company is William Cook Holdings Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales. William Cook Holdings Limited is the largest and smalle”

Latest accounts · year to 28 Jun 2025

Key figures

Revenue
£13.9m
Growth ▼4.7%
Profit
£390k
Growth ▲1870%
Profit margin
2.8%
Gross 23.3%
Employees
146
Change 0%
Profit / employee
£2.7k
Revenue/employee £95k
Profitable streak
2yrs
Consecutive profitable years in our data

Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.

2 filed years

Financial history

Multi-year financials, oldest to newest
Year to29 Jun 202428 Jun 2025
DisclosureFull P&LFull P&L
Profit & loss
Revenue (turnover)£14.5m£13.9m
Cost of sales£12.2m£10.6m
Gross profit£2.4m£3.2m
Operating profit£71.3k£557k
Profit before tax£71.3k£558k
Profit after tax£19.8k£390k
Profit (best available)£19.8k£390k
Staff costs£5.8m£6.1m
Employees (average)146146
Ratios
Profit margin0.1%2.8%
Gross margin16.4%23.3%
Revenue per employee£99.7k£95k
Profit per employee£136£2.7k
Growth (year on year)
Revenue growth—▼4.7%
Profit growth—▲1870%
Headcount growth—0%
Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue
Cash at bank£431k£537k
Net assets£5.4m£5.8m
Fixed assets£6.7m£6.4m
Current assets£7.1m£9.9m
Debtors£2.6m£3.1m
Deferred income£380k£947k
SourceFullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2026
Derived from the latest filing

How the business works

Profit margin
2.8%
Profit ÷ revenue.
Gross margin
23.3%
Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
Revenue per employee
£95k
Revenue ÷ average employees.
Profit per employee
£2.7k
Profit ÷ average employees.
Cash conversion
—
Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
Fixed assets ÷ revenue
46.3%
Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
Deferred income ÷ revenue
6.8%
Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
Debtors ÷ revenue
22.5%
Money owed by customers. Low = customers pay quickly.
Indirect — not revenue

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
▲7%
Now £5.8m
Cash at bank
▲25%
Now £537k
Headcount
0%
Now 146
Deferred income
▲149%
Now £947k
Fixed assets
▼5%
Now £6.4m

Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.

Corporate ownership

Group structure

Ownership chain

  1. Froggatt Trustee Limitedultimate parent50–75%
  2. William Cook Holdings Limited75–100%
  3. William Cook Rail Limitedthis company

Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.

Subsidiaries (1)

Sister companies (9)

From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).

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Sources

Companies House profile Filing history & original accounts

Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 28 Jun 2025 (profit £390k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Mar 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.

Updated from Companies House on 24 Oct 2026

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