Rail Op Holdings Limited
Registered name: RAIL OP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Rail Op Holdings Limited made £13.4m revenue and £2.8m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025. read from filing text
Rail Op Holdings Limited’s revenue grew 20% to £13.4m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.8m profit and 22 employees. The company is classified under “activities of other holding companies” and is based in Witham; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Witham, East of England
- Age
- 8 yrs · since 2017
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £13.8m | £18.5m | £11.2m | £13.4m |
| Cost of sales | £8.5m | £11.2m | £7m | £8m |
| Gross profit | £5.2m | £7.3m | £4.1m | £5.4m |
| Operating profit | £4.1m | £5.8m | £2.6m | £3.3m |
| Profit before tax | £4.1m | £6.1m | £3.3m | £3.7m |
| Profit after tax | £3.2m | £4.7m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Profit (best available) | £3.2m | £4.7m | £2.5m | £2.8m |
| Employees (average) | 12 | 13 | 15 | 22 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 23.6% | 25.3% | 22.5% | 20.9% |
| Gross margin | 38% | 39.4% | 37.1% | 40% |
| Revenue per employee | £1.1m | £1.4m | £745k | £610k |
| Profit per employee | £270k | £360k | £168k | £128k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲34.5% | ▼39.6% | ▲20% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲44.2% | ▼46.2% | ▲11.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲8.3% | ▲15.4% | ▲46.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £2m | £2m | £11.1k | £6.9m |
| Net assets | £600k | £3.4m | £14.5m | £18.1m |
| Fixed assets | £817k | £1.3m | £993k | £692k |
| Current assets | £2m | £2.4m | £13.9m | £17.7m |
| Debtors | £0 | £0 | £0 | £0 |
| Deferred income | £6.5k | £6.8k | £6.8k | £6.9k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 20.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 40%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £610k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £128k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 5.2%
- 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
- 0%
- 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
- ▲25%
- Now £18.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▲62694%
- Now £6.9m
- Headcount
- ▲47%
- Now 22
- Deferred income
- ▲2%
- Now £6.9k
- Fixed assets
- ▼30%
- Now £692k
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Subsidiaries (2)
- Rail Op Ohl LimitedRev. £13.4m · Profit £3.3m
- KPD 79 LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.8m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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