EVERSHOLT RAIL LEASING LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-05-25 (this month)
Last made up 2025-05-11
Watchouts
Cash
£30K
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£72M
-4.2% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£65M
+115.7% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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6 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Name history
Renamed 5 times since incorporation
- EVERSHOLT RAIL LEASING LIMITED 2017-10-02 → present
- EUROPEAN RAIL FINANCE (GB) LIMITED 2009-09-11 → 2017-10-02
- ASSETFINANCE DECEMBER (V) LIMITED 1999-09-27 → 2009-09-11
- FORWARD ASSET FINANCE LIMITED 1995-02-15 → 1999-09-27
- FMF LEASING DECEMBER (B) LIMITED 1992-08-14 → 1995-02-15
- FMF LEASING (K) LIMITED 1992-06-05 → 1992-08-14
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Financials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £330,937,000 | £331,915,000 | |
| Operating profit | £138,011,000 | £166,301,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £30,082,000 | £64,896,000 | |
| Net profit | £7,531,000 | £56,823,000 | |
| Cash | £0 | £30,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,076,588,000 | £1,955,748,000 | |
| Net assets | £75,345,000 | £72,168,000 | |
| Equity | £75,345,000 | £72,168,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 41.7% | 50.1% | |
| Net margin | 2.3% | 17.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.6% | 8.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 96.6% | 96.6% | |
| Current ratio | 0.08x | 0.04x | |
| Interest cover | 1.27x | 1.63x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are satisfied that under all reasonable sensitivities the Company has adequate resources to continue in existence for the period of at least 12 months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue. Accordingly, the Directors continue to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Group structure
- EVERSHOLT RAIL LEASING LIMITED · parent
- Eversholt Rail Limited 100%
- Eversholt Depot Finance Limited 100%
Significant events
- “In July 2024, the UK Government announced that it would introduce legislation to establish a new body, Great British Railways ("GBR") and for previously franchised passenger rail services to be taken back into public ownership.”
- “The Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Act 2024 was passed on 28 November 2024.”
- “In December 2024 it was announced that South Western Railways would be the first operator to be nationalised under the new legislation, in May 2025.”
- “In March 2025 The Office of Rail and Road ("ORR") set out its plans to carry out a review of the Rolling Stock Leasing Market Investigation Order 2009.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 61 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BLACKBURN, Gary Andrew | Director | 2026-01-20 | Mar 1991 | Irish |
| CUNLIFFE, Adam Lewis | Director | 2026-01-20 | Apr 1972 | British |
| DORJEE, Frank | Director | 2026-01-20 | Aug 1960 | Dutch |
| HOWARD, Keith Robert | Director | 2026-01-20 | Sep 1953 | British |
| MIRCICA, Elizabeth | Director | 2026-01-20 | Nov 1982 | British |
| NAVARRO, Clara Gomez-Ferrer | Director | 2026-01-20 | Oct 1984 | Spanish |
Show 61 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYER, George William | Secretary | 2008-02-21 | 2008-09-12 |
| GOTT, Sarah Caroline | Secretary | 2008-10-01 | 2010-12-03 |
| MCKENZIE, John Hume | Secretary | 1999-11-26 | 2001-07-01 |
| MCQUILLAN, Pauline Louise | Secretary | 2006-05-08 | 2008-02-21 |
| MUSGROVE, Robert Hugh | Secretary | 2001-07-01 | 2002-11-15 |
| NIVEN, Frances Julie | Secretary | 2003-12-08 | 2005-07-08 |
| PEARCE, Mark Vivian | Secretary | 2002-11-15 | 2003-12-08 |
| READ, Alice | Secretary | 2005-07-08 | 2006-05-08 |
| SHARMA, Michelle | Secretary | 2015-05-05 | 2026-05-08 |
| THOMAS, Clive Lewis | Secretary | 2011-06-23 | 2015-05-05 |
| BARKER, Matthew Giles | Director | 2014-03-25 | 2015-04-16 |
| BARKER, Nicholas David | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2010-12-03 |
| BOTTOMLEY, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2007-07-19 |
| BROOKES, Malcolm James | Director | 2003-12-19 | 2009-09-10 |
| CARNEY, Brian | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2002-12-30 |
| CHAN, Loi Shun | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-06 |
| COURSE, Andrew James | Director | 2013-05-31 | 2019-09-16 |
| EVANS, Geoffrey William | Director | 1995-03-01 | 1998-03-16 |
| GILMAN, David William | Director | 1992-06-11 | 2003-10-31 |
| GODFREY, Kevin Joseph | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2010-12-03 |
| GOUGH, Paul | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2015-04-16 |
| HAINES, Andrew | Director | 2013-01-02 | 2018-02-06 |
| HARRIS, Christopher David | Director | 1995-03-01 | 1997-04-01 |
| HOLMES, Timothy Victor | Director | 2004-07-06 | 2005-12-31 |
| HOLMES, Timothy Victor | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2002-12-30 |
| HOLMES, Timothy Victor | Director | 1992-06-11 | 1995-03-01 |
| HUMPHREYS, Kay Eileen | Director | 1992-06-05 | 1992-06-11 |
| HUNTER, Andrew John | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-06 |
| KAM, Hing Lam | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-06 |
| KELL, Christopher Raymond | Director | 2002-12-30 | 2004-07-06 |
| KENNY, Mary Bridget | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2026-02-16 |
| KENNY, Mary Bridget | Director | 2007-06-29 | 2008-12-03 |
| KING, Neil Edmund | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2015-04-16 |
| LANE, Robert David | Director | 2002-12-30 | 2004-07-06 |
| LEECH, Ian Robert | Director | 1993-04-01 | 1993-10-20 |
| LOVE, Graham Carvell | Director | 2011-02-22 | 2014-07-22 |
| LUDEMAN, Keith Lawrence | Director | 2014-07-22 | 2018-02-06 |
| MACRAE, Duncan Nicholas | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-06 |
| MANI, Roy | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2015-04-16 |
| MAROUDAS, Frederick Ian | Director | 2013-09-02 | 2014-03-19 |
| MCKENZIE, John Hume | Director | 1992-06-05 | 1992-06-11 |
| MOLLOY, Marcus Peter John | Director | 2010-02-12 | 2010-06-07 |
| PICKEN, Graham Edward | Director | 1992-06-11 | 2002-12-30 |
| PURVES, Simon Findlay | Director | 2009-09-10 | 2013-05-31 |
| QUINN, Noel Paul | Director | 2007-07-19 | 2009-09-10 |
| QUINN, Noel Paul | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| RUSSELL-BROWN, Michael John | Director | 2006-01-01 | 2009-09-10 |
| SIMPSON, Stephen Walter | Director | 1995-03-01 | 1996-01-15 |
| SMITHSON, Keith Victor | Director | 1997-04-01 | 1999-07-30 |
| SMITHSON, Keith Victor | Director | 1993-10-20 | 1995-03-01 |
| SPENCE, Darren | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2026-02-17 |
| SPENCER, Paul Jonathan | Director | 2008-12-30 | 2009-09-10 |
| STEIN, Wallace George William | Director | 1997-04-01 | 2000-03-31 |
| STICKLAND, David George | Director | 2014-11-10 | 2016-07-20 |
| SUTHERLAND, Paul Marcus | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2026-03-03 |
| TONG BARNES, Wai Che Wendy | Director | 2015-04-16 | 2018-02-06 |
| WARSOP, Lee Robert | Director | 2020-04-16 | 2026-02-10 |
| WATT, John Beresford | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2015-04-16 |
| WESSON, Andrea Justine | Director | 2016-07-20 | 2026-02-20 |
| WHITE, Philip Joseph | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2015-04-16 |
| WILMOTT, James Michael | Director | 2010-12-03 | 2015-04-16 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eversholt Uk Rails (Holding) Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2017-05-22 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 269 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-23 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-19 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-21 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-09-25 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-06-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-05-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-22 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2023-08-20 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 16
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 6
- Officers resigned
- 6
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
+0.3%
£330,937,000 £331,915,000
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-4.2%
£75,345,000 £72,168,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
+20.5%
£138,011,000 £166,301,000
-
Profit before tax
+115.7%
£30,082,000 £64,896,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers