KNORR-BREMSE RAIL SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-10 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-24
Watchouts
Cash
£5M
+157.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£43M
-2.7% vs 2023
Employees
525
+4.2% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£30M
-8.2% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- KNORR-BREMSE RAIL SYSTEMS (UK) LIMITED 2005-02-07 → present
- WESTINGHOUSE BRAKES (UK) LIMITED 2000-10-30 → 2005-02-07
- KNORR-BREMSE WESTINGHOUSE BRAKES (UK) LIMITED 2000-05-02 → 2000-10-30
- KNORR-BREMSE MANAGEMENT (UK) LIMITED 2000-04-12 → 2000-05-02
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £166,097,000 | £185,743,000 | |
| Operating profit | £32,444,000 | £30,582,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £32,760,000 | £30,074,000 | |
| Net profit | £27,250,000 | £26,644,000 | |
| Cash | £2,087,000 | £5,372,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £57,443,000 | £54,081,000 | |
| Net assets | £44,315,000 | £43,132,000 | |
| Equity | £44,315,000 | £43,132,000 | |
| Average employees | 504 | 525 | |
| Wages | £26,100,000 | £28,182,000 |
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 | 19.5% | 16.5% | |
| Net margin | 16.4% | 14.3% | |
| Return on capital employed | 56.5% | 56.5% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 51.3% | 50.7% | |
| Current ratio | 2.24x | 2.22x | |
| Interest cover | 19.94x | 14.40x |
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
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Grant Thornton UK LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors are confident that the KB Group and Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due for at least 12 months from the date of approval of the financial statements and therefore have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “In May 2024, the Company undertook a hive-up transaction, transferring the net assets of the subsidiary Westcode (U.K) Limited to the Company via a dividend. The investment in the subsidiary was impaired to nil value and Westcode (U.K) Limited was subsequently dissolved at Company's House.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 18 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CARROL, Mark | Secretary | 2017-04-07 | — | — |
| BEINERT, Mario | Director | 2022-04-01 | Jun 1975 | German |
| CARROL, Mark | Director | 2022-08-26 | May 1966 | British |
| GOODHAND, Paul | Director | 2009-01-01 | Dec 1958 | British |
Show 18 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOOTH, Neil Malcolm | Secretary | 2002-04-17 | 2004-10-12 |
| BRIERE, Richard | Secretary | 2014-01-06 | 2017-04-07 |
| FLETCHER, Mark | Secretary | 2013-01-23 | 2014-01-06 |
| JOHNSON, Paul Roland | Secretary | 2000-05-02 | 2002-04-17 |
| THOMAS, Stephen Paul | Secretary | 2004-11-19 | 2013-01-23 |
| WILHELM, Dieter, Doctor | Secretary | 2000-04-12 | 2000-05-02 |
| CLEOBURY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2019-12-18 | 2022-03-31 |
| CLEOBURY, Mark Christopher | Director | 2017-09-04 | 2018-04-04 |
| GROPENGIESSER, Frank, Dr | Director | 2004-04-01 | 2012-06-13 |
| HAERDI, Rolf | Director | 2016-12-08 | 2017-09-04 |
| HAERDI, Rolf | Director | 2012-06-13 | 2016-07-14 |
| JOHNSON, Paul Roland | Director | 2000-05-02 | 2011-12-31 |
| KOEHLER, Albrecht Eugen | Director | 2002-02-07 | 2014-05-31 |
| LANGE, Martin, Dr | Director | 2016-07-14 | 2016-12-08 |
| LANGE, Nicolas, Dr | Director | 2018-04-04 | 2019-12-18 |
| SCHLOSSER, Wolfgang, Dr | Director | 2000-04-12 | 2002-02-07 |
| VOSS, Ralf Manfred, Dr | Director | 2011-12-31 | 2012-06-26 |
| WILHELM, Dieter, Doctor | Director | 2000-04-12 | 2004-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Knorr-Bremse Systeme Fur Schienenfahrzeuge Gmbh | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2025-08-15 | Active |
| Knorr-Bremse Investment (Uk) Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-firm, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2025-08-15 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 109 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-08 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2026-04-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-08-18 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-18 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2025-08-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-04-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-03-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-08-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-08-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2020-03-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-12-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
+11.8%
£166,097,000 £185,743,000
-
Cash
+157.4%
£2,087,000 £5,372,000
-
Net assets
-2.7%
£44,315,000 £43,132,000
-
Employees
+4.2%
504 525
-
Operating profit
-5.7%
£32,444,000 £30,582,000
-
Profit before tax
-8.2%
£32,760,000 £30,074,000
-
Wages
+8%
£26,100,000 £28,182,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers