COLAS RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-28 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-14
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£40K
+233.3% vs 2023
Net assets
£6M
+180.6% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£58M
+817.3% vs 2023
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 | — | — | |
| Operating profit | -£5,404,000 | -£16,500,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£8,094,000 | £58,059,000 | |
| Net profit | -£7,406,000 | £58,583,000 | |
| Cash | £12,000 | £40,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | -£7,522,000 | £57,586,000 | |
| Net assets | -£7,522,000 | £6,061,000 | |
| Equity | -£7,522,000 | £6,061,000 | |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | 71.8% | -28.7% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 109.4% | 90.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.38x | 7.82x | |
| Interest cover | -1.24x | -4.42x |
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 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Company maintains a positive cash position, and its active subsidiary returned profit after tax for 2024 and paid dividends in 2024. During 2024 the Company has also significantly reinforced its balance sheet position (see note 14). The going concern basis is then considered appropriate for the preparation of the financial statements as outlined further in note 3.”
Group structure
- COLAS RAIL HOLDINGS LIMITED · parent
- Colas Rail Limited 1%
- Colas Rail Systems Limited 1%
- Lundy Projects Limited 1%
Significant events
- “Colas Rail Holdings Limited reduced its share capital by £26,614,000 to an amount of £5,000,000 as part of a corporate restructuring project.”
- “An intercompany loan waiver of £15,000,000 was approved by Colas Rail Limited and treated as a distribution.”
- “Other distributable reserves totalling £10,000,000 within subsidiary Colas Rail Limited were transferred to accumulated retained earnings.”
- “A dividend distribution totalling £45,000,000 was paid by Colas Rail Limited to Colas Rail Holdings Limited.”
- “Lundy Projects Limited paid a dividend of £16,500,000 to Colas Rail Holdings Limited as part of its movements towards a dormant position.”
- “A decision was made by directors and shareholders of Lundy Projects Limited to wind down operations to move the Company to a dormant position during the financial year ended 31 December 2024. An impairment charge of £16,499,000 has been processed.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 10 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| QUINNELL, James Joseph | Secretary | 2010-11-22 | — | British |
| BERTRAND, Jean-Pierre Raymond Jacques | Director | 2016-09-28 | Jun 1962 | French |
| LE JOLIFF, Hervé | Director | 2020-01-01 | Jun 1971 | French |
Show 10 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| CLAXTON, Nigel | Secretary | 2010-03-22 | 2010-11-22 |
| BERTRAND, Jean-Pierre | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2016-05-19 |
| ERMENEUX, Frederic | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2017-01-10 |
| EVANS, Colin John | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2016-05-19 |
| FOSTIER, Richard | Director | 2014-07-31 | 2016-09-28 |
| GIRAL, Charles Albert | Director | 2010-03-22 | 2014-06-30 |
| GRASS, Francis | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2020-01-01 |
| GUENOLE, Patrick | Director | 2014-06-30 | 2017-01-10 |
| HARRISON, Christopher Mark | Director | 2016-05-19 | 2017-09-01 |
| ORIOL, Gregory | Director | 2017-01-10 | 2026-01-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouygues S.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2024-03-21 | Active |
| Bouygues S.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2024-03-21 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 67 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-03-21 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2025-05-02 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-04-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC02 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-04-23 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-21 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-03-21 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-21 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-03-21 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-01-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-04-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-04-24 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2023-04-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-04-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
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
—
Not reported
-
Cash
+233.3%
£12,000 £40,000
-
Net assets
+180.6%
-£7,522,000 £6,061,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-205.3%
-£5,404,000 -£16,500,000
-
Profit before tax
+817.3%
-£8,094,000 £58,059,000
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