CAF RAIL UK LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-04 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-20
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£277K
+46.1% vs 2023
Net assets
£4M
+93.6% vs 2023
Employees
341
-2.6% vs 2023
Profit before tax
£6M
+76.7% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- CAF RAIL UK LIMITED 2008-01-28 → present
- CAF IRLANDA LIMITED 2004-09-20 → 2008-01-28
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 | £78,346,797 | £98,130,281 | |
| Operating profit | £3,572,841 | £6,063,923 | |
| Profit before tax | £3,584,401 | £6,333,392 | |
| Net profit | £2,725,183 | £4,639,172 | |
| Cash | £189,955 | £277,465 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £54,565,767 | £44,568,554 | |
| Net assets | £2,286,606 | £4,425,778 | |
| Equity | £2,286,606 | £4,425,778 | |
| Average employees | 350 | 341 | |
| Wages | £18,572,380 | £20,057,511 |
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 | 4.6% | 6.2% | |
| Net margin | 3.5% | 4.7% | |
| Return on capital employed | 6.5% | 13.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 97.3% | 95.5% | |
| Current ratio | 2.65x | 1.79x | |
| Interest cover | 2.12x | 3.11x |
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 accounts for 2024 have been prepared on a going concern basis. CAF Rail UK's strong market position, continued cash generation, and successful strategic initiatives support our confidence in operating as a going concern for the foreseeable future. We continue to monitor market trends, adapt our resources, and implement cost optimisation measures.”
Group structure
- CAF RAIL UK LIMITED · parent
- CAF Rail Traincare Limited 100%
Significant events
- “CAF Rail UK is close to reaching an extension agreement for the Northern Rail project in the Manchester area, which is set to expire in March 2025, for at least two more years.”
- “The TPE coaches project, which concluded in 2024, is expected to recommence operations in 2025 at a different location, Chiltern.”
- “CAF Rail UK is exploring opportunities to expand its overhauling operations within the UK and is actively seeking a new facility in the Manchester area.”
- “Business growth in 2024 led to an increased workforce, with total headcount rising to 344 by 31 December 2024.”
- “The Central LeadMind Hub, based at the Chester depot, was fully established and became operational in Q1 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
1 active · 2 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NEILL, Ibon Garcia | Director | 2021-01-25 | Dec 1971 | Spanish |
Show 2 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| C.S. SECRETARIAL SERVICES LTD | Corporate Secretary | 2004-09-20 | 2017-10-23 |
| BAZTARRICA, Jose Maria | Director | 2004-09-20 | 2022-01-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Construcciones Y Auxiliar De Ferrocarriles, S.A | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100% | 2016-09-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 68 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2021-02-23 MA Memorandum articles
- 2021-02-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2021-02-04 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-09-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-09-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-07-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-06-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-09-21 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2021-04-19 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2021-02-23 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2021-02-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2021-02-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2021-02-04 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2020-10-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2020-08-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2019-09-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2019-07-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2018-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 2
- 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
+25.3%
£78,346,797 £98,130,281
-
Cash
+46.1%
£189,955 £277,465
-
Net assets
+93.6%
£2,286,606 £4,425,778
-
Employees
-2.6%
350 341
-
Operating profit
+69.7%
£3,572,841 £6,063,923
-
Profit before tax
+76.7%
£3,584,401 £6,333,392
-
Wages
+8%
£18,572,380 £20,057,511
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