Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company Limited(The)
Registered name: RAVENGLASS AND ESKDALE RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED(THE)
Part of Lake District Holdings Limited groupRavenglass and Eskdale Railway Company Limited(The) made a £45k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2026 (revenue not disclosed).
Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company Limited(The) reported a loss of £45k in the year to 31 Jan 2026; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 38 employees. The company is classified under “passenger rail transport, interurban” and is based in Kendal; we hold 5 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Kendal, North West
- Age
- 65 yrs · since 1961
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Part of a group. The filing indicates this company sits within a group structure, so its results may depend on intra-group trading and it may be hard to replicate independently. From the filing: “Lake District Holdings Limited”
Key figures
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2022 | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 | 31 Jan 2025 | 31 Jan 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | No P&L | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | |||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £1.7m | £2.3m | — | — | — |
| Cost of sales | £304k | £405k | — | — | — |
| Gross profit | £1.4m | £1.8m | — | — | — |
| Operating profit | £355k | £6k | — | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £354k | £5.3k | — | — | — |
| Profit after tax | £201k | £55.2k | — | £107k | −£45k |
| Profit (best available) | £201k | £55.2k | — | £107k | −£45k |
| Employees (average) | 35 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 38 |
| Ratios | |||||
| Profit margin | 11.8% | 2.5% | — | — | — |
| Gross margin | 82.2% | 82% | — | — | — |
| Revenue per employee | £48.7k | £49k | — | — | — |
| Profit per employee | £5.7k | £1.2k | — | £2.3k | −£1.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲32.1% | — | — | — |
| Profit growth | — | ▼72.5% | — | — | ▼142.2% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲31.4% | ▲4.3% | ▼2.1% | ▼19.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||||
| Cash at bank | £58.3k | £62.1k | £27k | £77k | £52.9k |
| Net assets | £2.6m | £2.7m | £2.7m | £2.8m | £2.8m |
| Fixed assets | £3.7m | £3.7m | £3.9m | £3.8m | £3.1m |
| Current assets | £315k | £264k | £245k | £324k | £382k |
| Debtors | £1.2k | £0 | £4.2k | £8.5k | £320 |
| Deferred income | £56.6k | £121k | £93.7k | £73.4k | £95.8k |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | Accounts · bulk data Oct 2023 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£1.2k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- —
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- —
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- —
- 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
- ▼2%
- Now £2.8m
- Cash at bank
- ▼31%
- Now £52.9k
- Headcount
- ▼19%
- Now 38
- Deferred income
- ▲31%
- Now £95.8k
- Fixed assets
- ▼17%
- Now £3.1m
Deferred income is reported together with accruals in this filing (“accruals and deferred income”), so it is an approximate signal only.
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Lake District Holdings Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Ravenglass and Eskdale Railway Company Limited(The)this company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Lake District Estates Company LimitedRev. £16m · Profit £1.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 31 Jan 2026 (profit −£45k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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