Great Central Railway PLC
Registered name: GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY PLC
Great Central Railway PLC made £3.2m revenue and a £704k loss in the year to 31 Jan 2024. read from filing text
Great Central Railway PLC’s revenue fell 8% to £3.2m in the year to 31 Jan 2024, with a loss of £704k and 107 employees. The company is classified under “passenger rail transport, interurban” and is based in Loughborough; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Loughborough, East Midlands
- Age
- 50 yrs · since 1976
- Type
- Public Limited Company
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Jan 2023 | 31 Jan 2024 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £3.5m | £3.2m |
| Cost of sales | £3.9m | £3.3m |
| Gross profit | −£468k | −£122k |
| Operating profit | −£687k | −£703k |
| Profit before tax | −£686k | −£704k |
| Profit after tax | −£686k | −£704k |
| Profit (best available) | −£686k | −£704k |
| Staff costs | £1.7m | £1.8m |
| Employees (average) | 103 | 107 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | −19.8% | −22% |
| Gross margin | −13.5% | −3.8% |
| Revenue per employee | £33.7k | £29.9k |
| Profit per employee | −£6.7k | −£6.6k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▼7.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £212k | £192k |
| Net assets | £2.7m | £2.1m |
| Fixed assets | £10.9m | £10.3m |
| Current assets | £591k | £537k |
| Debtors | £82k | £53.1k |
| Deferred income | £8m | £8m |
| Cash from operations | −£337k | £350k |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jul 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −22%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- −3.8%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £29.9k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£6.6k
- Profit ÷ average employees.
- Cash conversion
- —
- Cash generated from operations ÷ operating profit. Needs a cash-flow statement.
- Fixed assets ÷ revenue
- 322.8%
- Capital intensity. Low = capital-light, cheaper to start.
- Deferred income ÷ revenue
- 250.1%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 1.7%
- 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
- ▼24%
- Now £2.1m
- Cash at bank
- ▼9%
- Now £192k
- Headcount
- ▲4%
- Now 107
- Deferred income
- ▼0%
- Now £8m
- Fixed assets
- ▼5%
- Now £10.3m
Group structure
Minority corporate shareholders
- The David Clarke Railway Trust (registered outside the UK register) 25–50%
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 2024 (profit −£704k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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