Evolvi Rail Systems Limited
Registered name: EVOLVI RAIL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Part of The Portman Travel Group Limited groupEvolvi Rail Systems Limited made £6.5m revenue and £2.3m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Evolvi Rail Systems Limited’s revenue grew 5% to £6.5m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £2.3m profit and 30 employees. The company is classified under “travel agency activities” and is based in Manchester; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Manchester, North West
- Age
- 47 yrs · since 1979
- 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.
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 31 Dec 2022 | 31 Dec 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | £5.4m | £6.2m | £6.5m |
| Cost of sales | — | −£812k | −£929k | −£1.3m |
| Gross profit | — | £4.6m | £5.3m | £5.2m |
| Operating profit | — | £2.1m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit before tax | — | £2.3m | £2.7m | £3.1m |
| Profit after tax | £633k | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Profit (best available) | £633k | £1.6m | £2.2m | £2.3m |
| Employees (average) | 28 | 29 | 28 | 30 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | — | 30.3% | 36% | 36% |
| Gross margin | — | 85% | 85% | 79.9% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £187k | £221k | £216k |
| Profit per employee | £22.6k | £56.6k | £79.5k | £77.8k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | — | ▲13.9% | ▲4.8% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲159.1% | ▲35.7% | ▲4.7% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲3.6% | ▼3.5% | ▲7.1% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £1.8m | £965k | — | — |
| Net assets | £2.3m | £4m | — | — |
| Fixed assets | £267k | £126k | — | — |
| Current assets | £5.1m | £8.8m | — | — |
| Debtors | £503k | £966k | — | — |
| Deferred income | £95.9k | £95k | — | — |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 36%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 79.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £216k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £77.8k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▲7%
- Now 30
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- The Portman Travel Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Clarity Travel Limited75–100%
- Agiito Travel and Events Holdings Limited75–100%
- Evolvi Rail Systems Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (1)
- Agiito LimitedRev. £32.6m · Profit £2.3m
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £2.3m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 12 Oct 2026
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