Platform4 Rail Regeneration Limited
Registered name: PLATFORM4 RAIL REGENERATION LIMITED
Part of Secretary Of State For Transport groupPlatform4 Rail Regeneration Limited made £27.5m revenue and a £9.7m loss in the year to 31 Mar 2026.
Platform4 Rail Regeneration Limited’s revenue grew 21% to £27.5m in the year to 31 Mar 2026, with a loss of £9.7m and 65 employees. The company is classified under “buying and selling of own real estate” and is based in London; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- London, London
- Age
- 32 yrs · since 1994
- 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 Mar 2024 | 31 Mar 2025 | 31 Mar 2026 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £21.4m | £22.8m | £27.5m |
| Gross profit | £96k | £4.1m | £4.9m |
| Operating profit | −£24.9m | −£13.2m | −£9.5m |
| Profit before tax | −£23.7m | −£12.5m | −£14.8m |
| Profit after tax | −£17.3m | −£11.5m | −£9.7m |
| Profit (best available) | −£17.3m | −£11.5m | −£9.7m |
| Employees (average) | 57 | 51 | 65 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | −80.6% | −50.5% | −35.2% |
| Gross margin | 0.4% | 18.2% | 18% |
| Revenue per employee | £376k | £447k | £423k |
| Profit per employee | −£303k | −£226k | −£149k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲6.3% | ▲20.6% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▼10.5% | ▲27.5% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Aug 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- −35.2%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 18%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £423k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- −£149k
- 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
- ▲27%
- Now 65
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Secretary Of State For Transport (registered outside the UK register)ultimate parent75–100%
- Network Rail Limited75–100%
- Network Rail Holdco Limited75–100%
- Network Rail Infrastructure Limited75–100%
- Platform4 Rail Regeneration Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (11)
- Whittles Properties Manchester LimitedRev. £5.7m · Profit £1m
- KXC (LCR) GP Investment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KXC (LCR) LP Investment LimitedFigures not disclosed
- KXC Landowners LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LCR ST Pancras Chambers LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LCR Stratford GP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- LCR Stratford LP LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Platform4 One LimitedFigures not disclosed
- RTC Regeneration 2015 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Whittles Properties Brunel LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Whittles Properties Croydon LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (16)
- Network Rail International LimitedRev. £34.5m · Profit −£1m
- Great British Railways Consulting LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Kew Bridge Manco LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail (High Speed) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail (Spacia) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail (Stations) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail (VY1) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail (VY2) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail Certification Body LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail Development LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail Pension Trustee LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Network Rail Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- NR Corporate Secretary LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Railway Property LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Spacia (2002) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Victoria Place Shopping Centre LimitedFigures not disclosed
Minority corporate shareholders
- Secretary Of State For Transport (registered outside the UK register)
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Mar 2026 (profit −£9.7m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 13 Oct 2026
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