Sterling Solutions Rail Limited
Registered name: STERLING SOLUTIONS RAIL LIMITED
Part of Sterling 2000 Group Limited groupSterling Solutions Rail Limited made £73.1m revenue and £91.8k profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025. read from filing text
Sterling Solutions Rail Limited’s revenue fell 2% to £73.1m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £91.8k profit and 1,910 employees. The company is classified under “other business support service activities” and is based in Warrington; we hold 4 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Warrington, North West
- Age
- 27 yrs · since 1999
- 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: “The entire issued share capital of the company is owned by Sterling (2000) Limited, a company incorporated in England and Wales.”
Key figures
Badges are automated estimates derived from the filed figures — not statements of fact about the company.
Financial history
| Year to | 30 Sep 2022 | 30 Sep 2023 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text | Full P&Lread from filing text |
| Profit & loss | ||||
| Revenue (turnover) | £51.7m | £70.4m | £75m | £73.1m |
| Cost of sales | £50.4m | £68.8m | £73.1m | £71.6m |
| Gross profit | £1.3m | £1.7m | £1.8m | £1.5m |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | £89.5k |
| Profit before tax | £94.4k | £471k | £183k | £91.8k |
| Profit after tax | £94.4k | £471k | £183k | £91.8k |
| Profit (best available) | £94.4k | £471k | £183k | £91.8k |
| Employees (average) | — | 1,269 | 2,029 | 1,910 |
| Ratios | ||||
| Profit margin | 0.2% | 0.7% | 0.2% | 0.1% |
| Gross margin | 2.5% | 2.4% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Revenue per employee | — | £55.5k | £36.9k | £38.3k |
| Profit per employee | — | £371 | £90 | £48 |
| Growth (year on year) | ||||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲36.2% | ▲6.4% | ▼2.4% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲398.7% | ▼61% | ▼49.9% |
| Headcount growth | — | — | ▲59.9% | ▼5.9% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||||
| Cash at bank | £404k | £833k | £0 | — |
| Net assets | £106k | £377k | £411k | £102k |
| Current assets | £2.7m | £7.6m | £6m | — |
| Debtors | £14.3k | £2.4m | £2.4m | £2.9m |
| Deferred income | — | £1.8m | £1.7m | £1.9m |
| Source | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Feb 2024 | FullAccounts · bulk data Mar 2025 | FullAccounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 0.1%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 2.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £38.3k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £48
- 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
- 2.6%
- Customers paying upfront (subscriptions, deposits). Approximate when combined with accruals.
- Debtors ÷ revenue
- 3.9%
- 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
- ▼75%
- Now £102k
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼6%
- Now 1,910
- Deferred income
- ▲12%
- Now £1.9m
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
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
- Sterling 2000 Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Sterling 2000 (Holdings) Limited75–100%
- Sterling (2000) Limited75–100%
- Sterling Solutions Rail Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (4)
- Sterling Solutions Umbrella LtdRev. £31.5m · Profit £16.8k
- Centre Park Resources LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sterling (Cis) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Sterling Professional Consultancy LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
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Sources
Latest figures from FullAccounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £91.8k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
Updated from Companies House on 16 Oct 2026
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