Volkerrail Group Limited
Registered name: VOLKERRAIL GROUP LIMITED
Part of Volkerwessels UK Limited groupVolkerrail Group Limited made £234m revenue and £12.4m profit in the year to 31 Dec 2025.
Volkerrail Group Limited’s revenue fell 12% to £234m in the year to 31 Dec 2025, with £12.4m profit and 1,214 employees. The company is classified under “activities of construction holding companies” and is based in Hoddesdon; we hold 3 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Hoddesdon, East of England
- Age
- 23 yrs · since 2003
- Type
- Private Limited Company
Pass-through vehicle. This looks like a holding, staffing or umbrella company. Its revenue and profit may largely pass through to or from other entities, so the figures may not reflect a standalone operating business. It is excluded from our opportunity lists.
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 2023 | 31 Dec 2024 | 31 Dec 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | |||
| Revenue (turnover) | £263m | £268m | £234m |
| Cost of sales | −£232m | −£235m | −£201m |
| Gross profit | £31.2m | £32.8m | £33m |
| Operating profit | £12.5m | £13.6m | £15.6m |
| Profit before tax | £13m | £13.7m | £15.8m |
| Profit after tax | £9.9m | £10.4m | £12.4m |
| Profit (best available) | £9.9m | £10.4m | £12.4m |
| Employees (average) | 1,227 | 1,323 | 1,214 |
| Ratios | |||
| Profit margin | 3.8% | 3.9% | 5.3% |
| Gross margin | 11.9% | 12.2% | 14.1% |
| Revenue per employee | £214k | £202k | £193k |
| Profit per employee | £8.1k | £7.9k | £10.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | |||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲1.9% | ▼12.5% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲4.5% | ▲19% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲7.8% | ▼8.2% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | |||
| Net assets | — | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2025 | Accounts · bulk data Jul 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 5.3%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 14.1%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £193k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £10.2k
- 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
- —
- Now —
- Cash at bank
- —
- Now —
- Headcount
- ▼8%
- Now 1,214
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Volkerwessels UK Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Volkerrail Group Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (7)
- Volkermatrix LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerrail LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerrail Plant LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerrail Power LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerrail Signalling LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerrail Specialist Businesses LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerrail Welding LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (5)
- Volkerstevin Holding LimitedRev. £274m · Profit £13.4m
- Morgenwonen LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerlaser Holdings (UK) LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Volkerwessels LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Woollensbrook Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 31 Dec 2025 (profit £12.4m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jul 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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