Metrolink Ratp Dev Limited
Registered name: METROLINK RATP DEV LIMITED
Part of Ratp Dev UK Ltd groupMetrolink Ratp Dev Limited made £56k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023 (revenue not disclosed).
Metrolink Ratp Dev Limited reported £56k profit in the year to 31 Dec 2023, up 65% on the year before; its revenue was not disclosed. It had 0 employees. The company is classified under “other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)” and is based in Guildford; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Guildford, South East
- Age
- 21 yrs · since 2005
- 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
This company published its profit but not its turnover, so revenue and margins are not disclosed. We never estimate them.
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Profit only | Profit only |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | — | — |
| Profit before tax | £34k | £56k |
| Profit (best available) | £34k | £56k |
| Employees (average) | — | 0 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | — | — |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Profit growth | — | ▲64.7% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Cash at bank | £113k | £30k |
| Net assets | £1.6m | £1.6m |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 | Accounts · bulk data Sep 2024 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- —
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- —
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- —
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- —
- 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
- ▲4%
- Now £1.6m
- Cash at bank
- ▼73%
- Now £30k
- Headcount
- —
- Now 0
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Ratp Dev UK Ltdultimate parent75–100%
- Metrolink Ratp Dev Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Sister companies (3)
- London United Busways Trustee Company NO.3 LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quality Line Transport LimitedRev. — · Profit £62k
- RDGS (Ratp Dev Global Sightseeing) LimitedFigures not disclosed
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 2023 (profit £56k), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Sep 2024. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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