Buckland Rail Limited
Registered name: BUCKLAND RAIL LIMITED
Part of Buckland Group Limited groupBuckland Rail Limited made £39.4m revenue and £3.9m profit in the year to 30 Sep 2025.
Buckland Rail Limited’s revenue grew 41% to £39.4m in the year to 30 Sep 2025, with £3.9m profit and 202 employees. The company is classified under “manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock” and is based in Mansfield; we hold 2 years of its filed accounts.
- Status
- Active
- Location
- Mansfield, East Midlands
- Age
- 17 yrs · since 2008
- 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 | 30 Sep 2024 | 30 Sep 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Disclosure | Full P&L | Full P&L |
| Profit & loss | ||
| Revenue (turnover) | £28m | £39.4m |
| Cost of sales | −£19.8m | −£26.8m |
| Gross profit | £8.2m | £12.5m |
| Operating profit | £1.3m | £5.3m |
| Profit before tax | £1.2m | £5.2m |
| Profit after tax | £1.1m | £3.9m |
| Profit (best available) | £1.1m | £3.9m |
| Employees (average) | 191 | 202 |
| Ratios | ||
| Profit margin | 4.1% | 9.9% |
| Gross margin | 29.2% | 31.9% |
| Revenue per employee | £147k | £195k |
| Profit per employee | £6k | £19.2k |
| Growth (year on year) | ||
| Revenue growth | — | ▲40.6% |
| Profit growth | — | ▲239% |
| Headcount growth | — | ▲5.8% |
| Balance sheet — indirect signals, not revenue | ||
| Net assets | — | — |
| Source | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 | Accounts · bulk data Jun 2026 |
How the business works
- Profit margin
- 9.9%
- Profit ÷ revenue.
- Gross margin
- 31.9%
- Gross profit ÷ revenue. High for software and services.
- Revenue per employee
- £195k
- Revenue ÷ average employees.
- Profit per employee
- £19.2k
- 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
- ▲6%
- Now 202
- Deferred income
- —
- Now —
- Fixed assets
- —
- Now —
Group structure
Ownership chain
- Buckland Group Limitedultimate parent75–100%
- Portchester Equity Limited75–100%
- Buckland Rail Limitedthis company
Bands show the share of ownership each company holds in the one below it.
Subsidiaries (4)
- Buckland Rail Land Investments LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Davis Wagon Services LimitedFigures not disclosed
- W.H. Davis LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Yellow Rail LimitedFigures not disclosed
Sister companies (8)
- Alconex Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Arrow Industrial Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Brymor Group Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coldpress GB LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Coldpress Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Hi-Technology Holdings LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Peak Power LimitedFigures not disclosed
- Quvara Group LimitedFigures not disclosed
From the Persons with Significant Control register (corporate controllers only).
Sources
Latest figures from accounts for the year to 30 Sep 2025 (profit £3.9m), from the Companies House accounts bulk data published Jun 2026. Spotted an error? Request a correction.
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