CK RAIL SOLUTIONS LTD
Company number 08313939 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
CK Rail Solutions Ltd is experiencing significant growing pains as it transitions to a Tier 1 contractor, resulting in a £1.2M loss and squeezed margins despite a 71% surge in revenue. The most critical concern is the extraction of nearly £2M in dividends during this loss-making period, which has depleted the company's historical reserves and weakened its balance sheet. While the long-term strategy may yield healthier margins, the business must immediately retain its cash and strictly control costs to survive this vulnerable transition phase.
Shareholders' funds
£8,260,520
Balance sheet as at 2025-07-31
What it does
The principal activities of the Company are the provision of services to the rail industry including engineering, construction and infrastructure maintenance services. Services include rail engineering works, planned and reactive maintenance, vegetation management, plant hire and the delivery of associated construction projects. The Company undertakes work directly for infrastructure owners and principal contractors and operates across a number of geographical regions in England.
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2012-11-30
- Employees
- 65 (2025 accounts · was 44 in 2024)
- Registered office
- Ck Rail Efficiency Works, Burley Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, S40 2UB
- Postcode
- S40 2UB
- Capital
- 100 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 0 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-07-31
- Next due by
- 2027-04-30
- Financial year end
- 31 July
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2025-11-30
- Next due by
- 2026-12-14
Nature of business (SIC)
- 49100 Passenger rail transport, interurban
Officers 4 current · 4 resigned
Group structure 2 subsidiaries
Controlled by C KING HOLDINGS LTD — since 2020-03-23
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — ZA651026 (Tier 1), registered since 2020.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- catenaryking.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| CATENARY KING LIMITED | 2020-11-06 |
| GLOBAL RAIL CONSULTING LTD | 2014-11-19 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| T G BEIGHTON LTD MCGREGORS WAY, TURNOAKS BUSINESS PARK, CHESTERFIELD, DERBYSHIRE, S40 2WB, ENGLAND | 2020-02-05 |
| GLOUCESTER HOUSE 399 SILBURY BOULEVARD, MILTON KEYNES, BUCKINGHAMSHIRE, MK9 2AH | 2016-11-14 |
| TEES INFRASTRUCTURE BUILDING STAPYLTON STREET, BOLCKOW INDUSTRIAL ESTATE, MIDDLESBROUGH, CLEVELAND, TS6 7BJ, ENGLAND | 2015-10-07 |
| CENTRE COURT 1301 STRATFORD ROAD, BIRMINGHAM, WEST MIDLANDS, B28 9HH | 2015-04-09 |
Among its peers
Top 1%
by shareholders' funds, of 1,004 similar companies in S — measured against the wider sector
Among the biggest employers among its local peers (65 staff).
Among the oldest 25% of its local peers, trading since 2012.
The class of 2012
21%
of the 492,229 companies incorporated in 2012 are still active today; 76% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Freehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2022-11-29
- Where
- Derbyshire
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DY262317 | Derbyshire | Freehold | 2022-11-29 | — |
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