VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED
ActiveKey figures
† VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED filed these accounts on paper, so Companies House publishes them only as a scanned image. The figures for the years marked † were read automatically from the scan and kept only where the statements add up (for example net assets equal total equity), but a reading error is still possible — check the original accounts at Companies House.
Ratios
2025Sector comparison
SIC 42120Where the company stands among the 2,154 active companies whose first SIC code is 42120 (Construction of railways and underground railways).
- AMEY RAIL LIMITED£135.7m
- COLAS RAIL LIMITED£98.5m
- VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED£31m
- SWIETELSKY CONSTRUCTION COMPANY LTD£13.6m
- CONSTRUCTION MARINE LIMITED£13.1m
- POD-TRAK LIMITED£12.9m
- JSS RAIL LIMITED£9.5m
- LAND RECOVERY RAIL LIMITED£9m
- VOLKERRAIL LIMITED£8.3m
- CLOSE BROTHERS RAIL LIMITED£6.6m
Positions are approximate. Figures come from each company's latest accounts; money and employee figures are compared only with companies that filed accounts in pounds for a period ending in the last two and a half years and are not dormant, so those groups are smaller than 2,154. The line on each bar marks the median.
Summary: VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED
What kind of company is it?
VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED is a private limited company registered with Companies House under company number 04197945. It was incorporated on 10 Apr 2001. Its status is active. The registered office is in Hoddesdon (EN11). Its nature of business (SIC 2007) is construction of railways and underground railways (42120).
How is the company doing financially?
The latest accounts in the database are for 2025 (period ending 31 Dec 2025); the company files full accounts. Turnover was £141,600,000. Profit for the year was £10,293,000. Net assets were £30,986,000, up 14.4% on the previous year. Cash at bank and in hand was £25,430,000. Total assets were £79,932,000 and total liabilities £48,946,000. The company had an average of 687 employees. Figures are available for 2 financial years (2024–2025).
How does it compare with similar companies?
Compared with 2,154 active companies whose first SIC code is 42120: By turnover it ranks higher than 85% of the 40 that publish turnover (median £71,555). By net assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £5,387). By total assets it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £17,873). By cash it ranks higher than 99% of them (median £5,589). By number of employees it ranks higher than 99% of them (median 1). It is older than 98% of them (median age 7.3 years).
Does it supply the public sector?
The company is named as a supplier in 7 public contract award notices from 5 public sector buyers since 2017. Contracts awarded to it alone have a combined published value of £31.2m. Its most frequent buyer is Transport for London (3 contracts). 3 of the awards are shared with other suppliers, typically framework agreements.
What do public registers and reports show?
HMRC lists it as an importer of goods, mainly railway equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery. In its latest payment practices report it took an average of 28 days to pay suppliers, and 1% of invoices were not paid within agreed terms. Its gender pay gap report for 2025/26 shows median hourly pay for women 25.1% lower than for men. It has modern slavery statements on the government registry for 5 years.
Who runs and controls the company?
One person with significant control is registered.
When are its next filings due?
The next accounts are due by 30 Sep 2027. The next confirmation statement is due by 24 Apr 2027.
Filed accounts2024–2025
| 2024 † | 2025 † | |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | 165,386,000 | 141,600,000 |
| Profit for the year | 6,440,000 | 10,293,000 |
| Cash at bank and in hand | 24,953,000 | 25,430,000 |
| Total assets | 81,031,000 | 79,932,000 |
| Total liabilities | 53,938,000 | 48,946,000 |
| Net assets / total equity | 27,093,000 | 30,986,000 |
| Average number of employees | 740 | 687 |
A dash (—) means no accounts were filed for that year or the item is not in the accounts; 0 is a zero stated in the accounts. Small companies usually file only a balance sheet, so the profit and loss account is often missing.
Public contracts
7 contractsVOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITED is named as a supplier in 7 public contract award notices from 5 public sector buyers since 2017. The 4 contracts awarded to it alone with a published value add up to £31.2m. 3 awards are shared with other suppliers and not counted in that total.
- Transport for London
- 3 contracts · £17.6m
- Tyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus
- 1 contract · £13.6m
- ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS
- 1 contract
- Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd
- 1 contract
- YPO
- 1 contract
- NEX25/55 Airport Route UpgradeTyne and Wear Passenger Transport Executive T/A Nexus · £13,566,283 · runs until Mar 2028
- National Framework for Civil Engineering, Infrastructure and Enabling Works 2026‡YPO · shared by 109 suppliers · runs until Sep 2030
- Rail Track Inspections and Minor Maintenance‡ASSOCIATED BRITISH PORTS · shared by 2 suppliers · runs until Jul 2029
- Specialist Track Labour Framework‡Transport for London · £12,372,000
- #35080 - Provision of Tamper and Regulator Services‡Network Rail Infrastructure Ltd · shared by 4 suppliers, up to £1,110,004,113 in total
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- Embedded Rail Replacement Term contract‡Transport for London · £5,000,000
- Remedial Works at Sandilands‡Transport for London · £250,000
From contract award notices on Contracts Finder (since 2016) and Find a Tender (since 2021), published by the Cabinet Office under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Values are as published by the buyer and usually cover the whole contract term; the total leaves out awards shared between several suppliers, where the published figure is a ceiling for all of them, placeholder values and single figures of £1 billion or more. Notices marked ‡ do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name. Contracts below the publication thresholds and those of devolved buyers that publish elsewhere are not included.
Statutory reporting
- Average time taken to pay invoices
- 28 days
- Invoices not paid within agreed terms
- 1%
- Standard payment terms
- 28–60 days
- Within 30 days 62%
- 31 to 60 days 37%
- After 60 days 1%
Earlier periods (7)
- Period ending
- Days to pay
- Within 30 days
- Late
- 31 Dec 2025
- 27
- 68%
- 1%
- 30 Jun 2025
- 29
- 61%
- 1%
- 31 Dec 2024
- 29
- 57%
- 1%
- 30 Jun 2024
- 27
- 69%
- 1%
- 31 Dec 2023
- 29
- 61%
- 0%
- 30 Jun 2023
- 27
- 65%
- 0%
- 31 Dec 2022
- 28
- 59%
- 0%
- Median hourly pay
- women 25.1% lower
- Mean hourly pay
- women 19.7% lower
- Median bonus pay
- women 45.6% lower
- Employer size
- 500 to 999 employees
Earlier years (8)
- Year
- Median hourly pay
- Mean hourly pay
- 2024/25
- women 27.6% lower
- women 20.2% lower
- 2023/24
- women 27.2% lower
- women 23.1% lower
- 2022/23
- women 21.7% lower
- women 23.9% lower
- 2021/22
- women 28.6% lower
- women 26.5% lower
- 2020/21
- women 34.2% lower
- women 29.5% lower
- 2019/20
- women 34.3% lower
- women 32.2% lower
- 2018/19
- women 33.5% lower
- women 32% lower
- 2017/18
- women 39.4% lower
- women 34.4% lower
A positive gap means women's average hourly pay is lower than men's across the whole employer; it is not a comparison of pay for the same work. View on the Gender pay gap service
- 2025
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED)
- 2024
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED)
- 2023
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED)
Earlier years (2)
- 2022
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED)
- 2020
- Statement · summary on GOV.UK · group statement (VOLKERWESSELS UK LIMITED)
Figures the company reported itself to the government's Check payment practices service, Gender pay gap service and Modern slavery statement registry (Open Government Licence v3.0). Only large companies and employers with 250 or more staff have to report, so most companies have nothing here.
Registers and licences
Listed by HMRC as an importer of goods in 6 of the last 12 months on record, most recently August 2026. Main goods: railway equipment, optical, medical and measuring instruments, machinery and electrical equipment.
From HMRC's monthly lists of importers and exporters. Traders can ask to be left off the lists, so absence does not mean a company does not trade.
Sources: Charity Commission for England and Wales, Care Quality Commission, Home Office and HM Revenue & Customs, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Entries marked ‡ come from lists that do not state a company number and were linked by an exact match on the registered name.
History
6 events- Financial year 2025 endedAccounts: turnover £141.6m, net assets £31m, 687 employees
- Financial year 2024 endedAccounts: turnover £165.4m, net assets £27.1m, 740 employees
- Volkerrail Group Limited registered as a person with significant control
- Name changed to VOLKERRAIL SPECIALIST BUSINESSES LIMITEDPreviously VOLKERRAIL PLANT LIMITED
- Name changed to VOLKERRAIL PLANT LIMITEDPreviously GRANTPLANT LIMITED
- Company incorporatedPrivate limited company
Dates as recorded at Companies House: incorporation, name changes, officer appointments and resignations, current persons with significant control, and the end of each financial year with figures in the database. Former persons with significant control are not listed.