Company registration number 08313939 (England and Wales)
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Annual report and financial statements
For the year ended 31 July 2025
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Company Information
Directors
Mr P T Gray
Mr D R Hughes
Mr M Lees
Mr M T Lees
Company number
08313939
Registered office
Ck Rail Efficiency Works
Burley Close
Chesterfield
Derbyshire
S40 2UB
Auditor
DJH Audit Limited
6th Floor, St George's House
56 Peter Street
Manchester
M2 3NQ
Accountants
Calculo Ltd
Eastworks
Gateway Court
Glasgow
G40 4DS
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Contents
Page
Strategic report
1 - 2
Directors' report
3 - 4
Independent auditor's report
5 - 7
Income statement
8
Statement of comprehensive income
9
Statement of financial position
10
Statement of changes in equity
11
Notes to the financial statements
12 - 24
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Strategic report
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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The Directors in preparing this strategic report for CK Rail Solutions Limited (‘the Company’), have complied with section 414c of the Companies Act 2006. The report and financial statements cover the year ended 31 July 2025.
Principal activities
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.
Business Review
Total turnover for the year was £25,958,416 (2024: £15,163,682), generating a gross profit of £7,048,890 (2024: £7,393,079). The loss after taxation was £1,208,731 (2024: £966,462 loss).
Turnover has increased by £10,794,734, driven by an increase in tender wins within the Network Rail control period across secured frameworks. Gross margins have declined in the year due to the costs associated with transitioning from a Tier 2 to Tier 1 contractor. Overheads have remained at a consistent level and the business has invested significantly in people to support business growth offset by a reclassification of hire to direct costs.
The Group’s financial performance for FY2025 was significantly impacted by the strategic transition from a predominantly Tier 2 contractor model to a Tier 1 contractor model. The transition required the Group to establish and resource new delivery teams and incur associated overhead costs ahead of the mobilisation of the relevant frameworks. These costs were incurred during the mobilisation period prior to anticipated revenue and margin contribution from the frameworks reaching expected levels.
The transition was planned and managed with due consideration of the Group’s cash flow requirements, with appropriate measures taken to ensure sufficient liquidity was maintained throughout the mobilisation period and to mitigate potential financial pressure.
As anticipated, the investment and additional overhead associated with the transition resulted in a loss for FY2025. This was a planned consequence of the Group’s strategy to establish the operational capacity required to support its Tier 1 framework portfolio. Following the mobilisation phase, revenue and margins are expected to improve with a return to profitability anticipated for FY2026.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Strategic report (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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Principal risks and uncertainties
The Company’s activities expose it to a number of financial and non-financial risks. These are monitored continuously by the Board and Senior Leadership Team in order to ensure mitigating actions and effective controls are in place to address these risks. The principal risks and uncertainties are outlined below.
Credit Risk
The Company is exposed to credit risk on its trade debtors with the risk of default by customers. This is managed through regular review of aged debt, and the application of director’s discretion when setting credit limits for customers.
Liquidity Risk
The Company is principally financed through equity, with limited external debt utilised for the acquisition of specific assets (such as vehicles for use by the Company). Liquidity risk is managed through regular reviews of forecast cashflows and management of the wider group’s funds across subsidiaries.
Regulatory Risk
The Company’s operations require it to maintain various regulatory accreditations in order to operate in specialist sectors. The loss of such accreditations could impair the Company’s ability to deliver projects and generate revenues. These compliance risks are managed through the use of specialist external consultants to advise of the compliance of processes, the recruitment of specialist experienced staff with designated responsibility for areas of regulatory importance and the adoption of clearly defined supplier due diligence policies and processes to ensure continued compliance with regulations.
Key performance indicators
Management reviews the level of turnover, gross profit (both of which are set out in the Income Statement) and EBITDA (2025: (£855,241 loss), 2024: (£249,577 loss)) throughout the financial year. The performance of individual projects is also monitored to ascertain the efficiency of delivery by project as well as by Framework.
Alternative performance measures are used alongside statutory measures to facilitate a better understanding of financial performance and comparison with prior periods. EBITDA excludes depreciation, exceptional costs and costs of a non-underlying nature. Costs of a non-underlying nature include expenditure incurred in relation to tenders for projects not won during year.
Mr M T Lees
Director
3 September 2026
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Directors' Report
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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The directors present their annual report and financial statements for the year ended 31 July 2025.
Dividends
Ordinary dividends were paid amounting to £1,931,500. The directors do not recommend payment of a final dividend.
Directors
The directors who held office during the year and up to the date of signature of the financial statements were as follows:
Mr P T Gray
Mr D R Hughes
Mr M Lees
Mr M T Lees
Auditor
DJH Audit Limited were appointed as auditor to the company and in accordance with section 485 of the Companies Act 2006, a resolution proposing that they be re-appointed will be put at a General Meeting.
Statement of directors' responsibilities
The directors are responsible for preparing the annual report and the financial statements in accordance with applicable law and regulations.
Company law requires the directors to prepare financial statements for each financial year. Under that law the directors have elected to prepare the financial statements in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice (United Kingdom Accounting Standards and applicable law). Under company law, the directors must not approve the financial statements unless they are satisfied that they give a true and fair view of the state of affairs of the company and of the profit or loss of the company for that period.
In preparing these financial statements, the directors are required to:
select suitable accounting policies and then apply them consistently;
make judgements and accounting estimates that are reasonable and prudent; and
prepare the financial statements on the going concern basis unless it is inappropriate to presume that the company will continue in business.
The directors are responsible for keeping adequate accounting records that are sufficient to show and explain the company’s transactions and disclose with reasonable accuracy at any time the financial position of the company and enable them to ensure that the financial statements comply with the Companies Act 2006. They are also responsible for safeguarding the assets of the company and hence for taking reasonable steps for the prevention and detection of fraud and other irregularities.
Statement of disclosure to auditor
So far as each person who was a director at the date of approving this report is aware, there is no relevant audit information of which the company’s auditor is unaware. Additionally, the directors individually have taken all the necessary steps that they ought to have taken as directors in order to make themselves aware of all relevant audit information and to establish that the company’s auditor is aware of that information.
Medium-sized companies exemption
This report has been prepared in accordance with the provisions applicable to companies entitled to the medium-sized companies exemption.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Directors' Report (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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On behalf of the board
Mr M T Lees
Director
3 September 2026
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Independent auditor's report
To the members of CK Rail Solutions Ltd
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Opinion
We have audited the financial statements of CK Rail Solutions Ltd (the 'company') for the year ended 31 July 2025 which comprise the income statement, the statement of comprehensive income, the statement of financial position, the statement of changes in equity and notes to the financial statements, including significant accounting policies. The financial reporting framework that has been applied in their preparation is applicable law and United Kingdom Accounting Standards, including Financial Reporting Standard 102 The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland (United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice).
In our opinion the financial statements:
give a true and fair view of the state of the company's affairs as at 31 July 2025 and of its loss for the year then ended;
have been properly prepared in accordance with United Kingdom Generally Accepted Accounting Practice; and
have been prepared in accordance with the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
We conducted our audit in accordance with International Standards on Auditing (UK) (ISAs (UK)) and applicable law. Our responsibilities under those standards are further described in the Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements section of our report. We are independent of the company in accordance with the ethical requirements that are relevant to our audit of the financial statements in the UK, including the FRC’s Ethical Standard, and we have fulfilled our other ethical responsibilities in accordance with these requirements. We believe that the audit evidence we have obtained is sufficient and appropriate to provide a basis for our opinion.
Conclusions relating to going concern
In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate.
Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.
Our responsibilities and the responsibilities of the directors with respect to going concern are described in the relevant sections of this report.
The other information comprises the information included in the annual report other than the financial statements and our auditor's report thereon. The directors are responsible for the other information contained within the annual report. Our opinion on the financial statements does not cover the other information and, except to the extent otherwise explicitly stated in our report, we do not express any form of assurance conclusion thereon. Our responsibility is to read the other information and, in doing so, consider whether the other information is materially inconsistent with the financial statements or our knowledge obtained in the course of the audit, or otherwise appears to be materially misstated. If we identify such material inconsistencies or apparent material misstatements, we are required to determine whether this gives rise to a material misstatement in the financial statements themselves. If, based on the work we have performed, we conclude that there is a material misstatement of this other information, we are required to report that fact.
We have nothing to report in this regard.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of CK Rail Solutions Ltd
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Opinions on other matters prescribed by the Companies Act 2006
In our opinion, based on the work undertaken in the course of our audit:
the information given in the strategic report and the directors' report for the financial year for which the financial statements are prepared is consistent with the financial statements; and
the strategic report and the directors' report have been prepared in accordance with applicable legal requirements.
Matters on which we are required to report by exception
In the light of the knowledge and understanding of the company and its environment obtained in the course of the audit, we have not identified material misstatements in the strategic report or the directors' report.
We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the Companies Act 2006 requires us to report to you if, in our opinion:
adequate accounting records have not been kept, or returns adequate for our audit have not been received from branches not visited by us; or
the financial statements are not in agreement with the accounting records and returns; or
certain disclosures of directors' remuneration specified by law are not made; or
we have not received all the information and explanations we require for our audit.
Responsibilities of directors
As explained more fully in the directors' responsibilities statement, the directors are responsible for the preparation of the financial statements and for being satisfied that they give a true and fair view, and for such internal control as the directors determine is necessary to enable the preparation of financial statements that are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error. In preparing the financial statements, the directors are responsible for assessing the company's ability to continue as a going concern, disclosing, as applicable, matters related to going concern and using the going concern basis of accounting unless the directors either intend to liquidate the company or to cease operations, or have no realistic alternative but to do so.
Auditor's responsibilities for the audit of the financial statements
Our objectives are to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements as a whole are free from material misstatement, whether due to fraud or error, and to issue an auditor's report that includes our opinion. Reasonable assurance is a high level of assurance but is not a guarantee that an audit conducted in accordance with ISAs (UK) will always detect a material misstatement when it exists. Misstatements can arise from fraud or error and are considered material if, individually or in the aggregate, they could reasonably be expected to influence the economic decisions of users taken on the basis of these financial statements.
The extent to which our procedures are capable of detecting irregularities, including fraud, is detailed below.
Our approach to identifying and assessing the risks of material misstatement in respect of irregularities, including fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations, was as follows:
- the engagement partner ensured that the engagement team collectively had the appropriate competence, capabilities and skills to identify or recognise non-compliance with applicable laws and regulations;
- we identified the laws and regulations applicable to the company through discussions with directors and other management;
- we focused on specific laws and regulations which we considered may have a direct material effect on the financial statements or the operations of the company, including legislation such as the Companies Act 2006, taxation legislation, data protection, employment, and health and safety legislation;
- we assessed the extent of compliance with the laws and regulations through making enquiries of management and reviewing legal and professional fee invoices.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Independent auditor's report (continued)
To the members of CK Rail Solutions Ltd
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We assessed the susceptibility of the company's financial statements to material misstatement, including obtaining an understanding of how fraud might occur, by:
- making enquiries of management as to where they considered there was susceptibility to fraud, their knowledge of actual, suspected and alleged fraud; and
- considering the internal controls in place to mitigate risks of fraud and non-compliance with laws and regulations.
To address the risk of fraud through management bias and override of controls, we:
- performed analytical procedures to identify any unusual or unexpected relationships;
- tested journal entries posted during the period and at the period end to identify unusual transactions;
- investigated the rationale behind significant or unusual transactions; and
- performed walkthrough tests on major transaction cycles.
In response to the risk of irregularities and non-compliance with laws and regulations, we designed procedures which included, but were not limited to:
- agreeing financial statement disclosures to underlying supporting documentation;
- enquiring of management as to actual and potential litigation and claims;
- reviewing correspondence with HMRC;
- reviewing legal and professional fees incurred during the period to identify any potential indications of non-compliance with laws and regulations.
There are inherent limitations in our audit procedures described above. The more removed that laws and regulations are from financial transactions, the less likely it is that we would become aware of non-compliance. Auditing standards also limit the audit procedures required to identify non-compliance with laws and regulations to enquiry of the directors and other management and the inspection of regulatory and legal correspondence, if any.
Material misstatements that arise due to fraud can be harder to detect than those that arise from error as they may involve deliberate concealment or collusion.
A further description of our responsibilities is available on the Financial Reporting Council’s website at: https://www.frc.org.uk/auditorsresponsibilities. This description forms part of our auditor's report.
Other matters which we are required to address
The financial statements of the company for the year ended 31 July 2024 were audited by another auditor who expressed an unmodified opinion on those financial statements at 6 September 2025.
This report is made solely to the company's members, as a body, in accordance with Chapter 3 of Part 16 of the Companies Act 2006. Our audit work has been undertaken so that we might state to the company's members those matters we are required to state to them in an auditor's report and for no other purpose. To the fullest extent permitted by law, we do not accept or assume responsibility to anyone other than the company and the company's members as a body, for our audit work, for this report, or for the opinions we have formed.
Joanne Beamish (Senior Statutory Auditor)
For and on behalf of DJH Audit Limited, Statutory Auditor
6th Floor, St George's House
56 Peter Street
Manchester
M2 3NQ
3 September 2026
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Income Statement
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Turnover
3
25,958,416
15,163,682
Cost of sales
(18,909,526)
(7,770,603)
Gross profit
7,048,890
7,393,079
Administrative expenses
(8,550,208)
(8,188,616)
Other operating income
106,945
Exceptional item
4
(361,440)
(576,747)
Operating loss
5
(1,755,813)
(1,372,284)
Interest receivable and similar income
7
213,339
Interest payable and similar expenses
8
(135,818)
(89,170)
Loss before taxation
(1,891,631)
(1,248,115)
Tax on loss
9
682,900
281,653
Loss for the financial year
(1,208,731)
(966,462)
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Statement of Comprehensive Income
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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2025
2024
£
£
Loss for the year
(1,208,731)
(966,462)
Other comprehensive income
-
-
Total comprehensive income for the year
(1,208,731)
(966,462)
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Statement Of Financial Position
As at 31 July 2025
31 July 2025
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2025
2024
Notes
£
£
£
£
Fixed assets
Tangible assets
11
2,071,682
853,643
Investments
12
6,030,000
6,030,000
8,101,682
6,883,643
Current assets
Debtors
14
7,569,235
8,465,787
Cash at bank and in hand
1,099,652
641,012
8,668,887
9,106,799
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
15
(7,026,600)
(3,906,178)
Net current assets
1,642,287
5,200,621
Total assets less current liabilities
9,743,969
12,084,264
Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
16
(1,483,449)
(683,513)
Net assets
8,260,520
11,400,751
Capital and reserves
Called up share capital
20
100
100
Profit and loss reserves
8,260,420
11,400,651
Total equity
8,260,520
11,400,751
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with the provisions relating to medium-sized companies.
The financial statements were approved by the board of directors and authorised for issue on 3 September 2026 and are signed on its behalf by:
Mr M T Lees
Director
Company registration number 08313939 (England and Wales)
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Statement of Changes in Equity
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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Share capital
Profit and loss reserves
Total
Notes
£
£
£
Balance at 1 August 2023
100
15,031,925
15,032,025
Year ended 31 July 2024:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(966,462)
(966,462)
Dividends
10
-
(2,664,812)
(2,664,812)
Balance at 31 July 2024
100
11,400,651
11,400,751
Year ended 31 July 2025:
Loss and total comprehensive income
-
(1,208,731)
(1,208,731)
Dividends
10
-
(1,931,500)
(1,931,500)
Balance at 31 July 2025
100
8,260,420
8,260,520
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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1
Accounting policies
Company information
CK Rail Solutions Ltd is a private company limited by shares incorporated in England and Wales. The registered office is Ck Rail Efficiency Works, Burley Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, S40 2UB.
1.1
Basis of preparation
These financial statements have been prepared in accordance with FRS 102 “The Financial Reporting Standard applicable in the UK and Republic of Ireland” (“FRS 102”) and the requirements of the Companies Act 2006.
The financial statements are prepared in sterling, which is the functional currency of the company. Monetary amounts in these financial statements are rounded to the nearest £.
The financial statements have been prepared under the historical cost convention. The principal accounting policies adopted are set out below.
This company is a qualifying entity for the purposes of FRS 102, being a member of a group where the parent of that group prepares publicly available consolidated financial statements, including this company, which are intended to give a true and fair view of the assets, liabilities, financial position and profit or loss of the group. The company has therefore taken advantage of exemptions from the following disclosure requirements:
Section 7 ‘Statement of Cash Flows’: Presentation of a statement of cash flow and related notes and disclosures;
Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instrument Issues: Interest income/expense and net gains/losses for financial instruments not measured at fair value; basis of determining fair values; details of collateral, loan defaults or breaches, details of hedges, hedging fair value changes recognised in profit or loss and in other comprehensive income;
Section 33 ‘Related Party Disclosures’: Compensation for key management personnel.
The financial statements of the company are consolidated in the financial statements of C King Holdings Ltd. These consolidated financial statements are available from its registered office, Ck Rail Efficiency Works, Burley Close, Chesterfield, Derbyshire, England, S40 2UB.
1.2
Going concern
Atruet the time of approving the financial statements, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.
The company has sufficient finance to control its cashflow and support its working capital requirements to enable future planned growth.
Having carried out a detailed review of the company's position and its forecasts to the date 12 months from the date of signing these financial statements, the directors consider the company to have adequate resources to meet its liabilities as they fall due.
1.3
Turnover
Turnover is measured at the fair value of the consideration received or receivable, excluding discounts, rebates, value added tax and other sales tax.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Construction contracts
The Company operates in the Rail sector, and the contract term depends on the nature and complexity of the project and the Company’s role on the project.
Following FRS 102, revenue is recognised as soon as the outcome of the project can be assessed with reasonable certainty. Project revenue and costs are recognised in the income statement in proportion to the stage completion of the project. The stage completion of the project is assessed by reference to surveys of work performed. The assessment of the total costs to be incurred requires a degree of estimation.
1.4
Tangible fixed assets
Tangible fixed assets are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost or valuation, net of depreciation and any impairment losses.
Depreciation is recognised so as to write off the cost or valuation of assets less their residual values over their useful lives on the following bases:
Plant and equipment
25% reducing balance
Fixtures and fittings
25% reducing balance
Computers
25% reducing balance
Motor vehicles
25% reducing balance
The gain or loss arising on the disposal of an asset is determined as the difference between the sale proceeds and the carrying value of the asset, and is credited or charged to profit or loss.
1.5
Fixed asset investments
Interests in subsidiaries, associates and jointly controlled entities are initially measured at cost and subsequently measured at cost less any accumulated impairment losses. The investments are assessed for impairment at each reporting date and any impairment losses or reversals of impairment losses are recognised immediately in profit or loss.
A subsidiary is an entity controlled by the company. Control is the power to govern the financial and operating policies of the entity so as to obtain benefits from its activities.
An associate is an entity, being neither a subsidiary nor a joint venture, in which the company holds a long-term interest and where the company has significant influence. The company considers that it has significant influence where it has the power to participate in the financial and operating decisions of the associate.
Entities in which the company has a long term interest and shares control under a contractual arrangement are classified as jointly controlled entities.
1.6
Impairment of fixed assets
At each reporting period end date, the company reviews the carrying amounts of its tangible assets to determine whether there is any indication that those assets have suffered an impairment loss. If any such indication exists, the recoverable amount of the asset is estimated in order to determine the extent of the impairment loss (if any). Where it is not possible to estimate the recoverable amount of an individual asset, the company estimates the recoverable amount of the cash-generating unit to which the asset belongs.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Recoverable amount is the higher of fair value less costs to sell and value in use. In assessing value in use, the estimated future cash flows are discounted to their present value using a pre-tax discount rate that reflects current market assessments of the time value of money and the risks specific to the asset for which the estimates of future cash flows have not been adjusted. If the recoverable amount of an asset (or cash-generating unit) is estimated to be less than its carrying amount, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is reduced to its recoverable amount. An impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation decrease.
Recognised impairment losses are reversed if, and only if, the reasons for the impairment loss have ceased to apply. Where an impairment loss subsequently reverses, the carrying amount of the asset (or cash-generating unit) is increased to the revised estimate of its recoverable amount, but so that the increased carrying amount does not exceed the carrying amount that would have been determined had no impairment loss been recognised for the asset (or cash-generating unit) in prior years. A reversal of an impairment loss is recognised immediately in profit or loss, unless the relevant asset is carried at a revalued amount, in which case the reversal of the impairment loss is treated as a revaluation increase.
1.7
Cash and cash equivalents
Cash and cash equivalents are basic financial assets and include cash in hand, deposits held at call with banks, other short-term liquid investments with original maturities of three months or less, and bank overdrafts. Bank overdrafts are shown within borrowings in current liabilities.
1.8
Financial instruments
The company has elected to apply the provisions of Section 11 ‘Basic Financial Instruments’ and Section 12 ‘Other Financial Instruments Issues’ of FRS 102 to all of its financial instruments.
Financial instruments are recognised in the company's statement of financial position when the company becomes party to the contractual provisions of the instrument.
Financial assets and liabilities are offset, with the net amounts presented in the financial statements, when there is a legally enforceable right to set off the recognised amounts and there is an intention to settle on a net basis or to realise the asset and settle the liability simultaneously.
Basic financial assets
Basic financial assets, which include debtors and cash and bank balances, are initially measured at transaction price including transaction costs and are subsequently carried at amortised cost using the effective interest method unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the transaction is measured at the present value of the future receipts discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial assets classified as receivable within one year are not amortised.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Impairment of financial assets
Financial assets, other than those held at fair value through profit and loss, are assessed for indicators of impairment at each reporting end date.
Financial assets are impaired where there is objective evidence that, as a result of one or more events that occurred after the initial recognition of the financial asset, the estimated future cash flows have been affected. If an asset is impaired, the impairment loss is the difference between the carrying amount and the present value of the estimated cash flows discounted at the asset’s original effective interest rate. The impairment loss is recognised in profit or loss.
If there is a decrease in the impairment loss arising from an event occurring after the impairment was recognised, the impairment is reversed. The reversal is such that the current carrying amount does not exceed what the carrying amount would have been, had the impairment not previously been recognised. The impairment reversal is recognised in profit or loss.
Derecognition of financial assets
Financial assets are derecognised only when the contractual rights to the cash flows from the asset expire or are settled, or when the company transfers the financial asset and substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to another entity, or if some significant risks and rewards of ownership are retained but control of the asset has transferred to another party that is able to sell the asset in its entirety to an unrelated third party.
Classification of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities and equity instruments are classified according to the substance of the contractual arrangements entered into. An equity instrument is any contract that evidences a residual interest in the assets of the company after deducting all of its liabilities.
Basic financial liabilities
Basic financial liabilities, including creditors, bank loans, loans from fellow group companies and preference shares that are classified as debt, are initially recognised at transaction price unless the arrangement constitutes a financing transaction, where the debt instrument is measured at the present value of the future payments discounted at a market rate of interest. Financial liabilities classified as payable within one year are not amortised.
Debt instruments are subsequently carried at amortised cost, using the effective interest rate method.
Trade creditors are obligations to pay for goods or services that have been acquired in the ordinary course of business from suppliers. Amounts payable are classified as current liabilities if payment is due within one year or less. If not, they are presented as non-current liabilities. Trade creditors are recognised initially at transaction price and subsequently measured at amortised cost using the effective interest method.
Derecognition of financial liabilities
Financial liabilities are derecognised when the company’s contractual obligations expire or are discharged or cancelled.
1.9
Equity instruments
Equity instruments issued by the company are recorded at the proceeds received, net of transaction costs. Dividends payable on equity instruments are recognised as liabilities once they are no longer at the discretion of the company.
1.10
Taxation
The tax expense represents the sum of the tax currently payable and deferred tax.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
1
Accounting policies
(Continued)
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Current tax
The tax currently payable is based on taxable profit for the year. Taxable profit differs from net profit as reported in the income statement because it excludes items of income or expense that are taxable or deductible in other years and it further excludes items that are never taxable or deductible. The company’s liability for current tax is calculated using tax rates that have been enacted or substantively enacted by the reporting end date.
Deferred tax
Deferred tax liabilities are generally recognised for all timing differences and deferred tax assets are recognised to the extent that it is probable that they will be recovered against the reversal of deferred tax liabilities or other future taxable profits. Such assets and liabilities are not recognised if the timing difference arises from goodwill or from the initial recognition of other assets and liabilities in a transaction that affects neither the tax profit nor the accounting profit.
The carrying amount of deferred tax assets is reviewed at each reporting end date and reduced to the extent that it is no longer probable that sufficient taxable profits will be available to allow all or part of the asset to be recovered. Deferred tax is calculated at the tax rates that are expected to apply in the period when the liability is settled or the asset is realised. Deferred tax is charged or credited in the income statement, except when it relates to items charged or credited directly to equity, in which case the deferred tax is also dealt with in equity. Deferred tax assets and liabilities are offset when the company has a legally enforceable right to offset current tax assets and liabilities and the deferred tax assets and liabilities relate to taxes levied by the same tax authority.
1.11
Retirement benefits
Payments to defined contribution retirement benefit schemes are charged as an expense as they fall due.
1.12
Leases
Leases are classified as finance leases whenever the terms of the lease transfer substantially all the risks and rewards of ownership to the lessees. All other leases are classified as operating leases.
Assets held under finance leases are recognised as assets at the lower of the assets fair value at the date of inception and the present value of the minimum lease payments. The related liability is included in the statement of financial position as a finance lease obligation. Lease payments are treated as consisting of capital and interest elements. The interest is charged to profit or loss so as to produce a constant periodic rate of interest on the remaining balance of the liability.
Rentals payable under operating leases, including any lease incentives received, are charged to profit or loss on a straight line basis over the term of the relevant lease except where another more systematic basis is more representative of the time pattern in which economic benefits from the leases asset are consumed.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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2
Judgements and key sources of estimation uncertainty
In the application of the company’s accounting policies, the directors are required to make judgements, estimates and assumptions about the carrying amount of assets and liabilities that are not readily apparent from other sources. The estimates and associated assumptions are based on historical experience and other factors that are considered to be relevant. Actual results may differ from these estimates.
The estimates and underlying assumptions are reviewed on an ongoing basis. Revisions to accounting estimates are recognised in the period in which the estimate is revised where the revision affects only that period, or in the period of the revision and future periods where the revision affects both current and future periods.
Critical judgements
The following judgements (apart from those involving estimates) have had the most significant effect on amounts recognised in the financial statements.
Valuations of projects
Management review each project ongoing at year end in order to obtain an estimated valuation of the work completed to date and subsequently the profit to recognise. Management recognise profit on projects once the outcome can be measured with reasonable certainty.
3
Turnover
2025
2024
£
£
Turnover analysed by class of business
Rail consultancy and civil engineering
25,958,416
15,163,682
4
Exceptional item
2025
2024
£
£
Expenditure
Bad debts
361,440
576,747
Exceptional items relate to the write off of an irrecoverable balance with a related company.
5
Operating loss
2025
2024
Operating loss for the year is stated after charging:
£
£
Exceptional bid costs
138,057
Fees payable to the company's auditor for the audit of the company's financial statements
16,000
8,000
Depreciation of tangible fixed assets
401,075
332,621
Loss on disposal of tangible fixed assets
109,806
155,701
Operating lease charges
97,184
119,437
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
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6
Employees
The average monthly number of persons (including directors) employed by the company during the year was:
2025
2024
Number
Number
Operational
41
29
Administrative
24
15
Total
65
44
Their aggregate remuneration comprised:
2025
2024
£
£
Wages and salaries
4,274,828
2,736,727
Social security costs
527,255
321,468
Pension costs
78,458
47,108
4,880,541
3,105,303
7
Interest receivable and similar income
2025
2024
£
£
Income from fixed asset investments
Income from other fixed asset investments
213,339
8
Interest payable and similar expenses
2025
2024
£
£
Interest on finance leases and hire purchase contracts
129,610
89,170
Other interest
6,208
135,818
89,170
9
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
Adjustments in respect of prior periods
117,418
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
9
Taxation
2025
2024
£
£
Current tax
(Continued)
- 19 -
Deferred tax
Origination and reversal of timing differences
(682,900)
(399,071)
Total tax credit
(682,900)
(281,653)
The actual credit for the year can be reconciled to the expected credit for the year based on the profit or loss and the standard rate of tax as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Loss before taxation
(1,891,631)
(1,248,115)
Expected tax credit based on the standard rate of corporation tax in the UK of 25% (2024: 25%)
(472,908)
(312,029)
Effects of:
Expenses that are not deductible in determining taxable profit
98,756
5,034
Income not taxable in determining taxable profit
(26,010)
(53,335)
Unutilised tax losses carried forward
248,743
Change in unrecognised deferred tax assets
(25,660)
Adjustments in respect of prior years
117,418
Group relief
144,187
Permanent capital allowances in excess of depreciation
(257,078)
(431,671)
Taxation credit in the financial statements
(682,900)
(281,653)
10
Dividends
2025
2024
£
£
Interim paid
1,931,500
2,664,812
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
- 20 -
11
Tangible fixed assets
Plant and equipment
Fixtures and fittings
Computers
Motor vehicles
Total
£
£
£
£
£
Cost
At 1 August 2024
778,518
28,624
575,735
1,382,877
Additions
428,527
13,899
1,273,882
1,716,308
Disposals
(151,691)
(73,763)
(225,454)
At 31 July 2025
1,055,354
13,899
28,624
1,775,854
2,873,731
Depreciation and impairment
At 1 August 2024
396,574
17,829
114,831
529,234
Depreciation charged in the year
156,448
2,921
2,699
239,007
401,075
Eliminated in respect of disposals
(87,530)
(40,730)
(128,260)
At 31 July 2025
465,492
2,921
20,528
313,108
802,049
Carrying amount
At 31 July 2025
589,862
10,978
8,096
1,462,746
2,071,682
At 31 July 2024
381,944
10,795
460,904
853,643
Included within tangible fixed assets are assets held under finance leases or hire purchase contracts, as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Plant and equipment
396,039
89,469
Motor vehicles
1,462,746
460,904
1,858,785
550,373
12
Fixed asset investments
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Investments in subsidiaries
13
6,030,000
6,030,000
13
Subsidiaries
Details of the company's subsidiaries at 31 July 2025 are as follows:
Name of undertaking
Registered office
Class of
% Held
shares held
Direct
T.G. Beighton Limited
United Kingdom
Ordinary
100.00
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
- 21 -
14
Debtors
2025
2024
Amounts falling due within one year:
Notes
£
£
Trade debtors
294,987
764,574
Corporation tax recoverable
91,505
91,604
Amounts owed by group undertakings
1,943,132
4,857,787
Other debtors
890,153
895,384
Prepayments and accrued income
3,599,458
1,635,811
6,819,235
8,245,160
Deferred tax asset
18
750,000
67,100
7,569,235
8,312,260
2025
2024
Amounts falling due after more than one year:
£
£
Other debtors
153,527
Total debtors
7,569,235
8,465,787
15
Creditors: amounts falling due within one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
17
685,430
227,838
Trade creditors
1,596,817
1,499,629
Amounts owed to group undertakings
1,529,431
Taxation and social security
1,640,562
151,138
Other creditors
28,353
72,706
Accruals and deferred income
3,075,438
425,436
7,026,600
3,906,178
Finance leases of £685,430 (2024: £227,838) disclosed under creditors falling due within one year are secured over the assets to which they relate.
The company has access to a credit facility and a charge dated on 30 May 2025 was raised over all current and future property.
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
- 22 -
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Creditors: amounts falling due after more than one year
2025
2024
Notes
£
£
Obligations under finance leases
17
1,483,449
683,513
Finance leases are secured against the assets to which they relate.
17
Finance lease obligations
2025
2024
Amounts due:
£
£
Within one year
685,430
227,838
After more than one year
1,483,449
683,513
2,168,879
911,351
2025
2024
Future minimum lease payments due:
£
£
Within one year
685,430
227,838
In two to five years
1,483,449
683,513
2,168,879
911,351
The hire purchases are secured against the assets to which they relate. They are repayable by monthly instalments with interest being charged monthly.
18
Deferred taxation
The following are the major deferred tax liabilities and assets recognised by the company:
Assets
Assets
2025
2024
Balances:
£
£
Tax losses
750,000
67,100
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
18
Deferred taxation
(Continued)
- 23 -
2025
Movements in the year:
£
Asset at 1 August 2024
(67,100)
Credit to income statement
(682,900)
Asset at 31 July 2025
(750,000)
19
Retirement benefit schemes
2025
2024
Defined contribution schemes
£
£
Charge to income statement in respect of defined contribution schemes
78,458
47,108
The company operates a defined contribution pension scheme for all qualifying employees. The assets of the scheme are held separately from those of the company in an independently administered fund.
20
Share capital
2025
2024
2025
2024
Ordinary share capital
Number
Number
£
£
Issued and fully paid
Ordinary shares of £1 each
100
100
100
100
21
Operating lease commitments
As lessee
At the reporting end date the company had outstanding commitments for future minimum lease payments under non-cancellable operating leases, which fall due as follows:
2025
2024
£
£
Within 1 year
309,543
104,500
Years 2-5
811,436
355,700
1,120,979
460,200
CK Rail Solutions Ltd
Notes to the financial statements (continued)
For the year ended 31 July 2025
- 24 -
22
Related party transactions
The following companies are related parties as they are under control of one or all of the directors:
Face Structures Ltd
As at 31 July 2025 amounts due from the related party amounted to £241,666 (2024: £226,682).
Elmec Solutions Ltd
As at 31 July 2025 amounts due from the related party amounted to £nil (2024: £3,653,413).
Turnoaks Estates Ltd
As at 31 July 2025 amounts due from the related party amounted to £472,726 (2024: £469,794).
CK Consulting & Geotechnical Ltd
As at 31 July 2025 amounts due from the related party amounted to £nil (2024: £361,440).
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Ultimate controlling party
As at 31 July 2025, the company's immediate parent was C King Holdings Ltd, a company which is incorporated in the UK.
The smallest group in which the results of this company are consolidated is that headed by C King Holdings Ltd.
The company's ultimate parent is CK EOT Trustee Limited, a company incorporated in the UK, which is the parent of the largest group in which the results of the company are consolidated.
The financial statements of both C King Holdings Ltd and CK EOT Trustee Limited can be obtained from Companies House or from the respective registered offices.
The directors do not consider there to be an ultimate controlling party.
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