Who owns UK companies in Freight rail transport?
124 of the 673 companies registered under SIC 49200 (Freight rail transport) filed a list of shareholders with their most recent confirmation statement. Between them, those lists name 414 individual shareholders and 95 companies, trusts and other entities.
In this industry:
- 17% file dormant-company accounts, compared with 10% of all UK companies.
- 31% are majority-owned by another company (among companies with one class of shares), compared with 22% of all UK companies.
- 38% have at least one company among their shareholders, compared with 33% of all UK companies.
How companies in this industry are owned
| Share of companies | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Single shareholder | 26% | 23% |
| 2 to 5 shareholders | 67% | 68% |
| 6 or more shareholders | 7.3% | 9.6% |
| Owned only by individuals | 61% | 66% |
| At least one company shareholder | 38% | 33% |
| Majority-owned by a company* | 31% | 22% |
| Largest shareholder holds 50% or more* | 92% | 88% |
| Largest shareholder holds 75% or more* | 58% | 60% |
| A non-UK entity among shareholders | 4.8% | 2.2% |
| A trust, fund or pension scheme among shareholders | 0.8% | 1.8% |
| A nominee among shareholders | 0.0% | 0.7% |
* Among the 36 companies in this industry that have a single class of shares and state the number of shares allotted, where a holding's share of the company can be read directly from the filing. A dash means fewer than 30 companies, too few to report.
Company size and age
The median company in this industry was incorporated 5.9 years ago (all UK companies: 8.5 years).
| Latest accounts filed | This industry | All UK companies |
|---|---|---|
| Full, group or medium-sized accounts | 8.9% | 8.2% |
| Small-company accounts | 37% | 40% |
| Micro-entity accounts | 34% | 38% |
| Dormant-company accounts | 17% | 10% |
| No accounts filed yet, or other | 3.2% | 4.3% |
Related industries
- Freight transport by road SIC 49410 · 11,010 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
- Taxi operation SIC 49320 · 3,564 companies · 10% majority-owned by a company
- Other passenger land transport SIC 49390 · 2,017 companies · 18% majority-owned by a company
- Removal services SIC 49420 · 1,277 companies · 11% majority-owned by a company
- Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar) SIC 49319 · 270 companies · 49% majority-owned by a company
- Passenger rail transport, interurban SIC 49100 · 168 companies · 37% majority-owned by a company
- Urban and suburban passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems SIC 49311 · 35 companies
- Transport via pipeline SIC 49500 · 24 companies
Corporate shareholders in this industry
All 94 companies and other entities named as shareholders on the latest confirmation statements of companies under SIC 49200, ranked by how many of those companies they hold shares in. 3 of them hold shares in more than one company in this industry. Trusts and individuals are not named.
| # | Shareholder | Type | Companies House no. | Companies held in this industry |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | ECO2HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 14687216 | 2 |
| 2 | JAMES DUNCAN | UK company | 07796919 | 2 |
| 3 | RAILADVENTURE GMBH | Non-UK entity | — | 2 |
| 4 | A HIGGINS | UK company | 12186215 | 1 |
| 5 | ADVANCED RAIL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED | UK company | 05142220 | 1 |
| 6 | ANDREW BENNETT | UK company | 11560104 | 1 |
| 7 | ANDREW WALLIS | UK company | 08684743 | 1 |
| 8 | ANDREW WILKINSON | UK company | 14771841 | 1 |
| 9 | ARMAJARO FUTURE LTD | UK company | 14861454 | 1 |
| 10 | ATTREMO COMMERCE INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 11 | AVASK GLOBAL COMPLIANCE LTD | UK company | 08334523 | 1 |
| 12 | BORROUGHS LTD. | UK company | 04324105 | 1 |
| 13 | BRIAN THOMPSON | UK company | NI013363 | 1 |
| 14 | BRITISH AMERICAN RAILWAY SERVICES LTD | UK company | 06641019 | 1 |
| 15 | C SMITH | UK company | 11513343 | 1 |
| 16 | CARGOSOL LOGISTICS LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 17 | CPCS TRANSCOM LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 18 | DAVID FRY | UK company | 11093253 | 1 |
| 19 | DAVID TAYLOR | UK company | 04725411 | 1 |
| 20 | DAVID THOMAS | UK company | 06862866 | 1 |
| 21 | DAVID WILKINSON | UK company | 09402190 | 1 |
| 22 | DB CARGO (UK) HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 03116322 | 1 |
| 23 | DECENT SHIPPING PRIVATE LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 24 | DOUGLAS YOUNG | UK company | 03105491 | 1 |
| 25 | EAGLE INTERNATIONAL LOGISTICS LTD | UK company | 13042931 | 1 |
| 26 | EL'FADS HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 13246268 | 1 |
| 27 | ELSTOW INVESTMENTS LTD | UK company | 08072101 | 1 |
| 28 | FORTO LOGISTICS SE & CO. KG. | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 29 | FOSTER YEOMAN LIMITED | UK company | 00192994 | 1 |
| 30 | FREIGHTLINER GROUP LIMITED | UK company | 05313119 | 1 |
| 31 | G&W UK FINANCE LIMITED | UK company | 14617808 | 1 |
| 32 | GACELA HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 15763849 | 1 |
| 33 | GARETH PRICE | UK company | 08008942 | 1 |
| 34 | GEOLINE OVERSEAS LTD | Company | — | 1 |
| 35 | GRAHAM SCOTT | UK company | 14212715 | 1 |
| 36 | HANSON QUARRY PRODUCTS VENTURES LIMITED | UK company | 02448835 | 1 |
| 37 | HECNY FORWARDING LIMITED | UK company | 02725719 | 1 |
| 38 | J DUNCAN | UK company | SC780725 | 1 |
| 39 | J GILMORE | UK company | NI731013 | 1 |
| 40 | JAMES COX | UK company | 06054574 | 1 |
| 41 | JOHN NASH | UK company | 11991497 | 1 |
| 42 | M ALDEN | UK company | 11672272 | 1 |
| 43 | M ROBINSON | UK company | 04316170 | 1 |
| 44 | MANAGEMENT CONSORTIUM BID LIMITED | UK company | 02957951 | 1 |
| 45 | MARK BIRD | UK company | 11114548 | 1 |
| 46 | MARK TAYLOR | UK company | 14150582 | 1 |
| 47 | MARTIN ASHWORTH | UK company | 09641128 | 1 |
| 48 | MARTIN SHAW | UK company | 05315564 | 1 |
| 49 | MATT SMITH | UK company | 13393724 | 1 |
| 50 | MBPC INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED | UK company | 07845469 | 1 |
| 51 | MEALEN HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 16235969 | 1 |
| 52 | MELA HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 14646835 | 1 |
| 53 | MUHAMMAD AMJAD | UK company | 16620479 | 1 |
| 54 | MUHAMMAD USMAN | UK company | 16373945 | 1 |
| 55 | NEELE-VAT SG HOLDING BV | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 56 | NUBIA HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 13735489 | 1 |
| 57 | OBCON SOLUTIONS LIMITED | UK company | 07347818 | 1 |
| 58 | OLD MACDONALD MARITIME INC | Company | — | 1 |
| 59 | P KOCH | UK company | 10955155 | 1 |
| 60 | PATRICK TAYLOR | UK company | 14594103 | 1 |
| 61 | PAUL ANDREWS | UK company | 03755742 | 1 |
| 62 | PAUL SMITH | UK company | 01170719 | 1 |
| 63 | PAUL UNDERWOOD | UK company | 09606262 | 1 |
| 64 | PORTRAIL GROUP HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 12838886 | 1 |
| 65 | PROVISO HOLDINGS LIMITED | UK company | 12586045 | 1 |
| 66 | PUSHING INVESTMENTS LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 67 | RAILINVEST ACQUISITIONS LIMITED | UK company | 06522985 | 1 |
| 68 | RAILTEX, INC. | Company | — | 1 |
| 69 | RAINBOW TRADE LTD | UK company | 06767979 | 1 |
| 70 | RIBBLE STEAM RAILWAY LTD | UK company | 01112380 | 1 |
| 71 | RICHARD JOHNSON | UK company | 16125422 | 1 |
| 72 | RICHARD WEBB | UK company | 06793200 | 1 |
| 73 | ROBERT BARLOW | UK company | 08463739 | 1 |
| 74 | ROYSTON INDUSTRIES LIMITED | UK company | 03321347 | 1 |
| 75 | RYAN DAVIES | UK company | 08455345 | 1 |
| 76 | S CLARKE | UK company | 15445590 | 1 |
| 77 | S DRAPER | UK company | 08208783 | 1 |
| 78 | S WAINWRIGHT | UK company | 15032311 | 1 |
| 79 | SCOTT CAMERON | UK company | 09609097 | 1 |
| 80 | STEPHEN WHITE | UK company | 04616665 | 1 |
| 81 | SWIFTIFY LLC | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 82 | SYDENHAM ENTERPRISES LIMITED | Company | — | 1 |
| 83 | TASIT TRANSPORT & FORWARDING LIMITED | UK company | 01381299 | 1 |
| 84 | THE EGYPTIAN COMPANY FOR CUSTOMS CLEARANCE | Company | — | 1 |
| 85 | THOMAS LEE | UK company | 16312492 | 1 |
| 86 | TIM COTTLE | UK company | 04854471 | 1 |
| 87 | TIM JONES | UK company | 04867571 | 1 |
| 88 | UK HOLDINGS LP) | Company | — | 1 |
| 89 | W & D MCCULLOCH (HOLDINGS) LTD. | UK company | SC470531 | 1 |
| 90 | WAYNE THOMPSON | UK company | 09246482 | 1 |
| 91 | WFIC LIMITED | UK company | 12220108 | 1 |
| 92 | WUNDERBERGE INTERNATIONAL TRADING & CONSULTING GMBH | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 93 | YBANK HOLDINGS BV | Non-UK entity | — | 1 |
| 94 | ZJB HOLDINGS LTD | UK company | 14731708 | 1 |
About this data
Figures come from the shareholder lists in each company's most recent Companies House confirmation statement (form CS01) that contained one, filed between 4 March 2021 and 19 May 2026. They are as filed and are not restated for later share transfers. Shares held in treasury are excluded. Shareholders are classed as individuals, companies, non-UK entities, trusts or nominees from the names as filed.
Every company's own shareholder register, officers, filings and accounts are available through the OpenRegistry API and MCP server, live from Companies House.