RCP Parking, the family-owned parking management company founded in 1994 by Shapoor Naghshineh and his brother, has been named a finalist in The Gerald Edelman Family Business of the Year Award at the Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards 2026.
Managing more than 60 sites across the UK, the business describes itself as an ethical disruptor, intent on proving that parking can be run with fairness and common sense.
The shortlisting recognises a company now in second-generation hands. Managing Director Sarah Naghshineh, Shapoor’s daughter, has professionalised the firm’s founding principles into a scalable corporate strategy, and the business says the accountability of having the family name above the door remains its defining difference. Finalists were announced in July 2026, with winners revealed at Grosvenor House, London, on 10 November 2026, at the ceremony staged by the Lloyds British Business Excellence Awards.
Treating car parks as high-value assets
RCP acts as a strategic partner to commercial landowners and major Real Estate Investment Trusts, protecting their brand reputation and driving destination footfall through entrepreneurial marketing. Its central argument is that car parks deserve to be managed as high-value assets, while motorists are treated with clarity, respect and common sense.
The company has embedded its BAAR values, Bold, Agile, Authentic and Respectful, throughout its operations. According to the business, these values underpin an industry-first charitable diversion scheme, which allows motorists to redirect penalty payments to local causes, and a self-funded urban rewilding project in Manchester.
A culture built on people
RCP employs 50 people and reports a 97 per cent Great Place to Work rating alongside a British Parking Association Wellbeing award. Its certification was renewed in February 2026, according to its listing with Great Place to Work UK. The company says it builds careers through structured training and mentorship rather than simply filling roles, developing talent internally from the ground up.
That commitment extends into the community. Through its collaboration with Smart Works, the business says it has contributed to helping thousands of women gain employment, evidence, it argues, that commercial scale and social purpose are not mutually exclusive.
Second-generation leadership
Sarah Naghshineh’s rise has been noted beyond the company. Family Business UK profiled her as one of its Ones to Watch in November 2024, recording that she joined the Norfolk-based firm in 2009 as a car park attendant before becoming a director in 2019. More on the company’s approach is set out on the RCP Parking website.
As the generational transition continues, RCP says its focus is on preserving a legacy of fairness and integrity while pursuing sustainable, future-focused growth, so that the principles which built the business continue to shape how it operates. The company now awaits the judges’ decision alongside its fellow finalists in the Family Business of the Year category.
