SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY TRUST
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Cash
£18k
-84% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£3.2m
+5.9% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
—
Average over period
Profit before tax
£180k
+222.6% highest in 3 filed years
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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3 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £103,204 | £94,330 | £332,559 | +252.5% | |
| Operating profit | -£99,555 | -£100,386 | £190,906 | +290.2% | |
| Profit before tax | -£138,076 | -£147,039 | £180,314 | +222.6% | |
| Net profit | -£138,076 | -£147,039 | £180,314 | +222.6% | |
| Cash | £375,190 | £114,536 | £18,324 | -84% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £3,608,307 | £3,324,819 | £3,396,595 | +2.2% | |
| Net assets | £3,211,441 | £3,064,402 | £3,244,716 | +5.9% | |
| Equity | £3,211,441 | £3,064,402 | £3,244,716 | +5.9% | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | -96.5% | -106.4% | 57.4% | |
| Net margin | -133.8% | -155.9% | 54.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | -2.8% | -3.0% | 5.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 21.9% | 16.2% | 14.3% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 0.48x | 1.02x | |
| Interest cover | -2.58x | -2.15x | 17.41x |
Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.
Name history
Renamed 1 time since incorporation
- SOUTH DEVON RAILWAY TRUST 1991-04-12 → present
- DUMBLETON HALL LOCOMOTIVE LIMITED 1974-01-15 → 1991-04-12
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Peplows Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The financial statements have been prepared on a going concern basis as the Trustees believe that no material uncertainties exist. The Trustees have considered the level of funds held and the expected level of income and expenditure for 12 months from authorising these financial statements. The budgeted income and expenditure is sufficient with the level of reserves for the charity to be able to continue as a going concern.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
6 active · 27 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| COON, Vernon Paul | Secretary | 2017-09-06 | — | — |
| CASH, Allan Richard | Director | 1997-09-20 | Dec 1953 | British |
| HOOPER, Graham | Director | 2018-09-30 | May 1947 | British |
| MORTON, Jonathan Keith | Director | 2010-07-16 | May 1956 | British |
| TAYLOR, Alan Lindsay | Director | 2023-01-14 | Dec 1952 | British |
| WALL, Michael | Director | 2026-02-25 | Jun 1967 | British |
Show 27 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ELLIOTT, Richard James | Secretary | — | 2009-03-31 |
| HASLAM, Charles John | Secretary | 2009-04-12 | 2017-08-10 |
| ADDY, John Geoffrey | Director | 2016-09-30 | 2020-09-23 |
| BELLAMY, Martin | Director | — | 1992-02-12 |
| COCKS, Brian George | Director | 1997-09-20 | 2002-02-28 |
| COGAR, John Barry Seymour | Director | 2015-11-20 | 2017-01-06 |
| CROWNSHAW, John Langley | Director | 2010-11-19 | 2014-05-31 |
| ELLIOTT, Richard James | Director | 2014-09-12 | 2026-02-11 |
| ELSWORTH-WILSON, Ernest Gregory | Director | 2018-09-30 | 2021-09-01 |
| GOODRIDGE, Edward Roy | Director | 2018-09-30 | 2019-07-26 |
| KEOHANE, John | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2025-06-28 |
| LEMAR, David Julian | Director | 2014-01-24 | 2017-10-10 |
| LONG, David Eric | Director | — | 2002-04-26 |
| PARRATT, Philip Stephen William | Director | 2010-07-16 | 2017-10-20 |
| PEACOCK, Geoffrey | Director | — | 2002-04-26 |
| PORTER, Barrie Norman | Director | 1993-10-02 | 1997-09-20 |
| ROGERS, Derek Alan Joseph | Director | 1997-03-10 | 2004-05-15 |
| SMITH, Neil William Percy | Director | 1997-09-20 | 2017-05-01 |
| STOKES, Christopher John | Director | — | 2010-05-29 |
| TAYLOR, Alan Lindsay | Director | — | 2015-12-31 |
| THOMAS, Christine | Director | 2015-11-20 | 2018-09-30 |
| TOLLEY, Barrie John | Director | 2010-11-19 | 2013-09-27 |
| TREGLOWN, Peter Charles | Director | 2009-06-05 | 2025-11-30 |
| WEBB, Michael David | Director | 1997-09-20 | 2009-11-08 |
| WILLIAMS, Christopher Albert | Director | 2019-02-26 | 2026-01-30 |
| WOODWARD, Denver Alfred | Director | 2002-04-26 | 2022-01-31 |
| WRIGHT, William Alan | Director | — | 1997-09-20 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 175 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-02-06 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
- 2024-02-05 CC04 Statement of companys objects
- 2024-02-05 MA Memorandum articles
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-03-06 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-02-24 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-02-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-05 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-07-02 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-24 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-06-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-02-06 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-02-05 | CC04 | change-of-constitution | Statement of companys objects | |
| 2024-02-05 | MA | incorporation | Memorandum articles | |
| 2023-10-04 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-06-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-27 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-09-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-02-10 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- Officers resigned
- 3
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.