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WABTEC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED

#01340785 · Active · Incorporated 1977-11-25 (48y 10m) · Last filing 2026-08-20 (1mo ago)
Technology · SIC 26200 · C Manufacturing · Full accounts
Accounts due 2026-09-30 (in 17 days) · Confirmation due 2027-02-11 (in 5 months) · No watchouts on the register

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Cash

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Latest balance sheet

Net assets

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Equity attributable

Employees

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Average over period

Profit before tax

£204k

-31.8% lowest in 3 filed years

Accounts

3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2024-12-31

Metric Trend 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31 Δ vs prior
Turnover £4,196,000£3,546,000£4,124,000 +16.3%
Operating profit £529,000£52,000-£332,000 -738.5%
Profit before tax £535,000£299,000£204,000 -31.8%
Net profit £535,000£299,000£500,000 +67.2%
Cash ——— —
Total assets less current liabilities £7,845,000£8,144,000— —
Net assets £7,845,000£8,144,000— —
Equity £7,845,000£8,144,000— —
Average employees 1010— —
Wages £1,410,000£1,455,000— —
Directors' remuneration £125,000£144,000— —
Directors' pension contributions £9,000£11,000— —
Highest paid director £125,000£144,000— —

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 2022-12-312023-12-312024-12-31
Operating margin 12.6%1.5%-8.1%
Net margin 12.8%8.4%12.1%
Return on capital employed 6.7%0.6%—
Gearing (liabilities / total assets) 14.6%9.7%—
Current ratio 6.83x10.30x—

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 5 times since incorporation

  1. WABTEC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED 2020-02-20 → present
  2. GE TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LTD 2001-08-02 → 2020-02-20
  3. GE HARRIS HARMON RAILWAY TECHNOLOGY LTD 2000-12-19 → 2001-08-02
  4. VAUGHAN HARMON SYSTEMS LIMITED 1996-07-24 → 2000-12-19
  5. VAUGHAN SYSTEMS LIMITED 1989-04-27 → 1996-07-24
  6. VAUGHAN SYSTEMS AND PROGRAMMING LIMITED 1977-11-25 → 1989-04-27

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis
FRS 101
Reporting scope
Standalone (parent only)
Auditor
Ernst & Young LLP
Audit opinion
Unqualified (clean)
Going concern
Affirmed

“Accordingly, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the period of 12 months from the date of the approved balance sheet. The Company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing its financial statements.”

Significant events

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

3 active · 35 resigned

Name Role Appointed Born Nationality
OAKWOOD CORPORATE SECRETARY LIMITED Corporate Secretary 2013-04-08 — —
ELLWOOD, Graham Barry Director 2015-10-29 Jul 1981 British
PEETERS, Frederick Paul Camille Director 2018-07-13 Apr 1975 Belgian
Show 35 resigned officers
Name Role Appointed Resigned
AMRAM, Thierry Secretary 2009-02-11 2013-05-15
DARBY, Barry James Arthur Secretary 1999-06-28 2007-09-03
FOGEL, Baird Secretary 2007-09-03 2009-02-11
MONK, Geoffrey William Secretary — 1997-01-29
ST JOHNSTON, Aldrina Nia Secretary 1996-07-01 1999-06-28
AVILES GUERRERO, Andres Luis Director 2010-03-04 2014-02-14
BALDOCK, Jason Director 2010-03-04 2015-10-29
BATES, Paul Hamilton Director 2004-10-11 2006-11-27
BEADLE, Ronald Edward Director — 1992-10-16
BRANDI, Silvano Director 2001-10-16 2008-01-01
CAPONECCHI, Kevin Joseph Director 2004-10-11 2007-09-03
ERYUREK, Evren Director 2007-09-03 2010-03-04
FABBIAN, Franco Director 2010-03-04 2013-04-08
FOWLER, Anthony David Director 2014-06-05 2015-10-29
GRAY, Christopher John Director 2016-09-15 2018-07-13
HAMMOOR, Thomas Director 2001-10-16 2007-09-03
HANBURY, Paul Joseph Director 2013-04-08 2018-02-14
HARRISON, Kathie Director 2008-09-01 2011-04-15
LEGLER, David, Mr. Director 2011-04-15 2013-04-08
MARBERG, William Paul Director 1998-06-29 2000-06-20
MONK, Geoffrey William Director — 1996-07-01
MORLEY, Michael Tunley Corben Director — 1998-07-30
NEWELL, Andrew Director 2001-10-16 2007-09-03
NOFFSINGER, Joseph Director 1999-06-28 2007-09-03
OLSSON, Bjorn Director 1996-07-01 2001-05-11
PORTER, Colin Howard Director 1996-07-01 2001-05-11
RYKER, Gary Director 1996-07-01 1997-10-24
SCHMITZ, Stephen Louis Director 2000-06-20 2002-07-19
SIMPSON, David Ralph Director 2006-11-27 2008-10-14
SMYRK, Donald Director 2007-09-03 2008-07-09
ST JOHNSTON, Aldrina Nia Director — 2001-05-11
ST JOHNSTON, Andrew Director — 2001-05-11
STREET, Adam Matthew Director 2007-04-27 2013-04-08
WILSON, William Henry Richard Director 2002-07-19 2005-09-14
WOOD, David Director 2008-10-14 2015-10-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name Kind Nature of control Notified Status
Transportation Holdings Uk Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2018-10-22 Active
Altair Holdings Uk Limited Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2018-07-10 Ceased 2018-10-22
General Electric Company Corporate entity Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors 2016-04-06 Ceased 2018-07-10

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 239 total filings

Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution

  • 2020-02-20 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
  • 2019-02-08 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
Date Type Category Description
2026-08-20 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2026-05-08 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2026-01-04 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2025-03-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2024-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2024-02-02 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2023-07-27 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2023-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2022-05-06 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2022-02-07 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with updates PDF
2021-02-10 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2020-09-11 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2020-02-20 CERTNM change-of-name Certificate change of name company PDF
2020-02-11 CS01 confirmation-statement Confirmation statement with no updates PDF
2019-09-30 AA accounts Accounts with accounts type full
2019-04-16 CH01 officers Change person director company with change date PDF
2019-02-08 SH20 capital Legacy
2019-02-08 SH19 capital Capital statement capital company with date currency figure
2019-02-08 CAP-SS insolvency Legacy
2019-02-08 RESOLUTIONS resolution Resolution

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings
3

last 12 months

Capital events
0

last 24 months

Officers appointed
0

last 12 months

Officers resigned
0

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

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