EUROSTAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED
Operating under the Eurostar brand, the private company provides high-speed passenger rail services connecting the UK to continental Europe via the Channel Tunnel, and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the Belgium-based Eurostar Group.
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Cash
£128M
+93.5% vs 2024
Net assets
£416M
+13.4% highest in 3 filed years
Employees
1,590
+2.4% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
£58M
-42.9% lowest in 3 filed years
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Our short-form breakdown of EUROSTAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED's latest filing
Eurostar's revenue hit £1.37bn, but pre-tax profit dropped 43%. A massive tax credit saved the bottom line. 🚄📊
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £1,333,700,000 | £1,323,800,000 | £1,369,300,000 | +3.4% | |
| Operating profit | £158,300,000 | £112,300,000 | £101,200,000 | -9.9% | |
| Profit before tax | £118,400,000 | £101,300,000 | £57,800,000 | -42.9% | |
| Net profit | £120,600,000 | £74,200,000 | £79,800,000 | +7.5% | |
| Cash | £286,500,000 | £66,200,000 | £128,100,000 | +93.5% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £779,600,000 | £935,100,000 | £913,900,000 | -2.3% | |
| Net assets | £369,900,000 | £366,800,000 | £415,900,000 | +13.4% | |
| Equity | £369,900,000 | £366,800,000 | £415,900,000 | +13.4% | |
| Average employees | 1,433 | 1,553 | 1,590 | +2.4% | |
| Wages | £79,300,000 | £95,500,000 | £104,300,000 | +9.2% | |
| 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 | 11.9% | 8.5% | 7.4% | |
| Net margin | 9.0% | 5.6% | 5.8% | |
| Return on capital employed | 20.3% | 12.0% | 11.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 75.5% | 70.9% | — | |
| Current ratio | 0.73x | 0.82x | 0.67x | |
| Interest cover | 2.80x | 2.71x | 1.97x |
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 3 times since incorporation
- EUROSTAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED 2009-12-31 → present
- EUROSTAR (U.K.) LIMITED 1996-10-01 → 2009-12-31
- EUROPEAN PASSENGER SERVICES LIMITED 1990-08-22 → 1996-10-01
- TRANSEUROPE TRACK LIMITED 1990-01-22 → 1990-08-22
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101 Reduced Disclosure Framework
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Ernst & Young LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Following the above considerations, the Director has concluded that, after having made appropriate enquiries (including enquiries of the Directors of the Company's immediate parent company regarding its compliance with the lending covenant), no material uncertainties exist which may cast significant doubt about the Company's ability to continue as a going concern. The Director has continued to adopt the going concern basis in the preparation of the accounts.”
Group structure
- EUROSTAR INTERNATIONAL LIMITED · parent
- Eurostar (U.K.) Limited 100%
- Eurostar Group Limited 100%
- Eurostar International SAS 100%
- Eurostar International SRL 100%
- Eurostar Holidays Limited 100%
- Rail Manche Finance UKEIG 50%
- Railteam BV 10%
- ATOC Limited 5%
Significant events
- “In May 2025, the Group placed an order for 30 new double-decker trains to be built by Alstom Group. The new fleet will fulfil both the Company's and THIF's fleet renewal requirements. From the Company's perspective, the new trainsets will operate alongside the current fleet of 17 e320s with the first trains expected in the early 2030s.”
- “In early 2026, significant geopolitical conflict emerged in the Middle East. While the Company's financial position as of December 31, 2025, remains unaffected, the Company shall continue to monitor the situation closely.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
3 active · 97 resigned
Showing the first 100 officers on file — Companies House returns these 100 per page and this record sits at that limit, so the list (and any former officers) may be incomplete. Full register on Companies House
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| KELLY, James | Secretary | 2022-07-04 | — | — |
| WILLIAMS, Gareth | Secretary | 2011-07-06 | — | British |
| BAREILHE, Franck, Mr. | Director | 2022-04-11 | Jul 1964 | French |
Show 97 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BOND, Susannah Jong Sook | Secretary | 2006-08-21 | 2010-10-01 |
| BROWN, David Nicholas | Secretary | 2009-10-01 | 2011-02-01 |
| CLIFTON, Roger Cheston | Secretary | 1996-09-18 | 1998-03-31 |
| DILLON HATCHER, Niul | Secretary | 2005-09-12 | 2006-08-18 |
| HORTON, John Anthony | Secretary | — | 1996-09-18 |
| NUNN, Ian Alan | Secretary | 2005-07-15 | 2005-09-12 |
| OWEN, Crispin John Guy | Secretary | 2002-06-26 | 2006-10-13 |
| SMITH, Simon Alexander | Secretary | 2011-02-01 | 2011-07-06 |
| WILSON, Victoria Mary | Secretary | 1998-03-31 | 2005-07-15 |
| AZEMA, David Francois | Director | 1998-12-15 | 1999-08-23 |
| BASTIEN, Patrick Pierre | Director | 2017-05-10 | 2020-11-26 |
| BAYLEY, James Mark | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2015-05-28 |
| BERNARD, Frank | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2010-07-07 |
| BISS, Adele | Director | — | 2010-07-07 |
| BOISSARD, Sophie Antoinette | Director | 2012-09-03 | 2015-05-28 |
| BROWN, Richard Howard | Director | 2002-08-19 | 2013-06-30 |
| BROWN, Richard Howard | Director | 1999-08-23 | 2002-02-12 |
| BUGEJA, Luke Erik | Director | 2020-03-25 | 2021-05-24 |
| BUTLER, James, Sir | Director | 1994-04-29 | 1999-01-27 |
| BYE, Gordon Douglas | Director | 1999-09-23 | 2002-08-19 |
| CHEESEWRIGHT, James | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2020-10-31 |
| CHILD, Colin Charles | Director | 1998-12-15 | 1999-08-23 |
| CODERRE, Denis Willie Joseph, Hon. | Director | 2018-11-30 | 2021-03-27 |
| COOPER, Michael David | Director | 2018-03-12 | 2020-09-30 |
| COTTON, Peter Leslie | Director | 2006-10-30 | 2010-07-07 |
| DALIBARD, Barbara | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2016-05-13 |
| DALIBARD, Barbara | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2010-12-03 |
| DAMAS, Jacques André | Director | 2020-10-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| DAMAS, Jacques | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2005-08-31 |
| DAZIANO, Laurence Danielle Jeanne, Mrs. | Director | 2022-04-11 | 2025-06-30 |
| DE ROCQUIGNY DU FAYEL, Antoine Dominique Olivier René | Director | 2018-03-01 | 2022-04-10 |
| DE RUN, Hamish Nihal Malcom | Director | 2021-05-25 | 2021-08-26 |
| DE RUN, Hamish Nihal Malcom | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2016-12-16 |
| DEJEAN, Christine | Director | 2007-07-12 | 2010-04-12 |
| DESCHEEMAECKER, Marc | Director | 2007-01-23 | 2013-12-01 |
| DESNYDER, Daniel Paul | Director | 1999-02-26 | 2010-01-28 |
| DILISSEN, Theodoor Jacob | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2015-03-20 |
| DIXON, Kenneth Herbert Morley | Director | 1993-04-07 | 1994-05-09 |
| DUBOIS, Didier | Director | 2005-09-01 | 2006-06-30 |
| EDGLEY, Richard John | Director | — | 1997-05-08 |
| EMMERICH, Mathias Benjamin | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2005-05-19 |
| FAGOT, Odile Françoise | Director | 2017-11-16 | 2019-08-07 |
| FARANDOU, Jean Pierre | Director | 2001-09-27 | 2002-09-30 |
| FOREMAN, Cecil William | Director | 1994-05-09 | 1999-01-20 |
| FORTIN, Olivier Georges Xavier | Director | 2021-09-15 | 2022-04-11 |
| FORTIN, Olivier Georges Xavier | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2018-11-29 |
| GIVEN, Susanne Johanne | Director | 2016-12-17 | 2020-03-24 |
| GOLDSON, Charles Richard Browne | Director | 2002-03-21 | 2006-09-28 |
| GOLDSON, Charles Richard Browne | Director | 1999-08-23 | 2000-09-28 |
| GROUND, Alan Geoffrey | Director | 1994-05-09 | 1997-05-08 |
| GUENOT, Jean-Baptiste Paul Marie | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2022-04-11 |
| GUEZ, Jean Claude | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2012-08-31 |
| HENNEQUIN, Denis Michel Daniel | Director | 2012-09-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| HOLDEN, Robert David | Director | 1998-07-29 | 2010-07-07 |
| HOLLINGSWORTH, Clare Margaret | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2019-06-30 |
| HORNBY, Derek Peter, Sir | Director | 1996-05-31 | 1998-04-08 |
| HORTON, John Anthony | Director | — | 1994-05-09 |
| HOWELL, Emma | Director | 2021-08-26 | 2022-04-11 |
| JADOT, Michel Jean Arsene Eugene | Director | 2013-12-01 | 2018-09-30 |
| JERRAM, Jeremy James | Director | 1993-04-07 | 1994-05-09 |
| KRAKOVITCH, Alain Herbert Scolastique | Director | 2020-03-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| LECLERCQ, Jean-Yves | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2018-02-28 |
| LORAND, Renaud Hubert Pierre | Director | 2018-10-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| MCDONALD, Anthony Joseph | Director | 2009-12-15 | 2010-07-07 |
| MERCER, Nicholas Andrew | Director | 2004-04-26 | 2018-12-31 |
| MICHELIN, Patrick | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2006-09-21 |
| MILLS, Adam Francis | Director | 1996-07-17 | 1998-04-08 |
| MIREUX, Jean | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2007-07-12 |
| MOTTRAM, Heidi | Director | 2014-02-27 | 2020-03-16 |
| NASR, Dany Pierre | Director | 2020-11-26 | 2021-09-15 |
| NEERHOUT, John | Director | 1998-04-21 | 1998-12-31 |
| NICOLI, Vivian Kingfon | Director | 2021-04-07 | 2022-04-11 |
| NORMAN, Archibald John | Director | 1993-04-07 | 1994-03-30 |
| NUNN, Ian Alan | Director | 2000-03-30 | 2010-05-31 |
| PALMER, John | Director | — | 1994-04-29 |
| PARDON, Leon Jozef | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2003-03-13 |
| PARLY, Florence Marie Jeanne | Director | 2016-05-13 | 2017-06-22 |
| PELLETIER, Chantale | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2017-05-10 |
| PEPY, Guillaume Laurent Julien | Director | 2002-09-30 | 2010-08-31 |
| PEPY, Guillaume Laurent Julien | Director | 1999-08-23 | 2001-09-27 |
| PETROVIC, Nicolas | Director | 2006-07-12 | 2018-02-28 |
| PICARD, Rachel | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2020-02-20 |
| QUEILLE, Cecile | Director | 1999-08-23 | 2001-09-27 |
| RAYNER, David Edward | Director | — | 1994-03-30 |
| REID, Robert Paul, Sir | Director | 1993-04-27 | 1994-05-09 |
| REINICHE, Dominique Jacqueline Nicole | Director | 2019-07-01 | 2022-04-11 |
| ROLLASON, William Peter | Director | 2000-05-11 | 2002-12-04 |
| RUSSELL, Mark Francis | Director | 2010-03-25 | 2015-05-28 |
| SOUTHGATE, Malcolm John Hamilton Paul | Director | — | 2005-05-19 |
| STRUTHERS, James Gavin | Director | 1997-11-19 | 1999-09-03 |
| TAYLOR, Hamish Wilson | Director | 1997-03-19 | 1999-09-23 |
| THILLAUD, Dominique | Director | 2011-01-26 | 2012-07-31 |
| THILLAUD, Dominique | Director | 2010-07-07 | 2010-12-03 |
| TRÉVISANI, Laurent Etienne | Director | 2015-05-28 | 2020-02-19 |
| VINCK, Karel | Director | 2005-07-07 | 2010-07-07 |
| WAKEFIELD, Nicholas Jeremy | Director | 1996-05-31 | 1997-03-14 |
| WALKER, Adam Christopher | Director | 2003-05-08 | 2008-03-26 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eurostar Group Sa | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2022-04-07 | Active |
| Sncf Voyages Developpement S.A.S | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-07 |
| Patina Rail Llp | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2022-04-07 |
| Gouvernement De La Republique Francaise | Legal person | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 736 total filings
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-07-29 RESOLUTIONS Resolution
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-06-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-02-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-14 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-01-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-07-29 | SH19 | capital | Capital statement capital company with date currency figure | |
| 2024-07-29 | SH20 | capital | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-29 | CAP-SS | insolvency | Legacy | |
| 2024-07-29 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | Resolution | |
| 2024-05-20 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full | |
| 2024-05-01 | MR04 | mortgage | Mortgage satisfy charge full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 2
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.