VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST
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Cash
£236K
-26.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£112K
-48.4% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
48
+29.7% highest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£173K
+68.6% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £3,017,419 | £3,173,285 | £3,261,825 | +2.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£552,790 | -£172,312 | +68.8% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£551,019 | -£172,991 | +68.6% | |
| Net profit | £37,531 | -£60,211 | -£105,050 | -74.5% | |
| Cash | £347,157 | £320,856 | £236,042 | -26.4% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £503,413 | £543,184 | £382,961 | -29.5% | |
| Net assets | £277,237 | £217,026 | £111,976 | -48.4% | |
| Equity | £277,237 | £217,026 | £111,976 | -48.4% | |
| Average employees | 40 | 37 | 48 | +29.7% | |
| Wages | £690,592 | £879,761 | £963,010 | +9.5% | |
| 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 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -17.4% | -5.3% | |
| Net margin | 1.2% | -1.9% | -3.2% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -101.8% | -45.0% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 85.3% | 91.2% | |
| Current ratio | 1.04x | 0.78x | 0.66x |
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 4 times since incorporation
- VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST 2017-11-13 → present
- VINTAGE TRAINS 2012-02-07 → 2017-11-13
- VINTAGE TRAINS LIMITED 2012-01-17 → 2012-02-07
- BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST 1997-11-03 → 2012-01-17
- BIRMINGHAM RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST LIMITED 1993-08-27 → 1997-11-03
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Abridged
- Yes — abridged accounts (limited disclosure)
- Auditor
- Mark J Rees LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors' use of the going concern basis of accounting is appropriate. No material uncertainties were identified that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Group structure
- VINTAGE TRAINS CHARITABLE TRUST · parent
- Tyseley Locomotive Works Limited 100%
- Birmingham Railway Museum Limited 100%
- Metropolitan Railway Carriage & Wagon Company Limited 100%
- Great Western Vintage Trains Limited 100%
- The Blue Pullman Limited 100%
- Vintage Trains CBS
- Vintage Trains Limited 100%
Significant events
- “The Tyseley engineering facility is fully operational and the site has been enhanced by the construction of a purpose build carriage maintenance facility with the support of an ERDF grant.”
- “Vintage Trains Limited has been granted a renewed five year safety certificate by the Office of Rail and Road to operate passenger charter trains.”
- “Future Strategy includes ensuring collection of locomotives and carriages continue to operate on main line, delivering economic and social improvement, developing a tourist business, developing 'Shakespeare Line', converting former LMRCA Social Club at Tyseley into a community activity centre, developing facilities at Tyseley depot, and promoting training and apprenticeship schemes.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
10 active · 24 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| MOULDER, Gary John | Secretary | 2025-06-05 | — | — |
| CADGE, Richard John | Director | 2021-10-27 | Oct 1962 | British |
| DILMORE, Rebecca | Director | 2025-06-05 | Jul 1979 | British |
| GASKELL, Mark Anthony | Director | 2024-08-19 | Jun 1963 | British |
| MICHEL, Victor Eric | Director | 2003-10-13 | Dec 1945 | British |
| MINARDS, John Edwin Beaton | Director | 2024-03-07 | Dec 1962 | British |
| NDLOVU, Sipho Eric | Director | 2023-12-21 | Oct 1994 | British |
| THORNE, Richard Graham | Director | 2021-01-28 | Dec 1947 | British |
| WHITEHOUSE, Christopher Michael | Director | 1993-08-27 | Oct 1952 | British |
| WHITEHOUSE, Stuart James | Director | 2024-11-07 | Nov 1992 | British |
Show 24 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COOMBES, Robin | Secretary | 2018-06-01 | 2021-07-21 |
| KIRKMAN, Ivor James Sellers | Secretary | 2008-07-02 | 2018-05-16 |
| ROBINSON, Jeffrey Oswald | Secretary | 1993-08-27 | 1995-02-07 |
| STURGEON, Philip Gordon | Secretary | 2021-07-21 | 2023-09-12 |
| WRIGHT, Bernard Robert | Secretary | 1995-02-09 | 2008-07-02 |
| ADAMS, Richard Arthur | Director | 1993-08-27 | 1995-02-09 |
| BERTRAM, Ian Joseph | Director | 2022-03-16 | 2024-04-12 |
| DAY, Philip Julian | Director | 1995-02-09 | 2000-01-27 |
| EZEKWESILI, Audrey | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2021-10-01 |
| GILBERT, Michael George | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2024-03-07 |
| GILBERT, Michael George | Director | 1999-09-13 | 2021-10-11 |
| HALL PATCH, Anthony | Director | 1995-02-09 | 2002-10-13 |
| HUNT, William Thomas | Director | 1995-02-09 | 2010-12-07 |
| KEAY, David William | Director | 2017-08-10 | 2024-08-19 |
| LAMBERT, Anthony John | Director | 2002-01-08 | 2018-06-01 |
| MEANLEY, Robert | Director | 1995-02-09 | 1998-10-06 |
| MOORE, David Jolyon | Director | 2002-01-08 | 2009-04-10 |
| NAIRNE, Arabella | Director | 2021-05-06 | 2021-12-02 |
| NORRIS, Andrew | Director | 1999-09-13 | 2004-08-18 |
| POYNTZ, John, Major | Director | 2006-12-08 | 2012-04-03 |
| SHOOTER, Adrian | Director | 2004-05-04 | 2020-01-15 |
| THOMAS, Anthony | Director | 1993-08-27 | 1995-02-09 |
| THORNE, Richard Graham | Director | 1995-11-30 | 2010-12-07 |
| WRIGHT, Bernard Robert | Director | 1996-02-21 | 1998-10-06 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Christopher Michael Whitehouse | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 137 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2026-05-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-07-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-06-30 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-06-23 | AAMD | accounts | Accounts amended with accounts type group | |
| 2024-12-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-18 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-09-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-09-04 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-28 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-07-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-12-21 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-07-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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last 24 months
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