WEST COAST TRAINS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-04-30 (in 11mo)
Last made up 2026-04-16
Watchouts
Cash
£561K
-57.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£96K
-80.9% vs 2023
Employees
0
Average over period
Profit before tax
£370K
-3.1% vs 2023
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Material uncertainty over going concern
The financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. Following the expiry of the previous franchise on 8 December 2019, the Company ceased to trade. As the Directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade for the Company, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £380,000 | — | |
| Operating profit | £360,000 | £354,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £382,000 | £370,000 | |
| Net profit | £313,000 | £294,000 | |
| Cash | £1,318,000 | £561,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £672,000 | £296,000 | |
| Net assets | £502,000 | £96,000 | |
| Equity | £502,000 | £96,000 | |
| Average employees | 0 | 0 | |
| Wages | — | — | |
| Directors' remuneration | £19,000 | — |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
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Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
-57.4%
£1,318,000 £561,000
-
Net assets
-80.9%
£502,000 £96,000
-
Employees
—
Not reported
-
Operating profit
-1.7%
£360,000 £354,000
-
Profit before tax
-3.1%
£382,000 £370,000
Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 94.7% | — | |
| Net margin | 82.4% | — | |
| Return on capital employed | 53.6% | 119.6% | |
| Current ratio | 2.04x | 1.92x | |
| Interest cover | 180.00x | — |
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
- WEST COAST TRAINS LIMITED 1997-03-10 → present
- INTERCITY WEST COAST LIMITED 1995-01-10 → 1997-03-10
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Auditor
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. Following the expiry of the previous franchise on 8 December 2019, the Company ceased to trade. As the Directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade for the Company, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased to trade as a train operating company, on 8 December 2019.”
- “The Company continues to be engaged in the winding down of the remaining residual assets and liabilities.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VILE, Claire Ruth Vertel | Secretary | 2020-03-31 | — | — |
| BLOK, Robert Pieter | Director | 2020-03-19 | Jan 1976 | British |
| DINGWALL, Bruce Maxwell | Director | 2023-05-30 | Apr 1983 | British |
| GIBBS, Andrew Philip | Director | 2020-03-19 | Dec 1988 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Joshua | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2007-03-01 |
| GERRARD, Barry Alexander Ralph | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| GRAM, Peter Gerardus | Secretary | 2000-03-22 | 2006-08-31 |
| HEWETT, Peter Graham | Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-10 | 1997-03-09 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1997-03-09 | 2000-03-22 |
| BARRETT, Brian Michael | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1999-08-24 |
| BEARPARK, Phillip Alan | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2016-12-21 |
| BELCHER, Charles John | Director | 2003-07-16 | 2007-08-31 |
| BELL, Linda Anne | Director | 2004-07-10 | 2007-12-31 |
| BROADLEY, Peter James, Mr. | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-09-13 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Edward | Director | 1999-09-16 | 2013-10-11 |
| COPLEY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-12-08 |
| DIXON, Charles Richard | Director | 1997-01-24 | 1997-03-09 |
| FURLONG, Mark Peter | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2002-01-02 |
| GIBB, Christopher Leslie | Director | 2003-07-16 | 2013-11-11 |
| GOLDSON, Charles Richard Browne | Director | 1996-05-13 | 1997-03-09 |
| GREEN, Christopher Edward Wastie | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2004-09-27 |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul Dennis | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-01-06 |
| HADLEY, Gareth Morgan | Director | 1995-04-24 | 1997-03-09 |
| JENNER, Terence Anthony | Director | 1996-02-23 | 1996-02-24 |
| KAVANAGH, Timothy Brendan | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-04-27 |
| KING, Paul Frederick, Dr | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1997-03-09 |
| KLUG, Rebecca Brenda Jennifer | Director | 1999-09-16 | 2004-09-27 |
| LEECH, Graham Charles | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2016-12-21 |
| MCGRATH, Patrick John | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2018-05-03 |
| MICKLETHWAITE, Neil | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2022-07-05 |
| MITCHELL, Nicholas Eyton | Director | 1995-04-28 | 1997-03-09 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1999-01-27 |
| MURPHY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-07-10 |
| NICHOLS, Alan John | Director | 1997-01-24 | 1997-03-09 |
| RYAN, Dominic James | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1998-09-04 |
| TIBBITS, Christopher John Gervase | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2004-07-07 |
| TOMLIN, Alan Colin | Director | 1997-03-09 | 2001-10-08 |
| WARBURTON, Ivor William | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1999-02-08 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Mark Edward | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2019-12-08 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Philip | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2019-12-08 |
| WRIGHT, Michael Leslie | Director | 1996-12-18 | 1997-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wct Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2025-05-28 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | Second filing of confirmation statement with made up date | |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-11-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2024-11-12 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-11-05 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-10-31 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-10-17 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2023-05-30 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-05-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2022-12-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control without name date | |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 0
- 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.