LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-10-06 (in 5mo)
Last made up 2025-09-22
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£2M
-18.1% vs 2024
Net assets
£9M
-2.8% vs 2024
Employees
141
-2.1% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£3M
-1.8% vs 2024
Net assets
6-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
6-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | £11,573,412 | £10,864,902 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | -£3,034,572 | -£3,087,658 | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | — | -£2,998,870 | -£3,052,265 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | — | -£3,000,858 | -£3,058,383 | |
| Cash | £933,785 | £637,920 | £1,588,960 | £661,069 | £2,816,236 | £2,305,839 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | — | £9,535,323 | £9,258,162 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | — | £9,411,523 | £9,145,539 | |
| Equity | — | — | -£17,079,123 | -£22,345,757 | £9,411,523 | £9,145,539 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | — | 144 | 141 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | — | £3,354,571 | £3,517,309 | |
| 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. About these numbers
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
-6.1%
£11,573,412 £10,864,902
-
Cash
-18.1%
£2,816,236 £2,305,839
-
Net assets
-2.8%
£9,411,523 £9,145,539
-
Employees
-2.1%
144 141
-
Operating profit
-1.7%
-£3,034,572 -£3,087,658
-
Profit before tax
-1.8%
-£2,998,870 -£3,052,265
-
Wages
+4.9%
£3,354,571 £3,517,309
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 | 2020-03-31 | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | — | — | — | -26.2% | -28.4% | |
| Net margin | — | — | — | — | -25.9% | -28.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | — | — | — | -31.8% | -33.4% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | — | — | — | 36.5% | 35.2% | |
| Current ratio | — | — | — | — | 0.77x | 0.65x | |
| Interest cover | — | — | — | — | -1405.55x | -2257.06x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Arnold Hill & Co LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“In auditing the financial statements, we have concluded that the director's use of the going concern basis of accounting in the preparation of the financial statements is appropriate. Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the group's and parent company'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
- LOCOMOTIVE SERVICES LIMITED · parent
- Saphos Train Travel Limited 100%
- Statesman Rail Limited 100%
- The Steam Dreams Rail Co Ltd 100%
- Crossfield Power & Security Limited 100%
Significant events
- “Regulatory interactions with regard to specific requirements (such as the implementation of Railway Safety Regulations 1999 (RSR99)) represent continuing challenges to the continued use of hinged door heritage coaches on the UK Rail Network.”
- “Financial security controls continue to require development against cyber threat.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
2 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FEILDING, Harriet | Secretary | 2021-05-21 | — | — |
| HOSKING, Jeremy John | Director | 2004-09-22 | Jul 1958 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOSKING, Elizabeth Ann | Secretary | 2004-09-22 | 2017-03-21 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2004-09-22 | 2004-09-22 |
| CORSER, William Richard | Director | 2011-02-07 | 2014-11-24 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2004-09-22 | 2004-09-22 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Jeremy John Hosking | Individual | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 69 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-16 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-12-09 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2025-10-08 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-13 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-03-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2023-09-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2023-03-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2022-12-19 | SH01 | capital | Capital allotment shares | |
| 2022-10-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2022-10-03 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2022-10-03 | PSC04 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2022-03-22 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2021-10-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2021-05-21 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 6
- Capital events
- 4
- 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.