EAST COAST TRAINS LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-17 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-03
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£3M
-75.4% vs 2024
Net assets
£15M
+743.4% vs 2024
Employees
116
+8.4% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£17M
-13.3% vs 2024
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £50,509,000 | £53,740,000 | |
| Operating profit | £19,707,000 | £17,087,000 | |
| Profit before tax | £19,707,000 | £17,087,000 | |
| Net profit | £14,767,000 | £12,928,000 | |
| Cash | £13,455,000 | £3,304,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,674,000 | £15,437,000 | |
| Net assets | £1,739,000 | £14,667,000 | |
| Equity | £1,739,000 | £14,667,000 | |
| Average employees | 107 | 116 | |
| Wages | £6,987,000 | £7,256,000 | |
| Directors' remuneration | £130,000 | £141,000 |
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
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-03-31 vs 2024-03-31
-
Turnover
+6.4%
£50,509,000 £53,740,000
-
Cash
-75.4%
£13,455,000 £3,304,000
-
Net assets
+743.4%
£1,739,000 £14,667,000
-
Employees
+8.4%
107 116
-
Operating profit
-13.3%
£19,707,000 £17,087,000
-
Profit before tax
-13.3%
£19,707,000 £17,087,000
-
Wages
+3.9%
£6,987,000 £7,256,000
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 | 2024-03-31 | 2025-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | 39.0% | 31.8% | |
| Net margin | 29.2% | 24.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | 737.0% | 110.7% | |
| Current ratio | 1.08x | 1.74x |
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
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on their review of financial forecasts and FirstGroup plc support, directors believe the company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for 12 months from approval date, and financial statements are prepared on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “Lumo has submitted formal applications to the Office of Rail and Road (ORR) for the extension of some of its services to Glasgow and an additional sixth return service from Newcastle to London King's Cross. A decision from ORR was published on 3 July 2025 rejecting the Rochdale application on the grounds of insufficient capacity on the network.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
4 active · 12 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CAMERON, Philip Jason | Director | 2026-05-03 | Mar 1970 | British |
| JAMES, Andrew Mark | Director | 2020-09-14 | Mar 1966 | British |
| JONES, Stuart | Director | 2025-06-13 | Aug 1984 | British |
| MONTGOMERY, Stephen Henry | Director | 2024-05-16 | Dec 1962 | British |
Show 12 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HAMPSON, Michael | Secretary | 2016-07-22 | 2017-02-20 |
| LEWIS, Paul Michael | Secretary | 2013-11-07 | 2014-05-19 |
| SALTER, Barbara Mary | Secretary | 2017-02-20 | 2025-02-14 |
| WELCH, Robert John | Secretary | 2014-05-19 | 2016-07-22 |
| BARKER, Vernon Ian | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2015-04-17 |
| CLANCY, Hugh Patrick | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2023-08-04 |
| GAUSBY, David Clement | Director | 2013-11-07 | 2016-12-31 |
| GILBERT, Martijn Lee | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2025-06-04 |
| MELLORS, Andrew John | Director | 2020-01-06 | 2023-11-20 |
| MONTGOMERY, Stephen Henry | Director | 2016-12-31 | 2020-01-06 |
| STATHAM, David Ira | Director | 2023-06-19 | 2024-05-16 |
| WYLDE, Helen Rachael | Director | 2021-10-11 | 2022-01-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First Rail Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 56 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-11-24 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-06-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-06-11 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-02-14 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-11-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-05-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-05-16 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-06 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-01-03 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-11-21 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-15 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-06-26 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-01-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-01-10 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-11-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-09-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-05-11 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 2
- Officers resigned
- 1
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.