BLUEBELL RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY

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  3 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

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

• Turnover

  -13.6%

  £5,740,660 → £4,960,455

• Cash

  -74%

  £737,658 → £191,818

• Net assets

  +1.5%

  £22,071,151 → £22,406,079

  highest in 3 filed years

• Employees

  +18.7%

  107 → 127

• Operating profit

  -155%

  -£200,063 → -£510,091

• Profit before tax

  -138.3%

  -£226,759 → -£540,395

• Wages

  -3.1%

  £1,655,670 → £1,605,010

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

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.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

TC Group

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Whilst the Board recognise the challenges and uncertainties that the Railway faces, the Board believe that the continuing support from The Bluebell Railway Trust, the actions to be implemented and the continued scrutiny of the Board, the group will continue as a going concern. Thus the directors continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”

Group structure

1. BLUEBELL RAILWAY PRESERVATION SOCIETY · parent
   1. Bluebell Railway plc 79.9% · England & Wales
   2. Bluebell Extension Railway Ltd 100% · England & Wales
   3. Bluebell Railway Operating Ltd 100% · England & Wales

Significant events

• “2024 includes the launch into traffic of Southern Railway Battle of Britain class 34059, "Sir Archibald Sinclair" and the culmination of the Bluebell Atlantic project new build LBSC H class 32424 "Beachy Head". Additionally, Pullman Car 54 with disabled access was launched into traffic in the year and has become a regular feature within the Golden Arrow dining train.”
• “The directors are hopeful that the significant events planned for 2025 will prove to be successful with increased visitor numbers. Of particular note are the Rail 200 event showcasing nationally a celebration of Britain's railway history as well as the Bluebell's 65th anniversary celebrations in August 2025.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

9

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

3

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.