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NATIONAL EXPRESS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 00232767
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1928-08-18
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49319
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Deloitte LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Consequently, the directors are confident that the Company will have sufficient funds to continue to meet its liabilities as they fall due and adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future being at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements and, therefore, have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Subsidiaries
- National Express Rail GmbH · 100% held · Germany · Trading
- National Express Holding GmbH · 100% held · Germany · Holding
- National Express Germany GmbH · 100% held · Germany · Holding
- Suddeutsche Regioanalbahn GmbH · 100% held · Germany · Holding
- Lucketts Holdings Limited · 100% held · England · Holding
- National Express Leisure Limited · 100% held · England · Trading
- Solent Coaches Limited · 100% held · England · Trading
- Worthing Coaches Limited · 100% held · England · Trading
- H Luckett & Co Limited · 100% held · England · Trading
- Coliseum Coaches Limited · 100% held · England · Trading
Auditor / going-concern / subsidiary information is extracted from the PDF version of the latest annual accounts and is not tagged in iXBRL. About these numbers
People
3 active · 61 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SAUNDERSON, Gillian | Secretary | 2026-02-01 | — | — |
| MARTINEZ PRIETO, Javier Augusto | Director | 2025-10-28 | Dec 1970 | Spanish |
| RAWLING, Mark Andrew | Director | 2025-10-06 | Feb 1979 | British |
Show 61 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| ARNAOUTI, Michael | Secretary | 2017-07-01 | 2019-04-30 |
| CALLANDER, Simon | Secretary | 2022-06-13 | 2026-01-19 |
| CASSON, Jenny | Secretary | 1996-07-31 | 2008-09-25 |
| HART, Christopher | Secretary | — | 1996-07-31 |
| LEES, Barbara | Secretary | 2008-09-25 | 2012-12-31 |
| MYRAM, Jennifer Naomi | Secretary | 2019-05-08 | 2022-05-06 |
| ROBINSON, Dianne | Secretary | 2012-12-31 | 2017-06-30 |
| BARKER, Neil James | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2010-11-22 |
| BARLOW, Paul Richard | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2020-06-18 |
| BOWKER, Steven Richard | Director | 2006-09-20 | 2008-04-18 |
| BROWN, Richard Howard | Director | 2000-10-04 | 2001-12-07 |
| BUNTING, Paul Joseph | Director | 2006-02-01 | 2010-09-30 |
| BURKE, Janet | Director | 2019-05-08 | 2024-04-30 |
| CAHILL, William John | Director | 2003-01-28 | 2008-02-29 |
| CALLANDER, Simon | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2026-01-19 |
| CHILD, Colin Charles | Director | 1994-02-01 | 1999-07-31 |
| CLEAVES, Andrew | Director | 2010-08-31 | 2012-12-10 |
| COATES, Peter Timothy | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2011-02-09 |
| CRESSEY, James Bernard | Director | — | 1996-01-02 |
| DODD, John Hamilton | Director | — | 1996-01-02 |
| GALE, Kevin | Director | 2025-01-31 | 2025-10-06 |
| GALE, Kevin | Director | 2015-03-02 | 2019-05-08 |
| GOLDSTRAW, David Joseph | Director | 2003-01-28 | 2006-09-30 |
| HARDY, Chris | Director | 2017-01-12 | 2024-01-31 |
| HARVEY, Andrew Neil | Director | — | 1997-03-06 |
| HENRY, John | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2008-09-30 |
| HUTCHINSON, John Michael | Director | 1993-10-21 | 1995-01-26 |
| JENSEN, Alexandra Naomi | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-01-31 |
| KELSEY, Alan Howard Mitchell | Director | 1996-07-03 | 1998-02-26 |
| LUNT, Edward Henry | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2018-03-09 |
| MACLEAN, Alan Kenneth | Director | 2003-01-28 | 2005-03-31 |
| MACPHERSON, Alastair Norman | Director | 1994-05-16 | 1997-04-10 |
| MARSHMAN, David | Director | 2000-02-02 | 2001-05-10 |
| MCENHILL, Peter Raymond | Director | — | 1996-08-31 |
| MCEWAN, Neil Tom | Director | 2023-08-01 | 2024-07-01 |
| MCINNESS, Ian | Director | 2005-04-22 | 2008-04-18 |
| MILES, Neil Rowland | Director | 2023-10-02 | 2025-10-06 |
| MILLS, Adam Francis | Director | — | 1996-07-03 |
| MYERS, John Clive | Director | — | 2005-02-01 |
| NEWMAN, Richard Hugh | Director | 2011-05-26 | 2015-02-28 |
| O'TOOLE, Raymond | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2010-05-05 |
| PARKER, Stuart | Director | 2015-03-01 | 2017-04-28 |
| PARKER, Stuart | Director | 2009-09-23 | 2009-09-28 |
| PATTERSON, Ernest | Director | 1996-08-12 | 1997-01-13 |
| PERRY, Alexander Donald | Director | 2010-11-22 | 2012-03-16 |
| PIKE, Elizabeth Anne | Director | 1999-11-23 | 2001-11-21 |
| RICKARD, Edward Martin | Director | 2017-01-12 | 2026-03-31 |
| ROLLASON, William Peter | Director | 1999-12-06 | 2002-12-04 |
| ROYLE, Ian | Director | 1997-04-10 | 2002-01-03 |
| SANGSTER BULLERS, Marc Phillip | Director | 2005-04-22 | 2006-07-20 |
| STABLES, Thomas Findlay | Director | 2012-12-10 | 2023-07-27 |
| STAMP, James Robert | Director | 2022-08-15 | 2023-02-16 |
| TAYLOR, Keith Wilhall | Director | — | 1993-11-23 |
| WALKER, Adam Christopher | Director | 2003-03-05 | 2008-03-26 |
| WATKIN, David Andrew | Director | 2007-03-22 | 2008-01-22 |
| WHITE, Philip Michael | Director | 1997-01-30 | 2006-09-11 |
| WILLIAMS, Nigel Edward | Director | 2001-11-21 | 2008-04-18 |
| WILSON, John Richard | Director | 1998-02-24 | 2000-06-30 |
| WIPER, Robert | Director | 1994-09-27 | 1999-03-31 |
| WOODWARD, David Peter | Director | 2008-04-18 | 2010-06-25 |
| WORMWELL, Denis | Director | 2002-01-07 | 2006-02-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| National Express Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 311 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-08 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company previous extended |
| 2026-04-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2026-02-05 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2026-01-29 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2026-01-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-28 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-17 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-10-07 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-07 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-02-13 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-02-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-01-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-06-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-05-07 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-03 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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