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WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Cash
£482K
-5.4% vs 2022
Net assets
£3M
-5.3% vs 2022
Employees
50
+13.6% vs 2022
Profit before tax
-£263K
+31.7% vs 2022
Profile
- Company number
- 01010188
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1971-05-05
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Net assets
3-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
WEST SOMERSET RAILWAY PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY
Accounts
3-year trend · latest 2023-03-31
| Metric | Trend | 2021-03-31 | 2022-03-31 | 2023-03-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £2,467,483 | £2,726,084 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£362,465 | -£237,218 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£384,339 | -£262,662 | |
| Net profit | — | -£316,442 | -£216,317 | |
| Cash | — | £510,144 | £482,471 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,802,940 | £3,542,196 | |
| Net assets | — | £2,937,654 | £2,780,662 | |
| Equity | £3,225,266 | £2,937,654 | £2,780,662 | |
| Average employees | — | 44 | 50 | |
| Wages | — | — | — |
Values shown as filed in iXBRL accounts. — indicates the figure was not present in the extracted filing (either not filed under that concept or absent from the period). About these numbers
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Albert Goodman LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The accounts have been prepared on a going concern basis, which assumes that the Railway will continue in operation for a period of at least twelve months from the date of approval of the financial statements... These events or conditions indicate that a material uncertainty exists that may cast significant doubt on the Company's ability to continue as a going concern.”
Subsidiaries
- Locomotive 5542 Limited
- Dinmore Manor Locomotive Limited
- Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC
- Great Central Railway PLC
- North Norfolk Railway PLC
Significant events
- “We had a major contract in mid 2024 and we are pleased how this went: we are actively pursuing other possibilities.”
- “In terms of wider strategy, during mid 2024, the Strategic Outline Business Case for restoring scheduled train services between Taunton and Bishops Lydeard was jointly developed... and duly submitted to the Department for Transport. Unfortunately, the change in Government... meant that this did not get an immediate positive response.”
- “We have benefitted considerably financially from the recent visit of Flying Scotsman and the team are to be congratulated on all the work that went into this.”
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
7 active · 69 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FOUR FIFTY PARTNERSHIP LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2019-01-11 | — | — |
| BOSWELL, Joy Rosalind | Director | 2021-01-29 | Sep 1968 | British |
| COURTNEY, Francis Moor | Director | 2021-02-24 | Feb 1945 | British |
| JOACHIM, Rowan Elisabeth Margaret | Director | 2023-02-21 | Mar 1977 | British |
| JONES-PRATT, Jonathan | Director | 2018-09-13 | Nov 1983 | British |
| SMITH, Malcolm David | Director | 2024-04-29 | Oct 1955 | British |
| WICHARD, Robin Jeremy | Director | 2024-04-29 | May 1959 | British |
Show 69 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| COLEBY, Ian Kenneth | Secretary | 2017-04-01 | 2018-05-02 |
| EVENS, Geoffrey William | Secretary | 2005-01-01 | 2013-07-27 |
| LIZARS, Roger Lancaster | Secretary | — | 2005-01-01 |
| MAW, Richard | Secretary | 2018-02-23 | 2019-01-11 |
| PATEMAN, Geoffrey William | Secretary | 2013-07-27 | 2017-03-31 |
| ADAMS, Nigel Paul | Director | 2009-04-25 | 2012-05-25 |
| ALDRIDGE, Ian William | Director | 2013-01-26 | 2015-07-19 |
| AUGER, Richard Barry | Director | 2005-06-25 | 2019-05-02 |
| AUSTIN, Christopher Anthony | Director | — | 2008-09-27 |
| BAKER, David Edward | Director | 2012-10-20 | 2016-07-01 |
| BOLT, Christopher Wesley | Director | 2014-10-18 | 2017-06-24 |
| BROWN, Martin Hughes | Director | 2019-03-28 | 2021-02-16 |
| CASTLEDINE, Andrew John | Director | 2020-07-30 | 2023-02-14 |
| COLEBY, Ian Kenneth | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2018-11-05 |
| CONIBEARE, Paul William | Director | 2018-07-21 | 2019-06-28 |
| CONIBEARE, Paul William | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-06-23 |
| COOPER, Mervyn Roger Downham | Director | 2000-11-25 | 2004-06-26 |
| COURTNEY, Francis Moor | Director | 2017-07-29 | 2018-05-08 |
| COURTNEY, Frank Moor | Director | 2018-07-21 | 2019-04-30 |
| COX, Geofrey Malcolm | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2016-07-01 |
| CRUDGE, Brian John | Director | 1994-02-26 | 2008-04-02 |
| DAVIDGE, Kenneth James | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2017-10-16 |
| DAVIES, Humphrey Robert | Director | 1996-01-27 | 2016-12-31 |
| DIEJOMAOH, Arthur Akpovona | Director | 2021-09-25 | 2023-03-23 |
| DONNER, John Melville | Director | — | 2005-06-25 |
| DOWRICK, Christopher William James | Director | — | 2012-06-23 |
| EVENS, Geoffrey William | Director | 2004-09-25 | 2018-06-23 |
| FAULKNER, Richard Oliver, Lord Faulkner Of Worcester | Director | 2004-10-30 | 2005-10-29 |
| GREENWAY, Rodney Stewart | Director | 2018-04-20 | 2018-11-06 |
| GRELLIER, Benjamin John | Director | 2017-03-25 | 2017-12-16 |
| HANCOCK, Paul David | Director | 2017-03-25 | 2017-12-06 |
| HARRISON, Ian Francis | Director | 2016-07-01 | 2016-10-30 |
| HATCH, James Ian | Director | — | 1992-06-11 |
| HODGES, Shaun David | Director | 2011-11-12 | 2014-08-09 |
| HOLMES, Richard David | Director | 2006-03-01 | 2011-03-13 |
| IRVEN, John | Director | 2012-05-01 | 2017-06-28 |
| JOHNS, Michael Anthony | Director | 2001-04-28 | 2012-12-31 |
| JONES, Richard Peter | Director | 1999-07-01 | 2001-02-24 |
| JONES, Richard Peter | Director | 1992-07-25 | 1996-01-27 |
| KERR-PETERSON, Justin James Melville | Director | 2020-04-23 | 2021-05-27 |
| KNELL, William James | Director | 2018-01-30 | 2018-09-13 |
| LILLIS, Richard Patrick | Director | 2015-10-28 | 2016-12-24 |
| LIZARS, Roger Lancaster | Director | — | 2013-06-29 |
| LOWTHER, Neil Illingworth | Director | 1995-11-25 | 2008-06-28 |
| MAJOR, Stephen David | Director | 2012-07-07 | 2012-07-10 |
| MAJOR, Stephen David | Director | 2012-06-23 | 2014-07-31 |
| MAW, Richard Jonathan Compton | Director | 2018-01-19 | 2018-11-22 |
| MEANLEY, Robert | Director | 2021-03-30 | 2022-03-26 |
| MEANLEY, Robert | Director | 2019-12-14 | 2020-07-30 |
| MORGAN, David Treharne | Director | — | 2012-06-23 |
| NICHOLSON-FLORENCE, Alan David | Director | 2017-03-25 | 2017-12-06 |
| PATEMAN, Geoffrey William | Director | 2013-07-27 | 2018-06-23 |
| PEARCE, John Edward | Director | — | 1994-02-26 |
| ROBERTS, Stephen Thomas | Director | 2011-07-30 | 2012-05-01 |
| SAVILL, Roger Stewart | Director | 1997-02-22 | 2014-07-31 |
| SHORT, Audrey Mary | Director | — | 1999-06-30 |
| SMITH, Mark Leonard | Director | 2018-11-22 | 2020-11-21 |
| SMITH, Mark Leonard | Director | 2006-03-10 | 2016-10-29 |
| SMITH, Mark Leonard | Director | — | 2006-03-09 |
| STONE, Ian Gordon Winston | Director | 2009-05-05 | 2015-06-28 |
| STONEHAM, Rachel | Director | 2023-03-28 | 2024-07-24 |
| SWAN, Peter Thomas | Director | 1994-02-26 | 2001-05-26 |
| TAYLOR, Dennis Herbert | Director | — | 2007-03-31 |
| THOMPSON, Michael Henry | Director | 2020-11-21 | 2021-02-26 |
| WHITE, Robin Mark | Director | 2008-02-23 | 2009-02-02 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Victor | Director | 2020-06-09 | 2023-01-03 |
| WILLIAMS, Stephen Victor | Director | 2012-06-23 | 2017-06-30 |
| WILTON, John Challis | Director | 2011-03-12 | 2015-06-27 |
| WOOD, Richard Antony | Director | 2000-06-24 | 2004-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
No PSC data extracted yet.
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 378 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2026-04-15 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2025-10-20 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-05-13 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-10-10 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-08-06 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-31 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-05-30 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-05-30 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-05-28 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-10-03 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2023-10-03 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2023-09-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-30 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-05-25 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-05-25 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-05-15 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2023-03-31
2.99
SAFE
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets 0.172 × 6.56 = +1.13
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets -0.058 × 6.72 = -0.39
- Book equity / Total liabilities 2.139 × 1.05 = +2.25
Bands: > 2.6 safe · 1.1–2.6 grey · < 1.1 distress. Z″ is a public-formula baseline, not a substitute for adverse-data signals (CCJs, charges, gazette notices) — those land in a later pass.
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory
Activity Score not yet computed for this company.