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GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY PLC
Cash
£192K
-9.4% vs 2023
Net assets
£2M
-24% vs 2023
Employees
107
+3.9% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£704K
-2.7% vs 2023
Profile
- Company number
- 01257394
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1976-05-06
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-01-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Net assets
5-year trend · vs UK Logistics & Mobility median
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY PLC
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY PLC
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY PLC
GREAT CENTRAL RAILWAY PLC
Accounts
5-year trend · latest 2024-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2020-01-31 | 2021-01-31 | 2022-01-31 | 2023-01-31 | 2024-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Operating profit | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | — | — | — | -£685,721 | -£704,109 | |
| Net profit | — | — | — | -£685,721 | -£704,109 | |
| Cash | — | — | — | £211,844 | £191,937 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | — | £10,479,787 | £9,743,169 | |
| Net assets | — | — | — | £2,712,350 | £2,060,288 | |
| Equity | £3,027,665 | — | — | £2,712,350 | £2,060,288 | |
| Average employees | — | — | — | 103 | 107 | |
| Wages | — | — | — | £1,507,095 | £1,571,399 |
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
- PKF Smith Cooper Audit Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“However, the Directors also recognise that following several years of poor trading performance, existing cash reserves have reduced significantly, and given the Company is not forecast to eliminate losses until 2028, there is a material uncertainty that if trading performance does not continue to improve then any remaining cash reserves could be exhausted. Please refer to the Strategic Report for further detail and context.”
Subsidiaries
- Great Central Railway Development Ltd · 49% held · Loughborough
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
10 active · 53 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| POLLARD, Caroline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2023-10-06 | — | — |
| BAINES, Clive Ian | Director | 2017-09-15 | Feb 1948 | British |
| BECKETT, Mark Andrew | Director | 2023-10-01 | Jan 1967 | British |
| BRUCE, Richard Hubert | Director | 2022-07-29 | Oct 1956 | British |
| MANLEY, Scott Jonathon | Director | 2022-12-01 | Apr 1996 | British |
| PATCHING, Richard John | Director | 2008-11-15 | Feb 1952 | British |
| REZA, Mahmood | Director | 2016-07-27 | Jun 1962 | British |
| SMITH, Eric Harold, Dr | Director | 2010-04-17 | Oct 1941 | British |
| WALTERS, Ian George | Director | 2024-12-18 | Nov 1969 | British |
| WILSON, Ian Lloyd | Director | 2019-02-27 | Aug 1953 | British |
Show 53 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GOODWIN, Mark Edward | Secretary | 2021-10-19 | 2023-10-06 |
| LOVATT, Richard James Bruce | Secretary | — | 2007-07-14 |
| MORLEY, Peter Thomas | Secretary | 2007-08-11 | 2013-08-07 |
| POLLARD, Caroline Elizabeth | Secretary | 2013-08-07 | 2021-08-31 |
| BAKER, Penelope Margaret | Director | 1993-10-30 | 1996-01-26 |
| BISHOP, Brian | Director | 1996-11-29 | 1998-02-26 |
| BODELL-STAGG, Margaret Julie | Director | 1999-09-24 | 2001-04-02 |
| BYASS, Kenneth Peter | Director | 2008-11-15 | 2016-01-22 |
| CHRISTIAN, Graham David | Director | — | 1999-08-21 |
| COBLEY, David Haydn | Director | — | 1993-04-02 |
| CROSSLAND, Philip Colin | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2019-09-23 |
| DUNPHY, Henry | Director | — | 1996-08-02 |
| EAST, John Antony | Director | — | 2005-08-20 |
| FLINT, Raymond Arthur | Director | 1998-09-25 | 1999-05-06 |
| FORD, William John Charles | Director | 2011-08-20 | 2016-11-18 |
| GORDON, Iain Robert | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-07-20 |
| GOUGH, Michael Neil | Director | 2017-08-23 | 2023-03-13 |
| GREEN, George Andrew | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2008-09-11 |
| GREGORY, Michael | Director | 2011-08-20 | 2016-09-09 |
| GREGORY, Michael | Director | 2009-01-17 | 2010-09-30 |
| HALLAM, Stephen William | Director | 2005-06-11 | 2008-04-12 |
| HANSON, Garcia Julian | Director | 2008-11-15 | 2010-09-30 |
| HARRIS, Nigel | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2010-09-30 |
| HOLLEY, Melville Llewelyn Thomas | Director | 2002-09-06 | 2005-04-09 |
| HOLLEY, Melville Llewelyn Thomas | Director | — | 1994-01-28 |
| HOULSTON, John Ravenscroft | Director | 2019-10-08 | 2022-10-27 |
| INGALL, Thomas Anthony | Director | 2005-10-15 | 2010-12-15 |
| KERSHAW, Anthony Michael | Director | 1995-03-24 | 2007-04-14 |
| LEE, Michael James Richnor | Director | 1995-11-24 | 2005-04-09 |
| LOVATT, Richard James Bruce | Director | — | 2007-07-14 |
| MARSH, Rosalyn Heather | Director | 1996-07-26 | 2010-09-30 |
| MCGAIG, Peter Archibald | Director | — | 2001-03-08 |
| MORGAN, David Treharne | Director | 1993-10-30 | 2024-07-13 |
| MORGAN, Nicola Ann, Baroness | Director | 2020-06-01 | 2023-07-29 |
| MORLEY, Peter Thomas | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2008-09-21 |
| MUNRO, Andrew Ian | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-05-16 |
| OLIVER, Graham John | Director | — | 2005-04-09 |
| PATEL, Veejay | Director | 1996-11-29 | 1997-08-16 |
| PENNEY, David James | Director | 2023-02-08 | 2025-01-21 |
| PLADGEMAN, David Anthony | Director | — | 2005-04-09 |
| PORTER, Benjamin Harold | Director | — | 1997-03-17 |
| SHEPPARD, Michael John | Director | — | 2016-05-18 |
| SLACK, David Geoffrey Reginald | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2006-09-09 |
| SLACK, David Geoffrey Reginald | Director | 2000-08-19 | 2002-03-01 |
| SPARKS, Anthony Christopher | Director | 2005-03-04 | 2013-09-23 |
| TILDEN SMITH, Richard | Director | 2005-03-05 | 2010-09-30 |
| WARD, Peter John | Director | 1994-11-12 | 1996-02-24 |
| WESTON, Robert Frederick | Director | — | 1994-10-02 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Christopher Michael | Director | 1993-10-30 | 1995-11-24 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Patrick Bruce | Director | — | 1993-06-17 |
| WILCOCK, Dennis | Director | 2013-09-23 | 2015-04-24 |
| WORTLEY, Zoe | Director | 2016-07-27 | 2017-11-15 |
| THE RT HON THE EARL OF LANESBOROUGH | Corporate Director | — | 1993-10-30 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The David Clarke Railway Trust | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 229 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-10-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-08-21 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-07-24 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-01-27 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-12-23 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-11-18 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-07-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-07-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-12-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2023-10-06 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2023-10-06 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2023-10-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-07-31 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-07-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-03-13 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-02-23 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2023-02-15 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-12-09 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-11-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
Credit score
Altman Z″ (private-firm) · reference 2024-01-31
-0.55
DISTRESS
Altman Z″
- Working capital / Total assets -0.055 × 6.56 = -0.36
- Retained earnings / Total assets 0.000 × 3.26 = +0.00
- EBIT / Total assets -0.065 × 6.72 = -0.43
- Book equity / Total liabilities 0.234 × 1.05 = +0.25
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
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