YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST (HOLDINGS) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-10-31 (in 5mo)
Last filed for 2025-01-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-08-18 (in 3mo)
Last made up 2025-08-04
Watchouts
Cash
£786K
+281.9% vs 2024
Net assets
£1M
+55.5% vs 2024
Employees
32
-13.5% vs 2024
Profit before tax
£434K
+106.7% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Audit opinion: Disclaimer of opinion
Latest auditor's report carried a non-clean opinion.
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1 PSC ceased in last 24 months
Significant control changed hands — see the Ownership section.
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2025-01-31
| Metric | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £2,892,237 | £4,095,874 | |
| Operating profit | — | — | |
| Profit before tax | £209,996 | £434,023 | |
| Net profit | £209,996 | £434,023 | |
| Cash | £205,811 | £785,907 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £782,356 | £1,311,673 | |
| Net assets | £782,356 | £1,216,379 | |
| Equity | £782,356 | £1,216,379 | |
| Average employees | 37 | 32 | |
| Wages | £471,918 | £698,409 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2024-01-31 | 2025-01-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Net margin | 7.3% | 10.6% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 57.2% | 58.4% | |
| Current ratio | 0.41x | 0.64x |
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
- Consolidated group
- Auditor
- Walkers Accountants Limited
- Audit opinion
- Disclaimer of opinion
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“From a review of management information, the directors have a reasonable expectation that the company has sufficient resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The company therefore continues to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statement.”
Group structure
- YORKSHIRE DALES RAILWAY MUSEUM TRUST (HOLDINGS) LIMITED · parent
- The Embsay Steam Railway Trading Company Limited 100%
Significant events
- “During the 2024-2025 financial year, the Trust made further significant progress towards achieving a sustainable position for our historic infrastructure.”
- “Strategic purchases of two TSOs from the Scottish Railway Preservation Society will reduce ongoing coach hire costs and open our heritage train services to more people through the inclusion of accessible areas.”
- “We benefited from a filming contract for the post-apocalyptic film 28 Years Later, which utilised our historic infrastructure and assets during the summer.”
- “The 2024-2025 year saw continued investment in our core infrastructure and assets at an exceptional rate.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
8 active · 32 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EDWARDS, Michael | Secretary | 2014-11-24 | — | — |
| BALL, Michael John | Director | 2026-02-12 | Mar 1954 | British |
| BEESLEY, John Nicholas | Director | 2024-08-02 | Mar 1948 | British |
| EDWARDS, Michael David | Director | 2022-02-25 | Nov 1969 | English |
| FERGUSON, Daniel James | Director | 2019-12-06 | Aug 1990 | British |
| HARRISON, Malcolm Brian | Director | 2022-02-25 | Dec 1957 | British |
| HUBBS, Neil Ashley | Director | 2007-01-20 | Jul 1970 | British |
| SHAW, Robert John | Director | 2016-11-12 | Feb 1976 | British |
Show 32 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BELL, Stuart Kevin | Secretary | 1995-07-21 | 2001-03-30 |
| LISTER, Charles Andrew | Secretary | 2007-01-20 | 2014-11-22 |
| LODGE, Eric | Secretary | — | 1994-12-03 |
| WARNER, Paul Geoffrey | Secretary | 2001-03-30 | 2007-01-20 |
| ARSHAD, Mohammed Salim | Director | 2010-10-30 | 2021-05-18 |
| BARLOW, David | Director | 2010-10-30 | 2018-05-04 |
| BARLOW, David | Director | 1993-11-12 | 2001-03-30 |
| BEESLEY, John Nicholas | Director | 2014-11-22 | 2024-01-27 |
| BEESLEY, John Nicholas | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2007-01-20 |
| BELL, Matthew Thomas | Director | 2007-01-20 | 2007-04-05 |
| BELL, Stuart Kevin | Director | — | 2001-03-30 |
| CLUNAS, Stephen Andrew | Director | 2012-11-10 | 2015-11-28 |
| DARNELL, Michael Roger | Director | 2007-11-17 | 2010-09-30 |
| FALL, Rodney Macpherson | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2007-01-20 |
| FERGUSON, Daniel James | Director | 2010-10-30 | 2016-11-17 |
| FURNESS, Elizabeth | Director | 2007-01-20 | 2009-10-17 |
| GARWOOD, John William | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2007-01-20 |
| GOODE, Arthur Richard | Director | 2004-10-29 | 2007-01-20 |
| JONES, Richard Peter | Director | 2022-02-25 | 2024-07-31 |
| JONES, Richard Peter | Director | 2020-07-08 | 2021-07-02 |
| KEAVEY, John | Director | — | 1993-11-12 |
| LISTER, Charles Andrew | Director | 2007-01-20 | 2014-11-22 |
| LODGE, Cedric Charles | Director | 2004-07-16 | 2007-01-20 |
| LODGE, Eric | Director | — | 1994-12-03 |
| MASON, Michael David | Director | 2007-01-20 | 2014-11-22 |
| MEYER, Henry Ernest | Director | 2007-01-20 | 2010-10-30 |
| SINAR, Kenneth Roger | Director | 2015-11-28 | 2017-05-18 |
| SUTHERLAND, James Suiter | Director | 2024-01-27 | 2026-04-30 |
| WALKER, Stephen | Director | 1995-07-21 | 2001-03-30 |
| WARNER, Paul Geoffrey | Director | 2001-03-30 | 2007-01-20 |
| WARNER, Timothy John | Director | 2007-01-20 | 2009-10-17 |
| WRIGHT, Anthony Peter | Director | 2018-11-17 | 2022-02-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Stephen Christopher Walker | Individual | Significant influence | 2016-08-03 | Ceased 2024-07-31 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 171 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-06 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-03-17 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-30 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2025-09-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-09-05 | CH03 | officers | Change person secretary company with change date | |
| 2025-02-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-08-16 | PSC08 | persons-with-significant-control | Notification of a person with significant control statement | |
| 2024-08-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-07 | PSC07 | persons-with-significant-control | Cessation of a person with significant control | |
| 2024-08-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-06-17 | AD01 | address | Change registered office address company with date old address new address | |
| 2024-02-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-02-08 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group | |
| 2024-02-03 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-08-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-11-01 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type total exemption full | |
| 2022-08-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2022-03-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 5
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 1
- 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.
Year-on-year
FY2024 → FY2025 · period ending 2025-01-31 vs 2024-01-31
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Turnover
+41.6%
£2,892,237 £4,095,874
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Cash
+281.9%
£205,811 £785,907
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Net assets
+55.5%
£782,356 £1,216,379
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Employees
-13.5%
37 32
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Profit before tax
+106.7%
£209,996 £434,023
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Wages
+48%
£471,918 £698,409
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