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BLUEBELL RAILWAY PLC
Profile
- Company number
- 01966061
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1985-11-27
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49390
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- TC Group
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“Based on the work we have performed, we have not identified any material uncertainties relating to events or conditions that, individually or collectively, may cast significant doubt on the company's ability to continue as a going concern for a period of at least twelve months from when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”
Subsidiaries
- Bluebell Extension Railway Ltd · 100% held · Sheffield Park Station, Uckfield, Sussex, TN22 3QL
- Bluebell Railway Operating Ltd · 100% held · Sheffield Park Station, Uckfield, Sussex, TN22 3QL
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".”
- “During 2024 we undertook a major project to remove the cladding wall in OP4 which contained low levels of asbestos, thus ensuring the safety of staff and the removal of a potential hazardous product.”
- “Our budgeting for 2025 shows that we are facing another substantial loss: without corrective action the 2025 loss will be around £565,000.”
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 · 55 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HODGES, Simon John | Secretary | 2025-10-23 | — | — |
| ASTOR, Antony | Director | 2023-03-01 | Jan 1962 | British |
| BISHOP, Michael John | Director | 2024-08-29 | Sep 1977 | British |
| EVERINGTON, Paul Andrew Harald | Director | 2026-01-29 | May 1962 | British |
| FLIGHT, Graham Leslie | Director | 2020-12-30 | Dec 1952 | British |
| GLASKIN, Neil Henry | Director | 2022-11-25 | Oct 1977 | British |
| GRAY, Timothy Brien | Director | 2023-09-18 | Jul 1974 | British |
| HODGES, Simon John | Director | 2023-08-31 | Jun 1958 | British |
| PAMMENT, Robert | Director | 2024-08-01 | Dec 1950 | British |
| WATTS, Royston John | Director | 2023-01-27 | Jun 1953 | British |
Show 55 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| FLIGHT, Graham Leslie | Secretary | — | 2025-10-23 |
| AITKEN, Graham John | Director | 2016-07-19 | 2020-03-20 |
| BAKER, Simon Robert | Director | 1999-06-11 | 2001-05-19 |
| BAKER, Timothy | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2016-08-05 |
| BARBER, Christopher Charles | Director | 2022-10-27 | 2025-10-23 |
| BARCLAY, George | Director | 2022-09-29 | 2022-10-27 |
| BEAUCHAMP, Kevin Miles | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2019-08-29 |
| BIGG, Stephen John | Director | 2020-03-23 | 2021-10-28 |
| BROMLEY, Paul Alan | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2023-10-27 |
| BROPHY, William Janes | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2001-05-19 |
| BURCH, David Eric | Director | 2019-12-01 | 2022-10-27 |
| CAMERON, Neil David | Director | 1992-05-29 | 1994-07-21 |
| CHARMAN, Alan Richard | Director | 1995-12-08 | 1998-05-09 |
| CHURCHMAN, Paul Raymond | Director | 2021-10-28 | 2024-03-04 |
| CHURCHMAN, Paul Raymond | Director | 2007-07-11 | 2010-10-19 |
| CRESSWELL, Martin Peter | Director | 2022-11-30 | 2023-10-10 |
| CRESSWELL, Martin Peter | Director | 2019-09-26 | 2022-09-29 |
| ELLIS, Michael James | Director | 2017-08-24 | 2022-10-27 |
| FEARN, Anthony Richard | Director | 2013-10-22 | 2019-08-29 |
| FINSBERG, Geoffrey, Lord | Director | — | 1995-12-08 |
| FLIGHT, Graham Leslie | Director | — | 2013-10-22 |
| FOALE, David Antony | Director | — | 2013-07-12 |
| GARMAN, Roger Neal James | Director | 2014-10-21 | 2019-08-29 |
| GLASKIN, Neil Henry | Director | 2010-11-25 | 2020-04-30 |
| HANCOCK, Sara Lisa | Director | 2017-03-23 | 2018-10-31 |
| HOLDEN, Bernard John | Director | — | 2004-05-19 |
| HUDSON, Charles William | Director | 1994-07-21 | 1995-12-08 |
| HUNFORD, Christopher Lawrence | Director | 2014-02-23 | 2021-01-03 |
| KELLY, Roger Graham | Director | 2008-07-10 | 2017-12-19 |
| LELEW, Paul Anthony | Director | 2020-02-28 | 2023-01-31 |
| LOCK, Martin John Stuart | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2003-12-02 |
| LUCK, Barry Nelson | Director | 2020-05-28 | 2023-03-01 |
| MEE, Geoffrey Brian | Director | 2021-07-29 | 2023-01-27 |
| MIDDLETON, David Philip | Director | 2024-07-01 | 2025-06-13 |
| MIDDLETON, David Philip | Director | 1995-12-08 | 1999-05-15 |
| NODES, Lewis Alexander | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2016-08-25 |
| OADES, Edward | Director | — | 1995-12-08 |
| PADGHAM, John Preston | Director | 1995-12-08 | 2001-05-19 |
| PAGE, Nigel | Director | 2021-11-25 | 2025-09-30 |
| PAMMENT, Robert | Director | 2016-10-05 | 2022-10-27 |
| PARFITT, Richard Edwin | Director | 2002-05-24 | 2004-01-19 |
| PEARCE, Russell | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2017-08-24 |
| PEARCE, Russell | Director | 1995-12-08 | 1997-06-18 |
| PRYOR, Nicholas David | Director | 2002-05-24 | 2008-07-10 |
| RUSSELL, Paul Alan | Director | 2021-07-29 | 2023-08-14 |
| SELLER, Paul Raymond | Director | 2025-06-12 | 2025-08-27 |
| THOMAS, Peter Michael | Director | — | 1998-01-03 |
| TRIGG, Stephen Robert | Director | 2022-10-27 | 2024-11-28 |
| TURTLE, Christopher James | Director | 1998-05-09 | 2002-01-22 |
| TUTT, David Malcolm | Director | 2004-05-24 | 2007-07-11 |
| WATTS, Royston John | Director | 1997-06-18 | 2016-08-25 |
| WELCH, Christopher John | Director | 2025-03-27 | 2025-12-01 |
| WHITE, Christopher Ronald Graham | Director | 1998-05-09 | 2020-05-12 |
| WHITE, Robin Mark | Director | 2001-05-21 | 2002-01-22 |
| WIDDOWSON, Martin Neil | Director | 2013-07-12 | 2019-11-28 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bluebell Railway Preservation Society | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2023-01-01 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 323 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-11 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-12-12 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-29 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-10-29 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-29 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-10-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2025-06-27 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-23 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-06-16 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-12-01 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-09-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-08-06 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-08-01 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-07-10 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-04-16 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2024-03-04 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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