BLUEBELL RAILWAY PLC

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  6 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. BLUEBELL RAILWAY PLC 1986-02-26 → present
2. JORDANS 312 PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY 1985-11-27 → 1986-02-26

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

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.

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.”

Group structure

1. BLUEBELL RAILWAY PLC · parent
   1. Bluebell Extension Railway Ltd 100% · Sheffield Park Station, Uckfield, Sussex, TN22 3QL
   2. Bluebell Railway Operating Ltd 100% · 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 and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

11

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

2

last 12 months

Officers resigned

6

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -14.3%

  £5,571,624 → £4,777,501

• Cash

  -76.4%

  £702,327 → £165,467

• Net assets

  +1.2%

  £22,037,596 → £22,310,625

• Employees

  +18.7%

  107 → 127

• Operating profit

  -103.9%

  -£288,492 → -£588,105

• Profit before tax

  -96.1%

  -£315,395 → -£618,494

• Wages

  -3.1%

  £1,655,670 → £1,605,010

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. Periods don't have to be exactly 12 months apart — a long or short period (typical around incorporation or year-end changes) will distort the comparison. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers