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BELMOND BRITANNIC EXPLORER LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 02985176
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1994-11-01
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Accounts
Pending extraction
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Forvis Mazars LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has access to adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the annual financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Great Scottish & Western Railway Limited · 100% held · United Kingdom · rail tour operator
Significant events
- “There have been no post balance sheet events since the end of the year.”
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
4 active · 21 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FRANKLIN, Gary Edward | Secretary | 2007-04-25 | — | British |
| FRANKLIN, Gary Edward | Director | 2007-04-25 | Apr 1969 | British |
| HUNT, Abigail Jill | Director | 2017-06-28 | Aug 1974 | British |
| PAROCHE, Elise | Director | 2024-06-05 | Dec 1982 | French |
Show 21 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HOBBS, Fergus Thomson | Secretary | 1994-11-04 | 1994-11-04 |
| KANDIAH, Senthilnathan | Secretary | 1994-11-04 | 1997-04-23 |
| MAIN, Susan Jane | Secretary | 2005-03-30 | 2007-04-25 |
| MANSFIELD, Sarah Ann | Secretary | 1997-04-23 | 2005-03-30 |
| WATERLOW SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-11-01 | 1994-11-04 |
| BALLANTINE, Robert Alistair Waverly | Director | 1994-12-21 | 1998-12-15 |
| BOYEN, Filip Joseph Marcel | Director | 2013-08-01 | 2015-03-31 |
| CALVERT, Philip Alan | Director | 2012-03-14 | 2013-08-01 |
| FEAGLER, Stanley | Director | 1996-06-07 | 1998-12-15 |
| HOBBS, Fergus Thomson | Director | 1994-11-04 | 2007-04-25 |
| JONES, Michael Trevor | Director | 1998-12-15 | 1999-10-19 |
| MANSFIELD, Sarah Ann | Director | 2003-07-02 | 2007-04-25 |
| O'GRADY, Martin | Director | 2015-03-31 | 2019-12-31 |
| OVERTON, Andrew Michael | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2012-02-29 |
| ROBIN AMOUR, Veronique | Director | 2020-05-12 | 2024-06-05 |
| ROGERS, David Gerald Vivien | Director | 1998-12-15 | 2000-05-25 |
| RYAN, Michael John | Director | 1994-11-04 | 2004-12-30 |
| THOMPSON, Martin Claude | Director | 1994-12-20 | 1997-06-30 |
| VARIAN, Nicholas Roger | Director | 2005-01-01 | 2011-08-26 |
| WEBER, David Martin | Director | 1994-12-21 | 1996-06-22 |
| WATERLOW NOMINEES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1994-11-01 | 1994-11-04 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Palladio Overseas Holding Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2019-04-17 | Active |
| Belmond Interfin Ltd | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Ceased 2019-04-17 |
| Venice Simplon-Orient-Express Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 167 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-11-25 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-06 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-08-13 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-12-13 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-11-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-12 | CERTNM | change-of-name | certificate change of name company |
| 2024-09-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-06-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-06-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2024-01-11 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2023-11-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-01-20 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-11-16 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-09-13 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type dormant |
| 2021-11-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-10-01 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2021-10-01 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
Credit score
Altman Z″ — composite of working capital, retained earnings, EBIT, and leverage
Activity Score
Filings velocity, capital events, officer churn, accounts trajectory