BELMOND BRITANNIC EXPLORER LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-09-30 (in 4mo)
Last filed for 2024-12-31
Confirmation statement due
2026-12-09 (in 7mo)
Last made up 2025-11-25
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
—
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£461K
-78.3% vs 2023
Employees
1
0% vs 2023
Profit before tax
-£2M
-377.5% vs 2023
Name history
Renamed 2 times since incorporation — the current trading name was adopted 2024-11-12
- BELMOND BRITANNIC EXPLORER LIMITED 2024-11-12 → present
- GREAT SCOTTISH AND WESTERN RAILWAY HOLDINGS LIMITED 1996-05-17 → 2024-11-12
- BLESSRUN LIMITED 1994-11-01 → 1996-05-17
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Industrials median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £0 | £0 | |
| Operating profit | -£423,000 | -£2,020,000 | |
| Profit before tax | -£423,000 | -£2,020,000 | |
| Net profit | -£262,000 | -£1,662,000 | |
| Cash | — | — | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £2,123,000 | £461,000 | |
| Net assets | £2,123,000 | £461,000 | |
| Equity | £2,123,000 | £461,000 | |
| Average employees | 1 | 1 | |
| Wages | £6,000 | £51,000 |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Return on capital employed | -19.9% | -438.2% | |
| Current ratio | 0.05x | 0.07x |
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
- 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.”
Group structure
- BELMOND BRITANNIC EXPLORER LIMITED · parent
- Great Scottish & Western Railway Limited 100%
Significant events
- “There have been no post balance sheet events since the end of the year.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. 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
Material constitutional events — rename, articles re-file, resolution
- 2024-11-12 CERTNM Certificate change of name company PDF
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-12-31 vs 2023-12-31
-
Turnover
—
Not reported
-
Cash
—
Not reported
-
Net assets
-78.3%
£2,123,000 £461,000
-
Employees
0%
1 1
-
Operating profit
-377.5%
-£423,000 -£2,020,000
-
Profit before tax
-377.5%
-£423,000 -£2,020,000
-
Wages
+750%
£6,000 £51,000
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