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M40 TRAINS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03005018
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1994-12-23
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Accounts
Pending extraction
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The directors have prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis as the cash pool agreement states that the company will have full and immediate access to its pooled cash balances with ATCO to settle its liabilities as they fall due. The company will also continue to operate for the foreseeable future.”
Subsidiaries
- The Chiltern Railway Company Limited · 100% held · UK · operation of passenger railway services
Significant events
- “On 19 October 2023, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) announced an agreement had been signed under which Arriva Limited, the company's intermediate parent company, would be sold to I Squared Capital. This transaction completed on 31 May 2024. Following this, the company is no longer part of the DB group.”
- “The company previously participated in a group cash pooling arrangement operated by DB and on 3 May 2024 withdrew from this arrangement in preparation for the sale of the group. Upon withdrawal, the entire cash pool balance was transferred to a new cash pooling arrangement with a fellow group undertaking, Arriva Treasury Company Limited (ATCO).”
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People
3 active · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FURLONG, Amanda | Director | 2012-01-01 | May 1975 | British |
| SCOTT, Alexis James | Director | 2017-03-03 | Mar 1983 | British |
| TAYLOR, Jonathan James | Director | 2021-10-14 | Jul 1977 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BECKETT, Mark Andrew | Secretary | 1996-07-21 | 1999-03-09 |
| DAVIES, William Giles Russell | Secretary | 2008-03-31 | 2014-04-01 |
| EDWARDS, Lorna | Secretary | 2014-04-01 | 2020-06-12 |
| FEATHERSTONE, Derek William | Secretary | 1999-03-09 | 1999-11-01 |
| MILLER, Roger Keith | Secretary | 2007-03-23 | 2008-03-31 |
| MILLER, Roger Keith | Secretary | 1999-11-01 | 2002-04-12 |
| SHELL, Peter Geoffrey | Secretary | 2002-04-12 | 2007-03-23 |
| MITRE SECRETARIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1994-12-23 | 1999-08-24 |
| ALEXANDER, Mark Charles Hugh Orkell | Director | 2004-03-15 | 2006-07-27 |
| ALLAN, Richard Graham | Director | 2020-10-05 | 2021-10-14 |
| ALLEN, Anthony Douglas | Director | 1995-03-31 | 2012-08-26 |
| BECKETT, Mark | Director | 1999-03-09 | 2006-10-16 |
| BRIGHOUSE, Robert William | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2015-12-18 |
| CHANEY, Alan Robert | Director | 1996-07-21 | 2008-02-26 |
| DAVIES, William Giles Russell | Director | 2002-09-12 | 2005-02-10 |
| DJAZIRIAN, Christoph | Director | 2008-04-16 | 2010-12-31 |
| EDGINGTON, Owen Ernest | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1999-03-09 |
| EWER, Adrian James Henry | Director | 1999-03-09 | 2000-07-03 |
| FRIEND, Andrew Erskine | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2006-07-27 |
| HEWITT, Mary Elisabeth Courtney | Director | 2020-01-01 | 2020-10-05 |
| HOLLAND, Robert William | Director | 2012-01-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| HOMBURG, Ulrich | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2009-09-10 |
| JAMES, Caroline Lindsay | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1996-03-19 |
| JOHNSON, Richard Aubrey | Director | 2019-07-15 | 2021-10-14 |
| MEDLICOTT, Michael Geoffrey | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2008-01-21 |
| MORRIS, James Richard Samuel, Sir | Director | 1995-11-07 | 2003-04-07 |
| MURPHY, Stephen John | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2014-03-24 |
| NAGEL, Karsten | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| NELSON, John Graeme | Director | 1998-07-02 | 2006-07-27 |
| PENNEY, David James | Director | 2015-11-25 | 2019-12-31 |
| POTTS, Derek | Director | 2002-03-28 | 2006-07-27 |
| PROCTOR, Catherine Edwina | Director | 2006-07-27 | 2007-07-31 |
| PROCTOR, Steven | Director | 2007-07-09 | 2008-03-31 |
| REEVES, Barbara | Nominee Director | 1994-12-23 | 1995-03-31 |
| RIMMER, Duncan Thomas | Director | 2012-05-21 | 2016-10-04 |
| RUDHART, Manfred, Dr | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| SENNHENN, Frank | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| SHOOTER, Adrian | Director | 1995-03-31 | 2011-12-19 |
| THATER, Dirk | Director | 2008-03-31 | 2010-12-31 |
| TURNER, Alexander Mckenzie | Director | 1995-03-31 | 1999-03-09 |
| WELLS, Ian Joseph | Director | 2000-04-01 | 2003-12-30 |
| WINDMILL, Robert John | Nominee Director | 1994-12-23 | 1995-03-31 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arriva Trains Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 235 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2025-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-14 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-10-10 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-10-03 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2024-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-01-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-09-28 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-15 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-01-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2021-10-20 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2021-10-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2021-10-18 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2021-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2021-01-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2020-12-23 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2020-10-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2020-10-05 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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