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WEST COAST TRAINS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03007940
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1995-01-10
- 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
- Auditor
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“The financial statements have not been prepared on a going concern basis. Following the expiry of the previous franchise on 8 December 2019, the Company ceased to trade. As the Directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade for the Company, they have not prepared the financial statements on a going concern basis.”
Significant events
- “The Company ceased to trade as a train operating company, on 8 December 2019.”
- “The Company continues to be engaged in the winding down of the remaining residual assets and liabilities.”
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 · 37 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| VILE, Claire Ruth Vertel | Secretary | 2020-03-31 | — | — |
| BLOK, Robert Pieter | Director | 2020-03-19 | Jan 1976 | British |
| DINGWALL, Bruce Maxwell | Director | 2023-05-30 | Apr 1983 | British |
| GIBBS, Andrew Philip | Director | 2020-03-19 | Dec 1988 | British |
Show 37 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BAYLISS, Joshua | Secretary | 2006-08-31 | 2007-03-01 |
| GERRARD, Barry Alexander Ralph | Secretary | 2007-03-01 | 2020-03-31 |
| GRAM, Peter Gerardus | Secretary | 2000-03-22 | 2006-08-31 |
| HEWETT, Peter Graham | Nominee Secretary | 1995-01-10 | 1997-03-09 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1997-03-09 | 2000-03-22 |
| BARRETT, Brian Michael | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1999-08-24 |
| BEARPARK, Phillip Alan | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2016-12-21 |
| BELCHER, Charles John | Director | 2003-07-16 | 2007-08-31 |
| BELL, Linda Anne | Director | 2004-07-10 | 2007-12-31 |
| BROADLEY, Peter James, Mr. | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-09-13 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Edward | Director | 1999-09-16 | 2013-10-11 |
| COPLEY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-12-08 |
| DIXON, Charles Richard | Director | 1997-01-24 | 1997-03-09 |
| FURLONG, Mark Peter | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2002-01-02 |
| GIBB, Christopher Leslie | Director | 2003-07-16 | 2013-11-11 |
| GOLDSON, Charles Richard Browne | Director | 1996-05-13 | 1997-03-09 |
| GREEN, Christopher Edward Wastie | Director | 1999-02-22 | 2004-09-27 |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul Dennis | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-01-06 |
| HADLEY, Gareth Morgan | Director | 1995-04-24 | 1997-03-09 |
| JENNER, Terence Anthony | Director | 1996-02-23 | 1996-02-24 |
| KAVANAGH, Timothy Brendan | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-04-27 |
| KING, Paul Frederick, Dr | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1997-03-09 |
| KLUG, Rebecca Brenda Jennifer | Director | 1999-09-16 | 2004-09-27 |
| LEECH, Graham Charles | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2016-12-21 |
| MCGRATH, Patrick John | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2018-05-03 |
| MICKLETHWAITE, Neil | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2022-07-05 |
| MITCHELL, Nicholas Eyton | Director | 1995-04-28 | 1997-03-09 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1999-01-27 |
| MURPHY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-07-10 |
| NICHOLS, Alan John | Director | 1997-01-24 | 1997-03-09 |
| RYAN, Dominic James | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1998-09-04 |
| TIBBITS, Christopher John Gervase | Director | 1997-07-14 | 2004-07-07 |
| TOMLIN, Alan Colin | Director | 1997-03-09 | 2001-10-08 |
| WARBURTON, Ivor William | Director | 1995-01-10 | 1999-02-08 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Mark Edward | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2019-12-08 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Philip | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2019-12-08 |
| WRIGHT, Michael Leslie | Director | 1996-12-18 | 1997-03-09 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wct Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 197 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-10-02 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-06-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-06-02 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 2025-05-28 | RP04CS01 | confirmation-statement | second filing of confirmation statement with made up date |
| 2025-05-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control without name date |
| 2024-11-15 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control without name date |
| 2024-11-12 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2024-11-11 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-11-05 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-10-31 | AD01 | address | change registered office address company with date old address new address |
| 2024-10-17 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
| 2024-09-25 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-05-30 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-05-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-12-16 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control without name date |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
Credit score
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