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WCT GROUP LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03282548
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1996-11-18
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Accounts
Pending extraction
No iXBRL extracted yet for this company.
Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 101
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- 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 as explained below. Following the expiry of the West Coast franchise, West Coast ceased to trade and the Company no longer has any investments in operational companies. 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, consistent with the prior year.”
Subsidiaries
- West Coast Trains Limited · 1% held · England and Wales · operated passenger rail services
Significant events
- “Following the expiry of the West Coast franchise, West Coast Trains Limited ceased to trade.”
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 · 46 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 46 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 |
| LEGGE, Diana Patricia | Secretary | 1996-11-18 | 2000-03-22 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 1996-11-18 | 1996-11-18 |
| 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 |
| BOWKER, Steven Richard | Director | 1999-04-14 | 2001-10-24 |
| BRANSON, Richard Charles Nicholas, Sir | Director | 1996-11-18 | 1997-03-09 |
| BROADLEY, Peter James, Mr. | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-09-13 |
| COCHRANE, Keith Robertson | Director | 1999-04-14 | 2002-03-01 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Edward | Director | 1999-09-08 | 2013-10-11 |
| COPLEY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-12-08 |
| COX, Brian John | Director | 1998-11-27 | 2000-07-31 |
| COX, Philip Robert | Director | 1998-01-29 | 1998-10-07 |
| DALE, Manjit | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1998-10-07 |
| DALE, Manjit | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1997-05-23 |
| DUPONT, Pierre Arthur Raoul | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1998-10-07 |
| ECCLES, Graham Charles | Director | 2000-07-31 | 2002-03-01 |
| FERRIS, Jeremy Nicholas | Director | 1997-03-09 | 1998-10-07 |
| FURLONG, Mark Peter | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2002-01-02 |
| GIBB, Christopher Leslie | Director | 2003-07-16 | 2013-11-11 |
| GREEN, Christopher Edward Wastie | Director | 1999-03-10 | 2004-09-27 |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul Dennis | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-01-06 |
| JONES, Alan David | Director | 1998-04-28 | 1998-10-07 |
| KAVANAGH, Timothy Brendan | Director | 2019-11-29 | 2023-04-27 |
| KINSKI, Michael John | Director | 1998-10-07 | 1998-11-27 |
| KLUG, Rebecca Brenda Jennifer | Director | 1999-09-08 | 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 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 2001-12-14 | 2002-03-01 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 1996-11-18 | 2000-08-03 |
| MURPHY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2002-01-23 | 2004-07-10 |
| SHURE, Randl Louis | Director | 1997-05-23 | 1998-10-07 |
| THOMPSON, William Geoffrey | Director | 1998-01-29 | 1998-10-07 |
| TIBBITS, Christopher John Gervase | Director | 1997-06-10 | 2004-07-07 |
| TOMLIN, Alan Colin | Director | 1997-06-10 | 2002-03-01 |
| WARBURTON, Ivor William | Director | 1997-06-10 | 1999-02-08 |
| WHITEHORN, William Elliott | Director | 1999-04-14 | 2002-03-01 |
| WHITEHORN, William Elliot | Director | 1996-11-18 | 1998-05-06 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Mark Edward | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2019-12-08 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Philip | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2019-12-08 |
| INSTANT COMPANIES LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 1996-11-18 | 1996-11-18 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wct Group Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 288 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 |
| 2025-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-11-14 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | change to a person with significant control |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 2022-12-15 | CH03 | officers | change person secretary company with change date |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
Credit score
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