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GRAND CENTRAL RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 03979826
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2000-04-25
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- FULL
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Accounts
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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.”
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 was 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).”
- “The company received approval for its application to the industry regulator to permit it to call two return services per day at Peterborough Station, and introduced this new stop in January 2024.”
- “Grand Central Railway Company Limited has exercised their option to extend these 2 voyager units through to the end of 2025 in order to bolster fleet availability.”
- “The company have made a further application to the industry regulator for rights to an enhanced service on its West Riding route and to make additional station calls at Seaham on its North East route from 2025.”
- “The company currently has an application under review with the ORR to run services from Cleethorpes to London Kings Cross and if successful, would look to introduce these services in Dec 2026.”
- “On 31st March 2025, Grand Central Railway Company Limited, signed an agreement with Hitachi and Angel Trains for the lease of 9, 5 car, tri mode units.”
- “The company have also secured a long term extension to its track access rights with Network Rail beyond their current expiry date in December 2027. The agreement was signed on 24 March 2025 with an expiry date of December 2038.”
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People
3 active · 38 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BRANDON, Christopher James | Director | 2025-05-06 | Dec 1983 | British |
| HUTCHINGS, Paul William | Director | 2024-01-04 | Oct 1966 | British |
| SMITH, Chloe Anne | Director | 2025-11-11 | May 1982 | British |
Show 38 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BREEZE, Warren David | Secretary | 2000-05-05 | 2004-10-15 |
| DAVIES, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2011-11-04 | 2013-12-16 |
| EDWARDS, Lorna | Secretary | 2013-12-16 | 2020-06-12 |
| WATTS, Clive Royston | Secretary | 2007-03-08 | 2011-11-04 |
| YEOWART, Ian Robert | Secretary | 2004-10-15 | 2007-03-08 |
| L & A SECRETARIAL LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2000-04-25 | 2000-05-05 |
| BAINBRIDGE, Carol | Director | 2020-01-14 | 2022-10-19 |
| BALDWIN, Rachel Helen | Director | 2014-04-25 | 2016-01-07 |
| BELCHER, Charles John | Director | 2009-11-04 | 2011-11-04 |
| BREEZE, Warren David | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2004-10-15 |
| BROWN, David | Director | 2021-05-01 | 2024-01-25 |
| BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2020-10-09 |
| CLIFT, Tom Andrew | Director | 2007-08-01 | 2012-02-29 |
| COOPER, Andrew John | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| COOPER, Bradley George | Director | 2010-11-01 | 2012-07-06 |
| DALE, Mark Alan | Director | 2017-03-06 | 2020-01-03 |
| DAVID, Gareth | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2007-03-08 |
| DEACON, Andrew William | Director | 2012-06-01 | 2013-11-12 |
| DEAN, Kevin Brett | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2007-03-08 |
| ENGLISH, Sean Gerrard | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2024-09-30 |
| FEARNLEY, Giles Robin | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2011-11-04 |
| FURLONG, Amanda | Director | 2011-11-04 | 2020-12-03 |
| GARTSIDE, Philip Andrew | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2011-11-04 |
| HATFIELD, David | Director | 2011-07-14 | 2021-05-01 |
| HEWITT, Mary Elisabeth Courtney | Director | 2017-10-17 | 2020-01-01 |
| HOLLAND, Robert William | Director | 2011-11-04 | 2014-05-31 |
| HOWELLS, Robert Lynton | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2011-11-04 |
| HYSON, Alan Harry | Director | 2006-06-20 | 2007-03-08 |
| LOWRIE, David | Director | 2007-05-21 | 2012-01-31 |
| MCCLEAN, Richard Henry | Director | 2012-02-01 | 2021-05-01 |
| MOODY, Philip Edward | Director | 2007-03-08 | 2011-11-04 |
| MURPHY, Stephen John | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2014-03-24 |
| ROBERTS, Jonathan Luke | Director | 2013-11-12 | 2015-05-18 |
| ROBINSON, Mark David | Director | 2015-05-18 | 2017-02-28 |
| SCOTT, Alexis James | Director | 2022-10-01 | 2025-11-18 |
| WORRALL, Terence Paul | Director | 2008-10-01 | 2011-11-04 |
| YEOWART, Ian Robert | Director | 2000-05-05 | 2009-09-16 |
| L & A REGISTRARS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Director | 2000-04-25 | 2000-05-05 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arriva Uk Trains Limited | Corporate entity | Voting 75–100% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 180 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-28 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-11-18 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-11-11 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-10-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-05-06 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-04-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-01-08 | MA | incorporation | memorandum articles |
| 2025-01-08 | MR01 | mortgage | mortgage create with deed with charge number charge creation date |
| 2025-01-02 | RESOLUTIONS | resolution | resolution |
| 2024-11-08 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-09-30 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-05-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-01-25 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-01-04 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-08-14 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2023-06-07 | SH01 | capital | capital allotment shares |
| 2023-04-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2022-12-22 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2022-10-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2022-10-14 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
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