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WCT GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 04196341
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2001-04-09
- Last accounts made up
- 2024-12-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- IFRS
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- ML Audit LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Material uncertainty disclosed
“Following the expiry of the franchise in December 2019, West Coast ceased to trade and the Group no longer has any investments in operational companies. As the Directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade for West Coast, they have not prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis, consistent with the prior year.”
Subsidiaries
- WCT Group Limited · 99.74% held · England and Wales
- West Coast Trains Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · operated passenger rail services
- Redstar Ticketing Limited · 100% held · England and Wales
Significant events
- “Following the expiry of the franchise in December 2019, West Coast ceased to trade and the Group no longer has any investments in operational companies. As the Directors do not intend to acquire a replacement trade for West Coast, they have not prepared these financial statements on a going concern basis, consistent with the prior year.”
- “Although not trading as a train operating company, the Group was able to finalise settlements in respect of certain assets and liabilities, related to the expiry of the franchise agreement.”
- “The Group 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 · 36 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 | 2023-01-31 | Apr 1983 | British |
| GIBBS, Andrew Philip | Director | 2022-03-03 | Dec 1988 | British |
Show 36 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 | 2001-08-02 | 2006-08-31 |
| OFFICE ORGANIZATION & SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2001-04-09 | 2001-08-02 |
| SWIFT INCORPORATIONS LIMITED | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2001-04-09 | 2001-04-09 |
| 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 | 2001-08-02 | 2001-10-24 |
| BROADLEY, Peter James, Mr. | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-09-13 |
| COCHRANE, Keith Robertson | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2002-08-26 |
| COLLINS, Anthony Edward | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2013-10-11 |
| COPLEY, Sarah Jane | Director | 2016-12-21 | 2019-12-08 |
| DE ANTONI, Claudia | Director | 2016-08-03 | 2018-09-12 |
| DOBBS, Ian Ralph | Director | 2005-09-21 | 2009-02-26 |
| ECCLES, Graham Charles | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2005-09-21 |
| ELFORD, Danny | Director | 2023-01-10 | 2023-04-26 |
| GIBB, Christopher Leslie | Director | 2003-07-16 | 2013-11-11 |
| GREEN, Christopher Edward Wastie | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2005-06-25 |
| GRIFFITHS, Martin Andrew | Director | 2009-02-26 | 2023-01-10 |
| GRIFFITHS, Paul Dennis | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2004-01-06 |
| KAVANAGH, Timothy Brendan | Director | 2022-02-18 | 2023-01-31 |
| KLUG, Rebecca Brenda Jennifer | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2004-09-27 |
| LEECH, Graham Charles | Director | 2004-01-06 | 2016-12-21 |
| MARSH, Caroline | Director | 2019-02-07 | 2019-12-07 |
| MCCALL, Patrick Charles Kingdon | Director | 2002-04-23 | 2022-03-24 |
| MCGRATH, Patrick John | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2018-05-03 |
| MOORHEAD, John Patrick | Director | 2009-03-31 | 2016-07-01 |
| MURPHY, Stephen Thomas Matthew | Director | 2001-11-30 | 2006-12-19 |
| MURPHY, Susan Margaret | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2004-07-10 |
| PATERSON, Ross John | Director | 2002-08-26 | 2023-01-31 |
| TIBBITS, Christopher John Gervase | Director | 2002-02-13 | 2004-07-07 |
| WHITEHORN, William Elliott | Director | 2001-08-02 | 2009-03-31 |
| WHITEHOUSE, Mark Edward | Director | 2016-06-02 | 2019-12-08 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Philip | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2019-12-08 |
| PEREGRINE SECRETARIAL SERVICES LIMITED | Corporate Director | 2001-04-09 | 2001-08-02 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virgin Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 50–75%, Voting 50–75% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
| Stagecoach Rail Holdings Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 25–50%, Voting 25–50% | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 192 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 group |
| 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 group |
| 2024-04-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-10-12 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2023-05-12 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2023-05-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-31 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2023-01-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-19 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2023-01-19 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2022-12-15 | CH01 | officers | change person director company with change date |
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