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XC TRAINS LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 04402048
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 2002-03-22
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- 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 they expect that the company will continue to operate for the foreseeable future. Due to the payment and funding mechanism in place under the NRC the company remains confident that it will trade in line expectations for the remainder of the franchise contract term.”
Significant events
- “From 18 October 2020 XC Trains Limited operated under an Operating Contract Franchise Agreement (OCFA) with the Department for Transport. During 2023 it secured the right to continue operating the CrossCountry passenger rail franchise under a National Rail Contract (NRC), effective from 15 October 2023, with a four year core term and a maximum possible term of eight years.”
- “On 19 October 2023, Deutsche Bahn AG (DB) announced an agreement had been signed under which Arriva Limited, the intermediate parent company, would be sold to I Squared Capital. The transaction completed on 31 May 2024.”
- “Industry wide industrial action in relation to pay settlements dating back to 2022 was resolved during the year.”
- “The UK Government's 'Passenger Railway Services (Public Ownership) Bill received Royal Assent on 28 November 2024.”
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 · 42 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ANDERSON, Mark James | Director | 2025-07-23 | Dec 1976 | British |
| KENNEDY, Zoe | Director | 2025-08-07 | Jan 1979 | British |
| ROLFE, Shiona Louise | Director | 2025-03-20 | Jul 1969 | British |
| WILLIS, Kate | Director | 2026-04-28 | Dec 1978 | British |
Show 42 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| DAVIES, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2007-01-12 | 2013-12-16 |
| EDWARDS, Lorna | Secretary | 2013-12-16 | 2020-06-12 |
| THORPE, Elizabeth Anne | Secretary | 2005-01-18 | 2006-05-12 |
| TURNER, David Paul | Secretary | 2002-03-22 | 2005-01-18 |
| VIRTUE, John | Secretary | 2006-05-12 | 2007-01-12 |
| BICCOR LTD | Corporate Nominee Secretary | 2002-03-22 | 2002-03-22 |
| APPLEGARTH, David Christopher John | Director | 2006-02-08 | 2013-01-01 |
| BAKER, Dennis Henry | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2013-10-01 |
| BALDWIN, Rachel Helen | Director | 2014-04-25 | 2015-02-03 |
| BOOTH, Christopher Paul | Director | 2024-02-22 | 2025-07-31 |
| BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne | Director | 2016-08-10 | 2020-10-09 |
| CAMERON, Euan Alexander Robert | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2003-12-31 |
| CNOSSEN, Anne | Director | 2018-08-09 | 2019-10-01 |
| COBBE, Roger Brian | Director | 2003-12-31 | 2013-10-01 |
| COOPER, Andrew John | Director | 2007-11-01 | 2019-05-31 |
| EARL, Maria Francesca | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2016-11-04 |
| FENN, Jon | Director | 2021-08-13 | 2022-04-07 |
| FURLONG, Amanda | Director | 2013-10-01 | 2020-12-03 |
| GOODALL, Mark Francis | Director | 2023-04-28 | 2024-02-20 |
| HARRISON, Richard Charles Vyvyan | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2010-08-27 |
| HEWITT, Mary Elisabeth Courtney | Director | 2017-10-17 | 2020-01-01 |
| HIGGINS, Jeremy Richard Charles | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2017-07-07 |
| HOLLAND, Robert William | Director | 2007-10-01 | 2013-01-01 |
| HOPKINSON, Stephen Lee | Director | 2024-08-29 | 2025-05-23 |
| INGHAM, Gillian | Director | 2020-10-09 | 2023-02-03 |
| JOYNER, Thomas Guy | Director | 2019-06-03 | 2024-02-15 |
| KENDALL, Sarah Louise | Director | 2008-04-17 | 2010-07-01 |
| LOWE, Desmond Peter | Director | 2017-04-20 | 2020-07-10 |
| LUGAR-MAWSON, Colette | Director | 2021-12-13 | 2024-08-12 |
| MACPHAIL, Joanne | Director | 2017-05-31 | 2019-11-29 |
| MCDONALD, Duncan | Nominee Director | 2002-03-22 | 2002-03-22 |
| MURPHY, Stephen John | Director | 2013-01-01 | 2014-03-24 |
| PAXTON, Lee Garreth | Director | 2018-06-12 | 2022-07-12 |
| ROBERTS, Jonathan Luke | Director | 2010-10-01 | 2020-07-03 |
| ROGERS, William | Director | 2013-09-01 | 2016-05-02 |
| RULE, Benjamin James Taylor | Director | 2016-10-17 | 2017-10-13 |
| SIMKIN, Benjamin | Director | 2019-05-31 | 2021-02-01 |
| SINGH, Harjinder Nagra | Director | 2023-10-06 | 2025-08-29 |
| TELFORD, Peter Thomas | Director | 2002-03-22 | 2008-09-01 |
| WALKER, Helen Jayne | Director | 2010-09-13 | 2013-08-31 |
| WATKIN, David Andrew | Director | 2009-04-01 | 2017-05-26 |
| WATKIN, David Andrew | Director | 2008-04-14 | 2008-04-14 |
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 189 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-05-05 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-03-17 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-12-21 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2025-09-24 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-08-11 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-07-31 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-23 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-05-23 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-21 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2025-03-04 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-12-23 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type full |
| 2024-08-29 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-08-20 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-04-26 | MR04 | mortgage | mortgage satisfy charge full |
| 2024-03-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with updates |
| 2024-02-22 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-02-22 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
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