HIGH SPEED TWO (HS2) LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-12-31 (in 7mo)
Last filed for 2025-03-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-01-27 (in 8mo)
Last made up 2026-01-13
Watchouts
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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4 officer resignations in last 12 months
Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.
Accounts
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- Other
- Auditor
- National Audit Office
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“HS2 Ltd has received confirmation of funding for the next five years as part of the government wide Spending Review 2025 setting out funding to 2029/30. Additionally, no material uncertainties were identified in the going concern assessment. Therefore, it is considered appropriate to adopt a going concern basis to prepare these financial statements.”
Significant events
- “Over half of HS2's bored tunnels are built between Birmingham and London - with 29 miles of total tunnelling complete.”
- “The finishing touches are made to the arch of the 1.5-mile Chipping Warden 'green' tunnel in Northamptonshire.”
- “The 2.1-mile Colne Valley viaduct becomes the UK's longest rail bridge after its final deck segment is installed.”
- “Mark Wild starts work as the new chief executive of HS2 Ltd.”
- “Foundations for the Old Oak Common underground station box are completed, using 76,000 cubic metres of concrete.”
- “After its five-mile drive, tunnel boring machine Sushila is removed from Green Park Way vent shaft, West London.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
14 active · 50 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BROWN, Michael William Tuke | Director | 2025-07-14 | Apr 1964 | British |
| GOLDSTONE, David Lionel Alexander | Director | 2024-06-01 | Jul 1962 | British |
| HEAD, Emma Louise | Director | 2024-07-01 | Jun 1981 | British |
| HOLT, Elaine Karen | Director | 2020-07-01 | Jun 1966 | British |
| KING, Ian Graham | Director | 2020-07-01 | Apr 1956 | British |
| MCINTOSH, Robert Davis | Director | 2026-01-01 | Dec 1972 | British |
| MCMEEL, Anne Marie | Director | 2026-01-01 | Dec 1954 | British |
| MURPHY, Stephen John | Director | 2026-01-01 | Dec 1969 | British |
| OGUNSHAKIN, Olawale Nelson, Dr | Director | 2023-10-01 | Nov 1960 | British |
| REYNOLDS, Neil Martin | Director | 2025-12-03 | May 1961 | British |
| SMITHSON, Keith Victor | Director | 2023-06-01 | Mar 1962 | Irish |
| VIALA DE LISLE, Fabienne Paule | Director | 2025-12-03 | Aug 1962 | British,French |
| WILD, Mark | Director | 2024-12-02 | May 1965 | British |
| WILLS, Simon Marc | Director | 2025-12-03 | Aug 1967 | British |
Show 50 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| GEOGHEGAN, Nicole Ann | Secretary | 2016-02-15 | 2019-06-09 |
| HAMMOND, Mairi Fiona | Secretary | 2015-11-05 | 2016-02-15 |
| MORGAN, Bridget Catherine (Betty) | Secretary | 2013-01-02 | 2015-02-27 |
| OWEN, Non | Secretary | 2019-06-10 | 2025-03-31 |
| QAYYUM, Rubeela Naveed | Secretary | 2011-04-19 | 2012-04-20 |
| RODDIE, Suzanne | Secretary | 2009-02-13 | 2011-03-18 |
| ROSKILL, Victoria Mary Wilson | Secretary | 2012-05-08 | 2013-01-02 |
| TARPLEE, Suzanne Catherine | Secretary | 2015-02-28 | 2015-11-04 |
| WELLBURN, Timothy John | Secretary | 2009-01-14 | 2009-02-13 |
| WHITTINGHAM, Anna | Secretary | 2025-04-01 | 2025-11-27 |
| ADONIS, Andrew, Lord | Director | 2015-07-01 | 2017-04-21 |
| ALLEN, Stephen David | Director | 2015-10-29 | 2018-03-31 |
| BOWLES, Simon Alan | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2012-06-30 |
| BRADLEY, Michael Paul | Director | 2018-11-05 | 2022-08-29 |
| BRISCOE, Brian Anthony | Director | 2009-02-13 | 2014-03-31 |
| BROWN, Richard Howard | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2019-06-30 |
| CAPSTICK, Martin Harold | Director | 2011-01-01 | 2012-12-19 |
| COOK, Allan Edward | Director | 2018-12-05 | 2021-07-31 |
| DAVINSON, Joanna Maeve | Director | 2023-06-01 | 2025-12-03 |
| EMMETT, Christine | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2018-09-14 |
| EWELL, Melvyn | Director | 2016-09-01 | 2023-03-31 |
| FOSTER, Alan Peter | Director | 2023-05-01 | 2026-04-06 |
| FRIEND, Andrew Erskine | Director | 2009-03-17 | 2012-06-30 |
| GOLDSTONE, David Lionel Alexander | Director | 2012-02-27 | 2012-06-30 |
| HACKITT, Judith Elizabeth, Dame | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2024-01-31 |
| HARRIS, Tom | Director | 2020-07-01 | 2024-06-30 |
| HIGGINS, David Hartmann, Sir | Director | 2014-01-01 | 2018-07-31 |
| HILL, Roy Francis | Director | 2016-12-09 | 2017-03-02 |
| HUGHES, Stephen Edward | Director | 2019-04-01 | 2025-12-03 |
| KIRBY, Simon Neil | Director | 2014-09-01 | 2016-12-08 |
| LINNARD, Robert Wynne | Director | 2009-01-14 | 2009-02-18 |
| MASOM, Neil Andrew | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2018-09-14 |
| MCNAUGHTON, Andrew George, Professor | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2014-09-18 |
| MORGAN, Terence Keith, Sir | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2018-12-04 |
| MOUNTFORD, Roger Philip | Director | 2015-02-19 | 2023-05-18 |
| MUNRO, Alison Mary | Director | 2009-01-28 | 2017-08-31 |
| OAKERVEE, Douglas Edwin, Sir | Director | 2012-04-01 | 2013-12-31 |
| ROBINSON, Richard Leslie | Director | 2018-09-24 | 2019-09-25 |
| ROWLANDS, David, Sir | Director | 2009-01-19 | 2010-02-19 |
| SMITH, Godric William Naylor | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2012-12-19 |
| SMITH, John Edward Kitson | Director | 2018-08-01 | 2021-10-31 |
| SUTHERLAND, Duncan William | Director | 2012-07-01 | 2018-06-29 |
| THOMPSON, Jonathan Michael, Sir | Director | 2021-04-01 | 2025-03-31 |
| THURSTON, Mark John | Director | 2017-03-03 | 2023-09-30 |
| TODD, Ruth Anne Llewellin | Director | 2021-07-20 | 2023-12-21 |
| VALENTINE, Josephine Clare, Baroness | Director | 2014-09-15 | 2018-09-14 |
| WELLBURN, Timothy John | Director | 2009-01-14 | 2010-12-31 |
| WELTON, Michael William | Director | 2009-04-15 | 2015-01-11 |
| WEST, Beth Anne | Director | 2012-12-21 | 2014-09-18 |
| WOLSTENHOLME, Andrew William Lewis | Director | 2018-06-01 | 2019-04-01 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| The Secretary Of State For Transport | Legal person | Significant influence | 2016-04-06 | Active |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 173 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-22 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2026-01-15 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-01-14 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2026-01-13 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-11 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-11-27 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-07-22 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | AP03 | officers | Appoint person secretary company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-04-01 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2025-01-14 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-12-10 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-12-03 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-08 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 13
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 7
- Officers resigned
- 4
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
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