HITACHI RAIL LIMITED

7TH FLOOR, ONE NEW LUDGATE, 60 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, EC4M 7AW

Previous name: HITACHI RAIL EUROPE LIMITED (changed on 01-Apr-2019)
Previous name: HITACHI RAIL MAINTENANCE (UK) LIMITED (changed on 01-Jul-2009)
Previous name: DWSCO 2639 LIMITED (changed on 01-Dec-2005)

Company Number: 05598549
Incorporation date: 20-Oct-2005
Status: Active
Entity type: Private Limited Company

SIC codes:
49100 Passenger rail transport, interurban





SUMMARY

This company is 18.5 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by multiple entities. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 1.6 billion which has increased from GBP 1.3 billion in the previous year. The latest reported revenue figure is GBP 868 million which is down -40% on the previous year. The company has 3 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 1 other company. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are 3 court cases involving the company that we are aware of.


FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Dec-2024
Accounts Filed: FULL (31-Mar-2023)


P&L Financials:
Year end Currency Revenue Operating profit Interest Received Interest Paid Tax Net Profit GBP
31-Mar-2020 GBP 867,978,000 236,718,000 6,564,000 278,338,000
31-Mar-2019 GBP 1,407,250,000 416,158,000 20,736,000 405,907,000
31-Mar-2018 GBP 1,347,049,000 26,246,000 1,984,000 2,000
31-Mar-2017 GBP 903,098,000 18,581,000 8,100,000 17,260,000
31-Mar-2016 GBP 573,851,000 5,530,000 1,154,000 7,430,000
31-Mar-2015 GBP 245,552,000 -5,174,000 3,279,000 -7,206,000


Balance Sheet Financials:
Year end Currency Cash Current Assets Current Liabilities Debt Share Capital Premium Reserve Retained Earnings Net Assets
31-Mar-2020 GBP 133,509,000 507,446,000 1,146,381,000 83,000 878,181,000 746,998,000 1,628,773,000
31-Mar-2019 GBP 161,798,000 2,191,287,000 1,815,752,000 770,579,000 878,181,000 468,660,000 1,349,216,000
31-Mar-2018 GBP 119,755,000 1,186,482,000 1,071,969,000 726,000 878,181,000 62,753,000 946,937,000
31-Mar-2017 GBP 13,957,000 1,563,921,000 1,502,651,000 190,875,000 878,181,000 10,031,000 900,437,000
31-Mar-2016 GBP 105,616,000 1,020,358,000 1,096,094,000 831,965,000 83,910,000 -7,229,000 73,040,000
31-Mar-2015 GBP 49,247,000 184,219,000 188,896,000 20,001,000 83,910,000 -24,659,000 51,947,000

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end Currency % Equity Sum raised Pre-Money Valuation* Post-Money Valuation* Enterprise Value**
31-Mar-2017 GBP 90.45% 794,271,000 83,910,000 878,181,000 932,679,000
* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All apointments
(active/resigned)
Active Charlotte Rodd DEANS 10 Mar 2022 29 Mar 2024 1 - 0
Resigned Nicola Jane WATSON 07 Nov 2020 01 Mar 2022 0 - 1
Resigned Jane Aine MEE 01 Nov 2016 07 Nov 2020 0 - 1
Resigned Carl William NEWTON 01 Dec 2009 31 Oct 2016 0 - 1
Resigned Anthony TOLAN 01 Dec 2005 01 Dec 2009 0 - 2
Resigned SNR DENTON SECRETARIES LIMITED 20 Oct 2005 01 Dec 2005 317 - 905

DIRECTORS


Status Name Appointed on Resigned on Occupation Nationality All appointments
(active/resigned)
Dissolved companies
(rate)
Active Giuseppe MARINO 01 Apr 2023 Chief Executive Officer Italian 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Active James Alan BREWIN 21 Jan 2020 General Manager British 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Andrew Thomas BARR 26 Sep 2019 01 Apr 2023 Chief Executive British 1 - 10 (0.0%)
Active Luca D'AQUILA 26 Sep 2019 Chief Finance Officer Italian 1 - 00 (0.0%)
Resigned Maurizio MANFELLOTTO 26 Apr 2018 30 Sep 2019 Chief Operations Officer Italian 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Ryoichi HIRAYANAGI 26 Apr 2018 01 Jul 2019 Deputy Chief Finance Officer Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Yoshio ARAKI 26 Apr 2018 01 Feb 2020 Chief Strategy Officer Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Karen BOSWELL 20 Jun 2015 26 Sep 2019 Managing Director British 8 - 179 (36.0%)
Resigned Keisuke YABUTA 10 Oct 2014 31 Mar 2018 Chief Financial Officer & General Manager Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Andrew Thomas BARR 10 Oct 2014 27 Apr 2016 Chief Operating Officer British 0 - 70 (0.0%)
Resigned Stephen Keith PIERCE 10 Oct 2014 27 Apr 2018 Chief Human Resources Officer British 0 - 320 (0.0%)
Resigned Yoshio ARAKI 04 Jul 2013 10 Oct 2014 General Manager Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Keith William JORDAN 18 Apr 2011 20 Jun 2015 Director British 0 - 70 (0.0%)
Resigned Akira HORIE 01 Apr 2011 10 Oct 2014 Ceo Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Kentaro MASAI 01 Apr 2011 31 Mar 2018 General Manager Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Hiroshi NAKAYAMA 01 Apr 2011 10 Apr 2014 President & Ceo Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Shinya MITSUDOMI 01 Apr 2010 10 Oct 2014 Chief Operating Officer Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Stephen John, Sir GOMERSALL 01 Oct 2009 27 Apr 2018 Director British 1 - 111 (8.3%)
Resigned Hitoshi TSURUDA 01 Oct 2009 01 Apr 2011 Ceo Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Gaku SUZUKI 01 Oct 2009 01 Apr 2011 President & Ceo Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Kazuhiro KURIHARA 01 Oct 2009 01 Apr 2010 Chief Marketing Officer Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Hideyuki ARIYASU 01 Nov 2006 01 Oct 2009 Managing Director Japanese 0 - 40 (0.0%)
Resigned Toshihide UCHIMURA 01 Dec 2005 01 Oct 2009 Director Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned Alistair John DORMER 01 Dec 2005 27 Apr 2018 Chairman British 0 - 102 (20.0%)
Resigned Mikio YOTSU 01 Dec 2005 01 Nov 2006 Director Japanese 0 - 50 (0.0%)
Resigned Chiaki UEDA 01 Dec 2005 24 Aug 2012 Chairman Japanese 0 - 10 (0.0%)
Resigned DWS DIRECTORS LTD 20 Oct 2005 01 Dec 2005 9 - 465183 (38.6%)
Number of active directors: 3
Average tenure of active directors: 3.2 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 3.5 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 0.0%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name
 
HITACHI RAIL LIMITED (05598549) - Active

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

Shareholder name Share class Shares at confirmation date
2017-07-202016-07-202016-07-082015-12-012014-12-01
HITACHI, LTD.ORDINARY1,026,478,624
100%
942,480,000
91.8%
114,480,000
57.7%
0
0%
0
0%
HITACHI EUROPE LIMITEDORDINARY0
0%
83,910,000
8.18%
83,910,000
42.3%
83,910,000
100%
55,910,000
100%

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES



Controlling entities above

HITACHI RAIL LIMITED

Controlled companies below

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT


Start date End date Average days to pay % invoices paid over 60 days % invoices not paid within agreed terms Gov.uk report
2023-04-01 2023-09-30 74 42% 40% 76669
2022-10-01 2023-03-31 73 43% 45% 70500
2022-04-01 2022-09-30 64 31% 19% 63753
2021-10-01 2022-03-31 73 31% 18% 57142
2021-04-01 2021-09-30 92 42% 22% 50599
2020-10-01 2021-03-31 101 48% 32% 43577
2020-04-01 2020-09-30 130 51% 20% 36836
2019-10-01 2020-03-31 127 50% 15% 30025
2019-04-01 2019-09-30 149 58% 30% 23200
2018-10-01 2019-03-31 114 46% 28% 14684
2018-04-01 2018-09-30 93 43% 42% 7814


COURT CASES


Date Title Reference Subject
2018-11-02 Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd v Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd & Ors (Rev 1) [2018] EWHC 2926 (TCC)
2018-11-02 Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd v Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd & Ors (Rev 1) [2018] EWHC 2926 (TCC)
2018-11-02 Bombardier Transportation UK Ltd v Hitachi Rail Europe Ltd & Ors (Rev 2) [2018] EWHC 2926 (TCC)

PATENTS


Title Date filed Status Publication number
Railway vehicle with movable interior walls and a front gangway 2016-06-09 Pending GB2551183

COMPETITORS

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)



This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:
Basis Liquidation within 3 months Liquidation within 6 months Liquidation within 12 months Prediction confidence
HITACHI RAIL LIMITED 0.7% 3.6% 7.1% Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector Too few competitors
Age 0.4% 1.7% 3.3% Medium
Company Type 0.7% 3.7% 7.4% Medium
Accounts category 0.7% 2.2% 3.8% Medium
Accounting Month 0.5% 1.8% 3.9% Medium
Sic code count 0.7% 3.5% 7.0% Medium
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