GREAT RAIL JOURNEYS LIMITED
Company number 03208093 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Great Rail Journeys operates as a dominant niche leader within the UK's specialized escorted tour market, leveraging over 50 years of brand heritage to capture the growing slow-travel and premium demographic. While the broader tour operator sector faces macroeconomic headwinds from inflation and transport disruptions, the company's robust governance structure and dedicated financial backing position it well to weather these cyclicals. Its specialized focus on rail holidays provides a distinct competitive moat, albeit one that requires careful management of demographic dependencies and logistical complexities.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1996-06-05
- Registered office
- Hq Building, Hudson Quarter, Toft Green, York, England, YO1 6JT
- Postcode
- YO1 6JT
- Capital
- 220,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-10-31
- Next due by
- 2027-07-31
- Financial year end
- 31 October
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-05-26
- Next due by
- 2027-06-09
Nature of business (SIC)
- 79120 Tour operator activities
Officers 3 current · 19 resigned
Group structure
Controlled by GREAT RAIL JOURNEYS PARTNERSHIP LIMITED — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Contact details
- Website
- greatrail.com
- Phone
- (08705210410, 01702811397, 02087449280
With 50 years' experience Great Rail Journeys is the leading UK company specialising in escorted rail holidays.
Previous registered addresses 1
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 71 THE MOUNT, YORK, NORTH YORKSHIRE, YO24 1GX | 1999-07-14 |
Among its peers
2nd oldest
of 29 similar companies in YO, trading since 1996
The class of 1996
45%
of the 41,233 companies incorporated in 1996 are still active today; 52% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 4 titles
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2022-01-04
- Where
- York (4)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NYK491867 | York | Leasehold | 2022-01-04 | — |
| NYK383573 | York | Leasehold | 2010-12-10 | — |
| NYK383574 | York | Leasehold | 2010-12-10 | — |
| NYK383575 | York | Leasehold | 2010-12-10 | — |
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