NATIONAL EXPRESS RAIL REPLACEMENT LIMITED

Company number 05424388 ·

Active

The most recent accounts indicate this company is dormant and not trading.

Executive summary

National Express Rail Replacement Limited is a strategically pre-positioned dormant entity within the National Express Group, designed for rapid deployment during rail disruption events rather than ongoing commercial operations. Its primary value lies in corporate optionality—enabling faster market entry than competitors when time-sensitive rail replacement contracts arise—though this advantage is counterbalanced by the absence of an operational and financial track record that procurement processes increasingly demand. The critical strategic decision facing the parent group is whether to maintain this entity as a perpetual option or invest in activation to capture the growing rail disruption market.

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Overview

Company type
Private Limited Company
Incorporated
2005-04-14
Registered office
National Express House Birmingham Coach Station, Mill Lane, Digbeth, Birmingham, B5 6DD
Postcode
B5 6DD
Capital
2 GBP
Accounts category
Dormant

Accounts

Last made up to
2024-12-31
Next due by
2026-12-31
Financial year end
31 March

Confirmation statement

Last statement dated
2025-11-14
Next due by
2026-11-28
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Nature of business (SIC)

  • 99999 Dormant Company

Officers 2 current · 32 resigned

Appointed 2026-07-01
Appointed 2023-10-02

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Group structure

Controlled by NATIONAL EXPRESS HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-04-06

From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.

Contact details

Website
nationalexpress.com
Phone
(03717818181

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Previous company names

NameDate changed
NX RAIL REPLACEMENT LIMITED2005-04-18

Previous registered addresses 2

AddressChanged on
7 TRITON SQUARE, LONDON, NW1 3HG2010-07-23
75 DAVIES STREET, LONDON, W1K 5HT2008-01-31

At this address

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The class of 2005

27%

of the 5,779 companies in this sector incorporated in 2005 are still active today; 72% have since been dissolved.

A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.