WABTEC UK LIMITED
Company number 02923485 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
WABTEC UK LIMITED is a strategically significant subsidiary operating at the intersection of UK rail heritage and global transportation technology, leveraging its parent company's scale and its own diversified manufacturing capabilities to serve infrastructure-driven demand cycles. The company's growth trajectory depends on converting its rebranding from "Rail" to the broader "UK" identity into tangible market expansion, while mitigating the inherent risks of parent-company dependency and UK manufacturing cost pressures. Success will require positioning Doncaster not merely as a production site, but as a differentiated centre of excellence within Wabtec's global network.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1994-04-27
- Registered office
- Doncaster Works, Hexthorpe Road, Doncaster, South Yorkshire, United Kingdom, DN4 0BF
- Postcode
- DN4 0BF
- Capital
- 1,756,000 GBP
- Accounts category
- Full
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-04-27
- Next due by
- 2027-05-11
Nature of business (SIC)
- 25620 Machining
- 27900 Manufacture of other electrical equipment
- 28990 Manufacture of other special-purpose machinery not elsewhere classified
- 33170 Repair and maintenance of other transport equipment not elsewhere classified
Officers 4 current · 38 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by Wabtec Air Brake Technologies Corporation (25-1615902) — since 2016-04-06
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Gender pay gap
11%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.wabtecrail.co.uk
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| WABTEC RAIL LIMITED | 2021-11-30 |
| RFS (E) LIMITED | 2000-03-01 |
| IMCO (0394) LIMITED | 1994-11-09 |
Previous registered addresses 3
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 100 BARBIROLLI SQUARE, MANCHESTER, M2 3AB | 2013-11-05 |
| DONCASTER WORKS, HEXTHORPE ROAD, DONCASTER, DN1 1SL | 1998-06-18 |
| ST PETER'S HOUSE, HARTSHEAD, SHEFFIELD, S YORKS S1 2EL | 1994-11-14 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 38 similar companies in DN, trading since 1994
The class of 1994
47%
of the 28,890 companies incorporated in 1994 are still active today; 50% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 10 titles
- Freehold
- 6
- Leasehold
- 4
- Most recent registration
- 2023-10-06
- Price paid, where recorded
- £590,000
- Where
- Somerset (3), South Yorkshire (3), Staffordshire (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| ST385689 | Somerset | Freehold | 2023-10-06 | — |
| WS77890 | Somerset | Freehold | 2023-08-17 | — |
| LL388138 | Lincolnshire | Leasehold | 2023-07-04 | — |
| SF680923 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2022-08-16 | — |
| SF609638 | Staffordshire | Leasehold | 2022-07-01 | — |
| ST167295 | Somerset | Freehold | 2022-03-16 | £590,000 |
| LT435839 | Leicestershire | Leasehold | 2011-04-05 | — |
| SYK449417 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2011-01-27 | — |
| SYK579826 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 2010-09-15 | — |
| SYK252414 | South Yorkshire | Freehold | 1995-01-24 | — |
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