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High Speed Rail Finance PLC

Active 14 years old · 2,728th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 2010s

Company number08196684
StatusActive
Incorporated30/08/2012
Accounts last made up to31/03/2026
Next accounts due30/09/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Charges outstanding1

Registered office

5TH FLOOR, KINGS PLACE, 90 YORK WAY, LONDON, N1 9AG

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Online

This is a finance vehicle. It is a company formed to issue or hold debt rather than to trade. Vehicles like this do not have websites, marketing or social accounts, and none is listed here because none exists. Its filings and its place in a group are the substance of it.

Filing history

This company has 114 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 14/07/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 14/01/2026.

Filings: officer changes70
Filings: accounts14
Filings: confirmation statements11
Filings: annual returns3
Filings: address changes1

The most recent filings

Accounts, full 14/07/2026
Confirmation statement 14/01/2026
Director's details changed 06/01/2026
Accounts, full 01/08/2025
Confirmation statement 14/01/2025
Director appointed 23/10/2024
Director resigned 23/10/2024
Confirmation statement 30/08/2024
Accounts, full 06/08/2024
Director appointed 02/05/2024

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 9 current officers and 26 who have resigned.

Caroline Mary Gould Secretaryappointed 19/10/2023
Jonathan Laurence David Carter Directorappointed 25/04/2024
John Hamilton Ainsworth Curley Directorappointed 19/09/2015
Ross Adam Gurney-Read Directorappointed 17/10/2024
Siôn Laurence Jones Directorappointed 06/09/2017
Amanda Vanderneth Leness Directorappointed 28/01/2019
Keith Lawrence Ludeman Directorappointed 30/04/2018
Michael Peter Francis Osborne Directorappointed 10/03/2022
Andrew Christopher Pitt Directorappointed 20/07/2018

Who controls it

Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.

Helix Acquisition Limited
Owns 75% to 100% of the shares; Holds 75% to 100% of the voting rights; Can appoint and remove directors
since 06/04/2016

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 2 registered charges, of which 1 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

Security agreement
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 14/02/2013
Security agreement
Lloyds Tsb Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 29/10/2012

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.

Also at N1 9AG

A shared registered office is not evidence of a relationship. Formation agents and genuine groups look identical on the register.

On the register

  • 2,728th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 2010s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)