Trainline: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show
Trainline PLC has no person with significant control recorded on the Companies House register. In the year to February 2026 it reported turnover of £453m.
- In the year to February 2026, Trainline had turnover of £453m, up 2.4% on the year before.
- It made a pre-tax profit of £114m, keeping £25.25 of every £100 of sales.
- It employed an average of 986 people, with staff costs of £120m.
- These figures are from Trainline PLC's group accounts for the year to February 2026, filed at Companies House on 18 August 2026.
- Registered name
- TRAINLINE PLC
- Company number
- 11961132
- Status
- Active
- Incorporated
- 24 April 2019
- Registered office area
- London
- Industry code on the register
- 62090:
- Accounts
- Group accounts, covering the companies it owns
- Accounts type
- Full group accounts
- Latest accounts
- Year to February 2026, filed 18 August 2026
What does Trainline do?
Trainline is an app and website for buying train and coach tickets in the UK and Europe. It earns commission and booking fees on the tickets it sells to travellers, and also sells its ticketing technology to train companies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
In brief: rail ticket app · UK and Europe · booking fees and commission · listed
Source: Spark Intel editorial, checked 5 November 2026. Official website: thetrainline.com.
Who owns Trainline?
Trainline PLC, company number 11961132, has no person with significant control recorded on the register. The full record is linked below.
The full ownership record is on the Companies House register. Control is given in the bands the register uses, not as exact shareholdings.
Who runs Trainline?
The Companies House register lists 8 current officers for Trainline PLC.
All 8 current officers
| Officer | Appointed |
|---|---|
| Brian James McBride | 10 June 2019 |
| Jennifer Susan Duvalier | 1 October 2020 |
| Andrew James Phillipps | 1 January 2021 |
| Rakhi Kishor Goss-Custard | 30 June 2022 |
| Peter John Wood | 16 December 2022 |
| Marie Lalleman | 17 January 2024 |
| Niall James McBride | 1 July 2026 |
| Ian Anthony Brown | 28 September 2026 |
Every current officer, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
What did Trainline file?
Trainline PLC reported turnover of £453m in the year to February 2026. That was up 2.4% on £442m the year before.
It reported 986 employees. The year before it reported 1,053.
It filed a pre-tax profit of £114m for the year, against a pre-tax profit of £81m the year before.
Staff costs came to £120m. That is an average of £122,000 a head. It ended the year with £60m at the bank and net assets of £204m.
| Measure | Feb 2026 | Feb 2025 |
|---|---|---|
| Turnover | £453m | £442m |
| Pre-tax profit | £114m (filed) | £81m (filed) |
| Employees | 986 | 1,053 |
| Staff costs | £120m | £127m |
| Average staff cost per head | £122,000 | £121,000 |
| Bank and cash | £60m | £77m |
| Net assets | £204m | £283m |
| Interest paid | £12m | |
| Interest received | £4m | |
| Directors' pay | £5m |
Read the accounts to February 2026 (PDF, Companies House) · every accounts filing
What do these figures mean? Turnover vs profit · Profit per £100 · Cash vs profit · Net assets · Group accounts
Are there any charges against Trainline?
Trainline PLC has registered 2 charges at Companies House, and all of them have since been satisfied. A charge is security a lender takes over a company's assets; one is satisfied when the lending behind it is repaid or released.
Each charge, with its holder and dates, is on the Companies House register.
Trainline files as Trainline PLC, with turnover of £453m in its latest filed year.
Questions about Trainline
What does Trainline do?
Trainline is an app and website for buying train and coach tickets in the UK and Europe. It earns commission and booking fees on the tickets it sells to travellers, and also sells its ticketing technology to train companies. It is listed on the London Stock Exchange.
Who owns Trainline?
Trainline PLC has no person with significant control recorded at Companies House.
How much does Trainline make?
Trainline PLC reported turnover of £453m in the year to February 2026. It filed a pre-tax profit of £114m.
How many people work at Trainline?
Trainline PLC reported 986 employees in the year to February 2026.
Who runs Trainline?
The Companies House register lists 8 current officers for Trainline PLC. The full list, with appointment dates, is on the Companies House register.
- Figures come from Trainline PLC's filings at Companies House, company number 11961132, for the period shown at the top of the page.
- These are group accounts: they include the companies it owns.
- Pre-tax profit is the figure the company filed, for both years.
- A figure the filing does not disclose is shown as n/d. A zero in the filing is treated as not disclosed, never as nil.
- Rounding: below £0.1m in thousands, from £0.1m to £2m to one decimal place, from £2m to the nearest million.
- Ownership is shown in the control bands the register of people with significant control uses, not as exact shareholdings.
- Officers' names and appointment dates come from the Companies House register. Job titles come from the company's own website. The description of what the company does comes from its website, or is marked Spark Intel editorial where it is written from stable, checked facts, with the date either way.
Spark Intel, “Trainline: who owns it, who runs it and what the accounts show”, updated 6 November 2026. https://www.spark-intel.co.uk/companies/trainline/. Figures from Companies House filings for TRAINLINE PLC (11961132).
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