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Company description
LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 29 March 1985; registered for 41 years; registered office reported in LONDON, UNITED KINGDOM. Its primary declared activity is 49311 · Urban and suburban passenger railway transportation by underground, metro and similar systems.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 46 procurement records, 1 waste registration. This description is assembled from public data, is not a reliability assessment, and should be checked against the cited sources before a legally significant decision.
Web facts are never added from a name match alone. Internet enrichment requires the exact Companies House ID in Wikidata, and ambiguous results are excluded.
01 Company overview
Identity and registration
- Official name
- LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED
- Company number
- 01900907
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- AUDIT EXEMPTION SUBSIDIARY
- Mortgage charges
- 0 total · 0 outstanding · 0 satisfied
- Limited partnership members
- 0 general · 0 limited
A registered office is not necessarily a trading location. The address is reproduced from the Companies House bulk record and should be interpreted in that legal context.
02 Filing dates
Accounts and statements
Last accounts made up to
31 March 2025Next accounts due
31 December 2026Last statement made up to
6 June 2026Next statement due
20 June 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- 0.0%
- Mean bonus gap
- 28.6%
- Women receiving bonus
- 50.6%
- Men receiving bonus
- 39.8%
- Women in top quartile
- 13.3%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 14.8%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 20.8%
- Women in lower quartile
- 31.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 5000 to 19,99910.0% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99912.2% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99916.9% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99918.1% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99920.3% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99918.5% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99921.7% median hourly gap
- 5000 to 19,99919.3% median hourly gap
Positive gaps mean men were paid more; negative gaps mean women were paid more. These figures are employer-reported and describe the workforce distribution, not equal pay for the same job. The company link uses the exact Companies House number supplied by the service.
04 Supplier payments
Payment practices and performance
- Reporting period
- 1 October 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Filed
- 29 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 42 days
- E-invoicing offered
- Yes
- Supply-chain finance
- Not offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 October 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £877,735,005
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £26,041,628
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £12,340,247
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £97,221,404
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 2.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 1.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 42 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Retention release
Partial release on completion with balance released when Defects Certificate is issued or upon completion of the Defects Liability Period
Retention release stages
50% on completion
50% after defects resolved
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- Yes
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- 5.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 0.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
30 days
- Dispute resolution process
Transport for London and its subsidiaries has enhanced its automatic communication with suppliers enabling them to be notified of any issues preventing an invoice from being processed for payment. Suppliers are notified in writing if there may be a delay in payment of invoices. Information on this process can be found at https://tfl.gov.uk/info-for/suppliers-and-contractors/recieving-orders-and-getting-paid#on-this-page-3
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 22.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 20.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay11.0% outside terms
- 21.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 23.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 24.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
- 22.0 average days to pay8.0% outside terms
- 19.0 average days to pay7.0% outside terms
This is a company-submitted statutory disclosure, not a credit rating. BritDB preserves the reporting period and links the report only through the Companies House number supplied by the official service. Percentages describe payments made during that period and may change in later reports.
05 Global legal identity
Legal Entity Identifier
LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED
LEI 984500EB02C6A60EA444 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 29 March 1985
- Initial LEI registration
- 16 March 2026
- LEI last updated
- 16 March 2026
- Next renewal
- 16 March 2027
- Managing LOU
- 529900T8BM49AURSDO55
- Legal address
- 5 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, GB
- Headquarters address
- 5 Endeavour Square, London, E20 1JN, GB
GLEIF parent-reporting exceptions
DIRECT ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
ULTIMATE ACCOUNTING CONSOLIDATION PARENT
NATURAL_PERSONS
LEI data provides global legal identity and source-reported relationships, not a credit or regulatory approval. BritDB links Level 1 identities only through GLEIF’s Companies House registration-authority identifier and exact company number; Level 2 parent and fund relationships and reporting exceptions are reproduced as supplied by GLEIF.
06 Supply-chain transparency
Modern slavery statement
- Organisation
- LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Parent organisation
- Transport for London
- Statement period
- 1 April 2022 – 31 March 2023
- Approved
- 19 September 2023
- Sectors
- Public sector Transportation, logistics, and storage
Organisation structure
Covered in the statement
Policies
Covered in the statement
Risk assessment
Covered in the statement
Due diligence
Covered in the statement
Training
Covered in the statement
Goals and KPIs
Covered in the statement
Full statement information supplied to the registry
- Reported turnover band
- Over £500 million
- Years producing statements
- More than 5 years
- ILO indicators included
- Not answered
- Registry record updated
- 19 January 2024
Policies described
Freedom of workers to terminate employment Freedom of movement Freedom of association Prohibits any threat of violence, harassment and intimidation Prohibits compulsory overtime Prohibits child labour Prohibits discrimination Prohibits confiscation of workers' original identification documents Other
Training described
Your front line staff Procurement staff Your suppliers The wider community
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Civil society organisations Professional auditors Businesses in your industry or sector
Social audits
Audit conducted by your supplier’s staff Third party audit arranged by your supplier Announced audit Unannounced audit
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Other monitoring
Online research and tools such as Global Slavery Index, Sedex
Demonstrated progress
KPIs are set each year and progress demonstrated in the next year's statement. KPIs are set in this year's statement to build upon the previous year's progress.
Reported risks and mitigations
- Risk: Construction workers on-site in London and the UK.
- Area: Within your supply chains
- Tier: Tier 1 suppliers Tier 2 suppliers Tier 3 suppliers and below
- Group: Migrants Refugees
- Location: United Kingdom
- Mitigation: Include tender requirements, train suppliers and our on-site staff to spot the signs of modern slavery.
- Risk: Workers in the DRC, Bolivia, China, Indonesia, Philippines, Twain, Malaysia and others involved in the production of electronic equipment, including-vehicle batteries and components.
- Group: Women Migrants Refugees Children
- Location: Bolivia Congo (Democratic Republic) China Indonesia Malaysia Philippines Taiwan
- Mitigation: Ongoing affiliation with Electronics Watch, requiring supply chain transparency from our suppliers and working with civil society organisations to monitor and remedy labour violations.
- Risk: Workers in Bangladesh and China involved in the production of uniforms.
- Location: Bangladesh China
- Mitigation: Contract conditions requiring SAQs on Sedex, social accountability audits and capacity building activities to educate workers and improve their working conditions.
A registry entry records what the organisation declared in its statement. It is not an independent audit. Group statements can cover several companies; BritDB preserves each exact source-supplied company-number link and excludes approver names and email addresses.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
London Underground Limited
Registration Z1292856
- Registered from
- 16 April 2008
- Current end date
- 15 April 2027
This is a candidate association, not an official Companies House link. The ICO file supplies no company number. The organisation name and postcode uniquely matched this company in the current snapshot. BritDB excludes all DPO contact fields and does not publish unmatched personal entries.
08 Public procurement
Contracts Finder awards
Priority Survey London Underground Internal Tunnel Survey
Restoration and Renewal Delivery Authority Ltd · ocds-b5fd17-95e693be-720c-4b0d-8725-536eed97f09d
- Supplier named in award
- LONDON UNDERGROUND LIMITED
- Award value
- £30,898
- Contract period
- 30 November 2020 – 30 April 2021
- Published
- 15 January 2021
- Procedure
- Single tender action (below threshold)
- Main CPV
- 79311000
- Source release ID
- ocds-b5fd17-95e693be-720c-4b0d-8725-536eed97f09d-2021-01-15T10:24:52Z
The supplier link is exact, but the award remains buyer-published procurement data. BritDB requires the GB-COH identifier supplied in the Contracts Finder OCDS release and does not infer suppliers from similar names.
09 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Transport For London
- Has significant influence or control
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Statutory Corporation Established Under The Greater London Act 1999
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
Transport Trading Limited
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal authority
- United Kingdom (England And Wales)
- Legal form
- Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- Companies House
- Registration number
- 03914810
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
PSC records are company-filed public-register information. When the exact same displayed individual name occurs at multiple companies, BritDB offers a non-indexed cross-reference page. It is a name match only, not proof that the records describe the same person. Service addresses and partial dates of birth are deliberately omitted.
10 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
The Charity Commission extract did not explicitly associate this Companies House number with a charity. BritDB does not use a name-only match to fill the gap.
This company-level check covers the Charity Commission for England and Wales. Links are accepted only when the official extract supplies this exact company registration number. Scottish charities now have separate OSCR profiles, but OSCR’s bulk fields do not provide a Companies House number, so BritDB does not infer a company link.
11 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
The CCNI source number did not resolve uniquely to this Companies House record. BritDB did not use a name or address match.
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12 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
The imported UK Sanctions List did not supply this Companies House number as a UK-linked business identifier. BritDB did not attempt a name-only match.
No exact link is not sanctions clearance. UK restrictions can apply through ownership or control even where an entity is not separately named. Always use the current official list and obtain appropriate advice for a legally significant decision.
13 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
Provision of LUL ERU Services
NETWORK RAIL INFRASTRUCTURE LIMITED · updated 6 June 2025
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Hitachi Automatic Data Analysis Tool (ADAT) LTC-26-907
London Underground Limited · updated 24 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
South Kensington Station Capacity Upgrade Design and Build
London Underground Limited · updated 23 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
09TS Victoria Line Supply of Vertical and Lateral Dampers
Transport for London · updated 23 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
High Voltage Cable Supply
Transport for London · updated 10 September 2026
- Tender value
- £1,000,000
- Awards
- 0
09TS Victoria Line Supply of Gearbox Assembly
London Underground Limited · updated 9 September 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Tender for the Recoating of Shoegear on Central, District, Circle and Hammersmith and City Lines
London Underground Limited · updated 1 September 2026
- Tender value
- £600,000
- Awards
- 1
Supply of Visual Display Surrounds for 1992 Tube Stock Central Line Fleet
London Underground Limited · updated 19 August 2026
- Tender value
- £4,500,000
- Awards
- 1
Rail Vehicle Electronics
Transport for London · updated 12 August 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
1972 Bakerloo line Tube stock Supply of Electrical Parts for Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations Project
London Underground Limited · updated 31 July 2026
- Tender value
- £500,000
- Awards
- 1
Supply of Negative Bearings for Circle, District & Hammersmith and City Lines
London Underground Limited · updated 6 July 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Supply of Air Springs for 09TS Victoria Line
Transport for London · updated 23 June 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
1972 Bakerloo line Tube stock Supply of Electrical Harnesses for Rail Vehicle Accessibility Regulations Project
London Underground Limited · updated 12 June 2026
- Tender value
- £800,000
- Awards
- 1
Overhaul of Jumpers for S Stock Metropolitan Line Fleet
London Underground Limited · updated 4 June 2026
- Tender value
- £1,000,000
- Awards
- 1
Inspection, refurbishment, and re-panning of wheel pans used on London Underground Circle, District and Hammersmith and City and Metropolitan line fleets.
London Underground Limited · updated 27 May 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 0
S-Stock Passenger Seat Upgrade
Transport for London · updated 15 May 2026
- Tender value
- £6,000,000
- Awards
- 0
Escalator Wheels and Chains Framework
London Underground Limited · updated 11 May 2026
- Tender value
- £12,000,000
- Awards
- 4
Bridges and Civil Structures Maintenance Contract
London Underground Limited · updated 24 April 2026
- Tender value
- £73,355,855
- Awards
- 1
Primary Spring Chevrons - 09 HOPL (Victoria Line)
London Underground Limited · updated 23 April 2026
- Tender value
- Not supplied
- Awards
- 1
Lift Maintenance Contract
London Underground Limited · updated 8 April 2026
- Tender value
- £63,800,000
- Awards
- 1
Showing the first 20 of 45 linked procurement processes.
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14 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
This is a privacy-reduced, exact-company subset. The full official register also includes sole traders and applicants without a matching Companies House number. Check the current Environment Agency register before relying on registration status.
15 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
16 Connected public record
Checks beyond the company register
Charity Commission
0 exact company-number links.
Northern Ireland charities
0 unambiguous company-number links.
Public contracts
45 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
1 exact company-number registration.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
A checked source with no exact link is not a clean bill of health. Unchecked sources remain unknown, while sanctions may also apply through ownership or control of a listed person or entity.
17 Record timeline
Dates in the bulk record
- Confirmation statement
Latest confirmation statement made up to this date
- Accounts
Latest accounts made up to this date
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
18 Provenance
Sources for this profile
Identity, address, status, dates, SIC, previous names and mortgage totals.
Annual employer reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Statutory supplier-payment reports linked by the exact source-supplied Companies House number.
Global legal identities linked through Companies House registration authority RA000585.
Annual statement summaries linked by exact source company number.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
Historic awards linked by exact source-supplied GB-COH company identifier.
Current and ceased significant-control records joined by exact company number.
Daily England and Wales extract matched only by the official company registration number.
Daily CCNI export with company links only where the source number resolves unambiguously.
Complete FCDO list checked by exact UK-linked business registration number.
Procurement parties checked only through exact GB-COH identifiers.
Licensed subset linked only by exact Companies House number.
Financial regulation and licences.
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