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Company description
HITACHI RAIL LIMITED is a UK company whose Companies House status is “Active” and whose registered company type is “Private Limited Company”. Incorporated on 20 October 2005; registered for 20 years; registered office reported in LONDON, ENGLAND. Its primary declared activity is 49100 · Passenger rail transport, interurban.
This BritDB profile also contains linked public records: 2 PSC records, 1 other public-register record. 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
- HITACHI RAIL LIMITED
- Company number
- 05598549
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Status
- Active
- Country of origin
- United Kingdom
- Dissolution date
- Not supplied
- Accounts category
- FULL
- 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
20 July 2026Next statement due
3 August 2027BritDB does not infer overdue status when the source does not state it.
03 Workforce reporting
Gender pay gap
- Median bonus gap
- -63.3%
- Mean bonus gap
- -0.1%
- Women receiving bonus
- 89.1%
- Men receiving bonus
- 90.1%
- Women in top quartile
- 12.0%
- Women in upper middle quartile
- 9.0%
- Women in lower middle quartile
- 9.0%
- Women in lower quartile
- 21.0%
Earlier reporting years (8)
- 1000 to 499913.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.2% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49999.6% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499911.8% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 499910.1% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49997.0% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 49994.4% median hourly gap
- 1000 to 4999-0.6% 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
- 30 April 2026
- Shortest standard term
- 0 days
- Longest standard term
- 360 days
- E-invoicing offered
- No
- Supply-chain finance
- Offered
- Payment codes
- No
- Construction retentions
- Reported as used
Complete reported payment fields
- Policy regime
- Regime-3
- Financial period started
- 1 April 2025
- Qualifying contracts
- Yes
- Payments made
- Yes
- Invoice value paid within 30 days
- £68,383,728
- Invoice value paid in 31–60 days
- £119,303,910
- Invoice value paid after 60 days
- £85,511,206
- Invoice value paid outside agreed terms
- £54,551,436
- Invoices paid in 31–60 days
- 39.0%
- Invoices unpaid due to dispute
- 0.0%
- Maximum contractual payment period
- 360 days
- Supplier-list charging policy
- No
- Supplier-list charges made
- No
Maximum contractual payment information
The maximum contractual payment term of 360 days relates to suppliers which have agreed to have access to supply chain finance. These are agreed on a case by case basis with specific suppliers predominantly on our long-term manufacturing contracts.
Retention circumstances
Retention clauses are included in contracts for the carrying out of construction operations (physical works) but not in contracts for professional services that may relate to construction (for example design work).
Retention parity policy
HRL is in receipt of construction works/services only, and is not onward providing the same to a client base. Therefore, there are no retention clauses applied to HRL in respect of the construction activity.
Retention release
Following practical completion, and within agreed timescale, the contractor must supply relevant documentation required for computation of final payment. Not later than 5 days after the agreed due date of the final payment, a final certificate is issued to the contractor, showing the balance due to the contractor from the employer.
Retention release stages
The process would typically be that the contractor confirms that the conditions for release have been met, and then make request for the release of funds
- Retention in all contracts
- No
- Retention in standard terms
- No
- Retention threshold
- Not supplied
- Standard retention rate
- 5.0%
- Retention compared with client
- 0.0%
- Retention compared with payments
- 3.0%
Reported terms and dispute process
- Standard payment terms
Payment terms are agreed with suppliers as part of the supplier selection process / contract negotiations. Hitachi Rail Limited takes into account circumstances of each supplier during this process, in particular for small to medium enterprises. Standard payment terms are 60 days from the date of receipt of Goods and or completion of Services relating to that specific Purchase Order.
Payment runs are made on a weekly basis and invoices received without a valid Purchase Order number are returned to the supplier which may result in a delay in the payment process. - Dispute resolution process
Hitachi Rail Limited advises suppliers to liaise with their normal point of contact stated on the Purchase Order, who will help them in the first instance or direct them to the relevant persons.
All payment specific enquiries can be made to the Accounts Payable team via telephone on 0800-014-9497 or e-mail AP.queries@hitachirail.com.
In the event of a dispute where an agreement cannot be made, Hitachi Rail Limited follows an established escalation process with Finance / Procurement leads who work to resolve any outstanding dispute.
Earlier payment reports (11 shown)
- 78.0 average days to pay20.0% outside terms
- 59.0 average days to pay36.0% outside terms
- 62.0 average days to pay44.0% outside terms
- 82.0 average days to pay45.0% outside terms
- 74.0 average days to pay40.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay45.0% outside terms
- 64.0 average days to pay19.0% outside terms
- 73.0 average days to pay18.0% outside terms
- 92.0 average days to pay22.0% outside terms
- 101.0 average days to pay32.0% outside terms
- 130.0 average days to pay20.0% 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
HITACHI RAIL LIMITED
LEI 213800LPXQQUVDXSN309 · jurisdiction GB
- Legal form
- H0PO
- Entity category
- GENERAL
- Entity created
- 20 October 2005
- Initial LEI registration
- 10 February 2014
- LEI last updated
- 17 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 10 February 2027
- Managing LOU
- 213800WAVVOPS85N2205
- Other legal names
- HITACHI RAIL EUROPE LIMITED
- Legal address
- 7TH FLOOR, ONE NEW LUDGATE, 60 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, GB-LND, EC4M 7AW, GB
- Headquarters address
- 7TH FLOOR, ONE NEW LUDGATE, 60 LUDGATE HILL, LONDON, GB-LND, EC4M 7AW, GB
GLEIF Level 2 relationships
IS DIRECTLY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800LPXQQUVDXSN309 to LEI 549300T6IPOCDWLKC615
- Initial registration
- 10 February 2014
- Last updated
- 17 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 10 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2025-01-31T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05598549/filing-history/MzQ0NzU4MDgwN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
IS ULTIMATELY CONSOLIDATED BY
From LEI 213800LPXQQUVDXSN309 to LEI 549300T6IPOCDWLKC615
- Initial registration
- 10 February 2014
- Last updated
- 17 December 2025
- Next renewal
- 10 February 2027
- Validation sources
- FULLY_CORROBORATED
- Validation documents
- ACCOUNTS_FILING
- Relationship periods
- Start: 2023-04-01T00:00:00Z; End: 2024-03-31T00:00:00Z; Type: ACCOUNTING_PERIOD; Start: 2025-01-31T00:00:00Z; Type: RELATIONSHIP_PERIOD
- Qualifiers
- Dimension: ACCOUNTING_STANDARD; Category: IFRS
- Validation reference
- https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/05598549/filing-history/MzQ0NzU4MDgwN2FkaXF6a2N4/document?format=pdf&download=0
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
- HITACHI RAIL LIMITED
- Group submission
- Yes
- Statement period
- 1 April 2025 – 31 March 2026
- Approved
- 22 May 2026
- Sectors
- 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
- 29 July 2026
Training described
Your whole organisation Your front line staff Human resources Executive-level staff Procurement staff Your suppliers
Worker engagement and working conditions
Your suppliers Trade unions or worker representative groups Professional auditors Workers within your organisation Workers within your supply chain Central or local government Businesses in your industry or sector
Grievance mechanisms
Using anonymous whistleblowing services, such as a helpline or mobile phone app Through trade unions or other worker representative groups
Demonstrated progress
We use KPIs as referred to in the statement.
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UK Additional public registers
Schools, childcare, care and HSE records
Hitachi Rail Limited
10 March 2026 · Improvement Notice
Identity methods differ by source. DfE links use source-supplied company numbers. Ofsted and Scottish care links are unique exact name-and-postcode candidates. HSE links require one unique exact Companies House organisation name. Verify candidate associations independently.
07 Data protection
ICO fee-payer registration
Hitachi Rail Limited
Registration Z2109020
- Registered from
- 22 February 2010
- Current end date
- 21 February 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 Ownership and control
People with significant control
Hitachi, Ltd.
- Owns 75% or more of shares
- Controls 75% or more of voting rights
- Can appoint or remove directors
- Country registered
- Japan
- Legal authority
- Japan
- Legal form
- Public Limited Company
- Place registered
- Japan Register Of Companies
- Registration number
- 0100-01-008844
- Notified
- 8 July 2016
Hitachi Europe Limited
- Owns 25% to 50% of shares
- Controls 25% to 50% of voting rights
- Country registered
- United Kingdom
- Legal authority
- England And Wales
- Legal form
- Private Company Limited By Shares
- Place registered
- England And Wales Register Of Companies
- Registration number
- 02210686
- Notified
- 6 April 2016
- Ceased
- 12 July 2016
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09 Charity register
Charity Commission links
No exact company-number link in this snapshot
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10 Northern Ireland charity register
CCNI exact company links
No unambiguous company-number link found
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11 Sanctions screening
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link found
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12 Public procurement
Find a Tender links
No exact GB-COH link in this snapshot
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13 Environmental register
Environment Agency waste registrations
No exact company-number registration linked
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14 Nature of business
Standard Industrial Classification
15 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
0 procurement processes linked by exact GB-COH identifier.
Waste register
0 exact company-number registrations.
Corporate notices
The Gazette is not yet connected.
UK Sanctions List
No exact business-registration-number link in this report.
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16 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
- Company name
Previous name: HITACHI RAIL EUROPE LIMITED
- Company name
Previous name: HITACHI RAIL MAINTENANCE (UK) LIMITED
- Incorporation
Company incorporated
17 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.
Organisation enforcement records linked by one unique exact company name.
Privacy-reduced candidate associations based on a unique exact name-and-postcode match.
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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