As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on February 20, 2013

Registration No. 333-148723

Registration No. 811-22172

UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549

FORM N-1A

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE SECURITIES ACT OF 1933 ( X )

Pre-Effective Amendment No. (  )

Post-Effective Amendment No. (47)

and/or

REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940 ( X )

Amendment No. (48)

WORLD FUNDS TRUST

(Exact Name of Registrant as Specified in Charter)

8730 Stony Point Parkway, Suite 205, Richmond, VA 23235

(Address of Principal Executive Offices)

(804) 267-7400

(Registrant’s Telephone Number)

The Corporation Trust Co., Corporation Trust Center, 1209 Orange St., Wilmington, DE 19801

(Name and Address of Agent for Service)

With Copy to:

John H. Lively

The Law Offices of John H. Lively & Associates, Inc.

A member firm of The 1940 Act Law Group^TM

11300 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 310

Leawood, KS 66221

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:
It is proposed that this filing will become effective (check appropriate box):

[ X ]	immediately upon filing pursuant to paragraph (b).
[   ]	on pursuant to paragraph (b).
[   ]	60 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(a).
[   ]	on pursuant to paragraph (a)(1).
[   ]	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2).
[   ]	on (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 to the Trust’s Registration Statement on Form N-1A is filed for the sole purpose of submitting the XBRL exhibits for the risk/return summary first provided in Post-Effective Amendment No. 46 filed on January 31, 2013 and incorporates Parts A, B and C from said amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933 and the Investment Company Act of 1940, as amended, the Registrant certifies that it meets all of the requirements for effectiveness of this Registration Statement pursuant to Rule 485(b) under the Securities Act of 1933 (the “Securities Act”) and the Registrant has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 to the Registrant’s Registration Statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized, in the City of Richmond, Commonwealth of Virginia on the 20^th day of February 2013.

WORLD FUNDS TRUST

By:	/s/ John Pasco, III
	John Pasco, III
	Chairman of the Board

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 47 to the Registration Statement on Form N-1A has been signed below by the following persons in the capacities and on the dates indicated.

Signature	Title	Date
*John Pasco, III	Trustee and Chairman	February 20, 2013
*Anthony J. Hertl	Trustee	February 20, 2013
*David J. Urban	Trustee	February 20, 2013
*Mary Lou H. Ivey	Trustee	February 20, 2013
*Karen Shupe	Treasurer and Chief Financial Officer	February 20, 2013
*Lauren Jones	Secretary	February 20, 2013

*By: /s/ John Pasco, III

Attorney-in-fact pursuant to Powers of Attorney

EXHIBIT INDEX

Index No.	Description of Exhibit
EX-101.INS	XBRL Instance Document
EX-101.SCH	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
EX-101.CAL	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase
EX-101.DEF	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase
EX-101.LAB	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Labels Linkbase
EX-101.PRE	XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase