As filed with the Securities and Exchange Commission on January 12, 2018

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. (271)	[X]
and/or
REGISTRATION STATEMENT UNDER THE INVESTMENT COMPANY ACT OF 1940	[X]
Amendment No. (272)	[X]
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 GroupTM
11300 Tomahawk Creek Parkway, Suite 310
Leawood, KS 66211

Approximate Date of Proposed Public Offering:   As soon as practicable after the effective date of this filing.

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)(1);
[  ]	on _________________ (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(1);
[  ]	75 days after filing pursuant to paragraph (a)(2); or
[  ]	on _____________ (date) pursuant to paragraph (a)(2) of Rule 485.
If appropriate, check the following box:

| | This post-effective amendment designates a new effective date for a previously filed post-effective amendment.
Title of Securities Being Registered:  shares of beneficial interest.

EXPLANATORY NOTE

This Post-Effective Amendment No. 271 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. 268 filed on December 28, 2017 and incorporates Parts A, B and C from said amendment.

SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, 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 under Rule 485(b) of the Securities Act and has duly caused this Post-Effective Amendment No. 271 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 12^th day of January, 2018.

WORLD FUNDS TRUST

By: /s/ David A. Bogaert

David A. Bogaert

President and Principal Executive Officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, this Post-Effective Amendment No. 271 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
*David J. Urban	Trustee	January 12, 2018
*Mary Lou H. Ivey	Trustee	January 12, 2018
*Theo H. Pitt	Trustee	January 12, 2018
/s/ David A. Bogaert	President and Principal Executive Officer	January 12, 2018
/s/ Karen M. Shupe	Treasurer and Principal Financial Officer	January 12, 2018
*By: Karen M. Shupe
*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