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The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 50

  1. Michael Andrew Walden 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Ian Charles Hodgson 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Richard Nicholas Johnson 2022-2025 Director View profile
  4. Daniel Holbrook 2019-2023 Director View profile
  5. Chrissie Mason 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Kathryn Clare Bressenden 2017-2024 Director View profile
  7. Daniel Jordan Duckworth 2017-2023 Director View profile
  8. Simon Geoffrey Thompson 2017-2022 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Cruickshank 2014-2023 Director View profile
  10. Thomas Whitbread 2013-2019 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Mark Marlow Thompson 2012-2014 Director View profile
  12. Terry Williams 2011-2020 Director View profile
  13. Peter Leyland Mills 2011-2017 Director View profile
  14. Rick Banks 2007-2013 Director View profile
  15. David Pickup 2006-2009 Director View profile
  16. Andrea Storey 2005-2012 Director View profile
  17. Daren Ian Chandler 2004-2017 Director View profile
  18. Michael Andrew Jenkins 2001-2015 Director View profile
  19. Martin Higginson 2001-2007 Director View profile
  20. Stuart Alan Jenkins 2000-2005 Director View profile
  21. Ian Stephen Birch 2000-2003 Director View profile
  22. Sarah Bennett 1999-2022 Director View profile
  23. Arthur James Wilcock 1998-2024 Director View profile
  24. Simon John Haynes 1997-1998 Director View profile
  25. Sam Dixon 1997-2018 Director View profile
  26. Keith Alan Fantham 1996-2002 Director View profile
  27. Micheal Sydney Harrington 1995-1998 Director View profile
  28. Pauline Taylor 1995-2000 Director View profile
  29. Geoffrey Richard Holland 1994-2009 Director View profile
  30. Clifford David Jones 1994-2000 Director View profile
  31. Monica Wells 1993-1995 Director View profile
  32. Ian James Dexter Leigh 1992-2015 Director View profile
  33. Andrew Neil Grayston 1993 Director View profile
  34. Geoffrey Neil Dickinson 2009 Director View profile
  35. Phillip Taylor 2016 Director View profile
  36. Peter Lewis Ryden 2004 Director View profile
  37. Roger John Matthew Brown 1997 Director View profile
  38. Stephen Paul Wood 1994 Director View profile
  39. John Alan Robinson 1999 Director View profile
  40. David Mosley 2025 Director View profile
  41. Ronald Clarke 1995 Director View profile
  42. Robert Walker Douglas 1995 Director View profile
  43. Adrian David Smith 1992 Director View profile
  44. Amanda Jane Taylor 2001 Director View profile
  45. Duncan Alfred Webster 1995 Director View profile
  46. Neal Glover 2024 Director View profile
  47. David Jenner 2003 Director View profile
  48. Alan Herbert 1997 Director View profile
  49. Stephen Charles Edwards 1993 Director View profile
  50. Mungo Banaban Stacy 2006-2021 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
10/07/1961

Ownership

Owned by (8) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

  • David Lees
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Diana Susan Chase
    significant influence · notified 2020-09-12
  • James Ross Duggan
    significant influence · notified 2025-10-22
  • Sam Dixon ceased 2018-07-14
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Mungo Banaban Stacy ceased 2021-09-11
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Sarah Bennett ceased 2022-08-22
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Iain Aldred ceased 2025-10-22
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Simon Geoffrey Thompson ceased 2020-09-12
    significant influence · notified 2018-07-14

Group

  1. The Ravenglass & Eskdale Railway Preservation Society Limited is controlled by David Lees
    Evidence
    active significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by David Lees.

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.

12 directors on the board

12.3y median 10y
average tenure
31y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (10)

Portfolio (2)

Left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.

Arts and leisure 1Professional services 1

The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.

Gaps to watch

  • Several long-serving directors could step down together
  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00697768
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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