Company
The Tramway Museum Society
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Peter William MaddocksDirector · since 2026
- Adrian David RobertsDirector · since 2025
- Anthony John Cooper BrownDirector · since 2025
- Peter John WhiteleyDirector · since 2025
- Philip Martin BenhamDirector · since 2021
- Peter MiltonDirector · since 2021
- Ian David PleaceDirector · since 2020
- David WebbDirector · since 2019
- Andrew Mark PendletonDirector · since 2016
- Nicholas James SturgessDirector · since 2011
- David FrodshamDirector · since 1999
Previous officers 39
- Graeme Paul Wigglesworth 2024-2026 View profile
- John Bruce Roberts 2021-2023 View profile
- Daniel James Heeley 2020-2023 View profile
- Glynn Charles George Wilton 2018-2020 View profile
- Andrew John Willis 2017-2023 View profile
- Malcolm Charles Wright 2015-2022 View profile
- Paul Robin Gibbons 2015-2017 View profile
- Karen Rita Rigg 2015-2024 View profile
- Roger Michael 2013-2020 View profile
- Ian Ross 2013-2019 View profile
- James Alexander Blythe 2012-2024 View profile
- John Charles Stainburn 2012-2014 View profile
- Michael Vivian Ballinger 2012-2020 View profile
- John David Markham 2010-2016 View profile
- Lynda Wright 2009-2021 View profile
- Richard Anthony Sykes 2008-2017 View profile
- Brian Martin Longworth 2007-2009 View profile
- John Martin Shawcross 2006-2013 View profile
- David Charles Frederick Tudor 2006-2009 View profile
- Peter Russell Moore 2005-2011 View profile
- Karen Jayne Willis 2004-2005 View profile
- Dr Robert George Peter Tebb 2004-2005 View profile
- Robert Trevor Pennyfather 2003-2012 View profile
- Roger Arthur Webster 2003-2007 View profile
- William John Lane 2000-2020 View profile
- Ian Musgrove 2000-2003 View profile
- Ian John Longworth 2000-2003 View profile
- Martin Douglas Gurr 1998-2015 View profile
- David Francis Russell 1995-2004 View profile
- John Michael Davis 2000 View profile
- Elizabeth Wright 1995 View profile
- Kyle Bonskied Hulme 2008 View profile
- Colin Heaton 2018 View profile
- David John Heywood Senior 2002 View profile
- Geoffrey Bernard Claydon 1999 View profile
- Alan Winstan Bond 2005 View profile
- Roger Benton 1998 View profile
- Ian Malcolm Dougill 1998-2013 View profile
- Richard John Clarke 1998 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 17/12/1962
- Also a registered charity
- The Tramway Museum Society
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Tramway Museum Society on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
1 other company in this group
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.
Grants received
11 grants · £3,172,121 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,967,375 (10 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £204,746
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
11 directors on the board
- Peter William Maddocks Director · appointed 2026
- Anthony John Cooper Brown Director · appointed 2025
- Philip Martin Benham Director · appointed 2021
- David Webb Director · appointed 2019
- David Frodsham Director · appointed 1999
- Nicholas James Sturgess Director · appointed 2011
- Adrian David Roberts Director · appointed 2025
- Peter Milton Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Mark Pendleton Director · appointed 2016
- Ian David Pleace Director · appointed 2020
- Peter John Whiteley Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- David Webb Director · appointed 2019
- David Frodsham Director · appointed 1999
- Nicholas James Sturgess Director · appointed 2011
- Andrew Mark Pendleton Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Peter William Maddocks Director · appointed 2026
- Anthony John Cooper Brown Director · appointed 2025
- David Webb Director · appointed 2019
- Nicholas James Sturgess Director · appointed 2011
- Adrian David Roberts Director · appointed 2025
- Peter Milton Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Mark Pendleton Director · appointed 2016
- Peter John Whiteley Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Philip Martin Benham Director · appointed 2021
- David Frodsham Director · appointed 1999
- Ian David Pleace Director · appointed 2020
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Graeme Paul Wigglesworth Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
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.
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00744229
- 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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