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The Railway and Canal Historical Society

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 66

  1. Patrick William Johnson 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Robert Shorland-Ball 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Grahame Arthur Boyes 2023-2026 Director View profile
  4. Jane Ellis 2021-2026 Director View profile
  5. Robert Paul Bramson 2021-2026 Director View profile
  6. Robert Patrick Moss 2019-2026 Director View profile
  7. Philip Michael Lloyd 2019-2019 Director View profile
  8. Peter Francis Grisdale Filcek 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Andrew Chester Wager 2018-2026 Director View profile
  10. David Joy 2017-2022 Director View profile
  11. Douglas Robinson 2016-2020 Director View profile
  12. Michael Anthony Clarke 2016-2022 Director View profile
  13. Dr Wendy Jane Freer 2015-2022 Director View profile
  14. Michael John Messenger 2015-2022 Director View profile
  15. Graham Harry Wild 2014-2021 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Peter Dick 2013-2016 Director View profile
  17. Stephen Arthur Rowson 2010-2021 Director View profile
  18. David St John Thomas 2008-2014 Director View profile
  19. Timothy Francis Edmonds 2007-2022 Director View profile
  20. Peter James Brown 2006-2018 Director View profile
  21. Richard Joseph Dean 2003-2016 Director View profile
  22. Robin Owen Welton 2002-2017 Director View profile
  23. Dr Janet Catherine Cutler 2002-2013 Director View profile
  24. Alan Arthur Chirm Jackson 2002-2009 Director View profile
  25. Dr Michael Jonathan Taunton Lewis 2002-2022 Director View profile
  26. David Anthony Welton Joy 2002-2004 Director View profile
  27. Anthony James Conder 1999-2007 Director View profile
  28. Dr Stephen Lawrence Bragg 1998-2000 Director View profile
  29. Francis Peter Smedley-Stevenson 1998-2006 Director View profile
  30. Nicholas Martin Limer Barnes 1998-2015 Director View profile
  31. David Robin Pedley 1997-2002 Director View profile
  32. Ian Peter Moss 1996-2022 Director View profile
  33. Raymond Michael Shill 1995-2018 Director View profile
  34. Geoffrey Hugh Ross Gwatkin 1995-1999 Director View profile
  35. Eric Marshall 1995-2014 Director View profile
  36. Ian Markey 1994-2010 Director View profile
  37. Course, Edwin Alfred, Doctor 1994-1996 Director View profile
  38. Philip Lloyd Scowcroft 1994-2022 Director View profile
  39. Kenneth Peter Seaward 1994-2014 Director View profile
  40. Gordon James Biddle 1993-2022 Director View profile
  41. Alan Taylor Warwick 1993-1994 Director View profile
  42. Allan Willshaw Brackenbury 1993-1999 Director View profile
  43. Professor Theodore Cardwell Barker 2001 Director View profile
  44. Hugh John Compton 2014 Director View profile
  45. Oliver Smart 2003 Director View profile
  46. Nigel Wood 2001 Director View profile
  47. Edward Roger Llewelyn Davies 2013 Director View profile
  48. John Eric Norris 1994 Director View profile
  49. David Henderson Tew 1994 Director View profile
  50. John Rowland Searson 1998 Director View profile
  51. Peter Richard Davis 1999 Director View profile
  52. Alan Richardson 2015 Director View profile
  53. Henry Patrick White 1994 Director View profile
  54. David Brian Slater 2015 Director View profile
  55. John William Dunbar Miller 2006 Director View profile
  56. Joseph Boughey 2015 Director View profile
  57. Patrick Justin Mc Carthy 2011 Director View profile
  58. Dr John Vaughan Gough 2022 Director View profile
  59. Rex Samuel Christiansen 2006 Director View profile
  60. Dr Arthur Lionel Barnett 2007 Director View profile
  61. Ellis Charles Raymond Hadfield 1996 Director View profile
  62. Michael Percy Nathaniel Reading 2001 Director View profile
  63. Patrick William Johnson 2025-2026 Secretary View profile
  64. Robert Ian Willis 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  65. Peter James Brown 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  66. Matthew Searle 1995-2022 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
14/11/1967
Also a registered charity
The Railway and Canal Historical Society

Financials

Net assets
£147,076
Total assets
£147,076
Cash
£89,138
Employees
0
Turnover
£51,807
Profit/loss
£1,821

Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

7.7y median 8.2y
average tenure
20.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (9)

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.

Tech and media 2Finance 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
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
00922300
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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