Railway and Canal Historical Society (the)

Company 00922300 Active

Registered charity: The Railway and Canal Historical Society

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.

directors on the board

7.7y median 8.2y

average tenure

20.2y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

10 vs 1 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Tech and media 2Finance 1

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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.

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Company details

Number	00922300
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	14/11/1967
Address	7 GROSVENOR GARDENS, VICTORIA, LONDON, SW1W 0AF
Accounts next due	30/09/2026
Accounts last made up	31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

94990 - Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c.

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

Officers (78)

Cragg, Jean Director · appointed 2026
Willis, Robert Ian Secretary · appointed 2026
Cleasby, Ralph Peter Director · appointed 2023
Willis, Robert Ian Director · appointed 2023
Taylor, Roger John Director · appointed 2023
Higton, Nicholas Noel Director · appointed 2020
Haskins, Robert Peter Director · appointed 2018
Smith, David Charles Director · appointed 2017
Cross-Rudkin, Peter Stanley Miles Director · appointed 2016
Brice, Roger David Director · appointed 2016
Brown, Philip Arthur Director · appointed 2016
Leach, Gerald Director · appointed 2006
Johnson, Patrick William Former Secretary · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
Johnson, Patrick William Former Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
Shorland-Ball, Robert Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
Boyes, Grahame Arthur Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
Willis, Robert Ian Former Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
Ellis, Jane Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
Bramson, Robert Paul Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2026
Moss, Robert Patrick Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026
Lloyd, Philip Michael Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2019
Filcek, Peter Francis Grisdale Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
Wager, Andrew Chester Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2026
JOY, David Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2022
Robinson, Douglas Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
Brown, Peter James Former Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
Clarke, Michael Anthony Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2022
Freer, Wendy Jane, Dr Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
Messenger, Michael John Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2022
Wild, Graham Harry Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2021
Dick, Christopher Peter Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
Rowson, Stephen Arthur Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2021
ST John Thomas, David Former Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2014
Edmonds, Timothy Francis Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2022
Brown, Peter James Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2018
Dean, Richard Joseph Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2016
Welton, Robin Owen Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2017
Cutler, Janet Catherine, Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2013
Jackson, Alan Arthur Chirm Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2009
Lewis, Michael Jonathan Taunton, Dr Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2022
JOY, David Anthony Welton Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2004
Conder, Anthony James Former Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2007
Bragg, Stephen Lawrence, Dr Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
Smedley-Stevenson, Francis Peter Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2006
Barnes, Nicholas Martin Limer Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2015
Pedley, David Robin Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
Moss, Ian Peter Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2022
Searle, Matthew Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 2022
Shill, Raymond Michael Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2018
Gwatkin, Geoffrey Hugh Ross Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 1999
Marshall, Eric Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2014
Markey, Ian Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2010
Course, Edwin Alfred, Doctor Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
Scowcroft, Philip Lloyd Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2022
Seaward, Kenneth Peter Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2014
Biddle, Gordon James Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 2022
Warwick, Alan Taylor Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1994
Brackenbury, Allan Willshaw Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1999
Barker, Theodore Cardwell, Professor Former Director · resigned 2001
Compton, Hugh John Former Director · resigned 2014
Smart, Oliver Former Director · resigned 2003
Wood, Nigel Former Director · resigned 2001
Davies, Edward Roger Llewelyn Former Director · resigned 2013
Norris, John Eric Former Director · resigned 1994
TEW, David Henderson Former Director · resigned 1994
Searson, John Rowland Former Director · resigned 1998
Davis, Peter Richard Former Director · resigned 1999
Richardson, Alan Former Director · resigned 2015
White, Henry Patrick Former Director · resigned 1994
Slater, David Brian Former Director · resigned 2015
Miller, John William Dunbar Former Director · resigned 2006
Boughey, Joseph Former Director · resigned 2015
MC Carthy, Patrick Justin Former Director · resigned 2011
Gough, John Vaughan, Dr Former Director · resigned 2022
Christiansen, Rex Samuel Former Director · resigned 2006
Barnett, Arthur Lionel, Dr Former Director · resigned 2007
Hadfield, Ellis Charles Raymond Former Director · resigned 1996
Reading, Michael Percy Nathaniel Former Director · resigned 2001

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