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West Somerset Railway Public Limited Company

Passenger rail transport, interurban

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

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Previous officers 57

  1. Rachel Stoneham 2023-2024 Director View profile
  2. Arthur Akpovona Diejomaoh 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Robert Meanley 2021-2022 Director View profile
  4. Michael Henry Thompson 2020-2021 Director View profile
  5. Andrew John Castledine 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Victor Williams 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Justin James Melville Kerr-Peterson 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Martin Hughes Brown 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Mark Leonard Smith 2018-2020 Director View profile
  10. Paul William Conibeare 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Frank Moor Courtney 2018-2019 Director View profile
  12. Rodney Stewart Greenway 2018-2018 Director View profile
  13. William James Knell 2018-2018 Director View profile
  14. Richard Jonathan Compton Maw 2018-2018 Director View profile
  15. Benjamin John Grellier 2017-2017 Director View profile
  16. Paul David Hancock 2017-2017 Director View profile
  17. Alan David Nicholson-Florence 2017-2017 Director View profile
  18. Ian Francis Harrison 2016-2016 Director View profile
  19. Richard Patrick Lillis 2015-2016 Director View profile
  20. Kenneth James Davidge 2015-2017 Director View profile
  21. Geofrey Malcolm Cox 2015-2016 Director View profile
  22. Christopher Wesley Bolt 2014-2017 Director View profile
  23. Ian William Aldridge 2013-2015 Director View profile
  24. David Edward Baker 2012-2016 Director View profile
  25. Stephen David Major 2012-2012 Director View profile
  26. John Irven 2012-2017 Director View profile
  27. Shaun David Hodges 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. Stephen Thomas Roberts 2011-2012 Director View profile
  29. John Challis Wilton 2011-2015 Director View profile
  30. Ian Gordon Winston Stone 2009-2015 Director View profile
  31. Nigel Paul Adams 2009-2012 Director View profile
  32. Robin Mark White 2008-2009 Director View profile
  33. Richard David Holmes 2006-2011 Director View profile
  34. Richard Barry Auger 2005-2019 Director View profile
  35. Faulkner, Richard Oliver, Lord Faulkner of Worcester 2004-2005 Director View profile
  36. Michael Anthony Johns 2001-2012 Director View profile
  37. Mervyn Roger Downham Cooper 2000-2004 Director View profile
  38. Richard Antony Wood 2000-2004 Director View profile
  39. Richard Peter Jones 1999-2001 Director View profile
  40. Roger Stewart Savill 1997-2014 Director View profile
  41. Humphrey Robert Davies 1996-2016 Director View profile
  42. Neil Illingworth Lowther 1995-2008 Director View profile
  43. Brian John Crudge 1994-2008 Director View profile
  44. Peter Thomas Swan 1994-2001 Director View profile
  45. Audrey Mary Short 1999 Director View profile
  46. John Edward Pearce 1994 Director View profile
  47. Christopher Anthony Austin 2008 Director View profile
  48. David Treharne Morgan 2012 Director View profile
  49. Christopher William James Dowrick 2012 Director View profile
  50. James Ian Hatch 1992 Director View profile
  51. Dennis Herbert Taylor 2007 Director View profile
  52. John Melville Donner 2005 Director View profile
  53. Richard Maw 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
  54. Ian Kenneth Coleby 2015-2018 Secretary View profile
  55. Geoffrey William Pateman 2013-2018 Secretary View profile
  56. Geoffrey William Evens 2004-2018 Secretary View profile
  57. Roger Lancaster Lizars 2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Incorporated
05/05/1971
Registered office
Somerset
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.

6 directors on the board

4.4y median 4.4y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Retail and trade 4Business services 2Finance 2Construction 1Education 1Hospitality 1Professional services 1Property 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01010188
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Accounts next due
30/09/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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