West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust LTD

Company 01079916 Active

Registered charity: West Somerset Railway Heritage Trust LTD

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Board DNA

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directors on the board

8.2y median 5.8y

average tenure

32.4y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

8 vs 0 portfolio

first-time directors

also govern a charity

left in the last 12 months

Where else this board sits

Other services 1

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No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

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Company details

Number	01079916
Status	Active
Type	PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated	02/11/1972
Address	THE RAILWAY STATION STATION ROAD, BISHOPS LYDEARD, TAUNTON, SOMERSET, TA4 3BX
Accounts next due	30/09/2026
Accounts last made up	31/12/2024

Industry (SIC)

91020 - Museums activities

Ownership - persons with significant control (1)

Officers (28)

Darke, Christopher Director · appointed 2025
Robinson, John William Director · appointed 2024
Camp, Ian David Director · appointed 2022
Brown, Martin Hughes Director · appointed 2021
Anson, Helen Elizabeth Director · appointed 2020
Thompson, Michael Henry Director · appointed 2020
Fraser, Donald Howard Director · appointed 2018
Williams, Stephen Victor Director · appointed 2018
Coleby, Ian Kenneth Director · appointed 1994
Waters, John Deryk Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
LEE, Michael James Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
Jackson, Matthew Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2023
Smithers, Alan Leslie Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
Meade, Alan Robert Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2020
Evens, Geoffrey William Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2024
Sheppy, Claire Rosemary Jane Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2016
Baker, David Edward Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
Bolt, Christopher Wesley Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2025
Williams, David John Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
Austin, Christopher Anthony Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2020
White, Robin Mark Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
Jenkins, John George Henry Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2019
Rouse, David Michael Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2005
Treharne, Peter Mingay Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2018
VAN DEN Arend, Christopher Nicolaas Mark Former Secretary · resigned 2010
Thompson, Peter Brian, Dr Former Director · resigned 1997
Barnfield, Peter Frederick Former Director · resigned 1994
Dowrick, Christopher William James Former Director · resigned 2013

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