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Ribble Steam Railway Limited
Museums activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Graham Nicholas MortimoreDirector · since 2025
- David BillingtonDirector · since 2025
- Katie Marie SmithDirector · since 2024
- Stewart Ian WaughDirector · since 2021
- Stephen CainDirector · since 2019
- Alison PinchDirector · since 2017
- Timothy David OwenDirector · since 2017
- Matthew BurkeDirector · since 2011
- Peter LiddleDirector · since 2009
- Andrew Russell WalkerDirector
- Michael BaileySecretary · since 2002
Previous officers 32
- Alan Vipond 2021-2025 View profile
- Gary Severn 2019-2025 View profile
- Michael Rigg 2018-2024 View profile
- Matthew William Jervis 2018-2019 View profile
- David Michael Starkie 2017-2019 View profile
- Dave Manley 2015-2018 View profile
- Kenneth Mahhafey 2014-2016 View profile
- Francis Masson 2014-2016 View profile
- Wilfred Haynes Helliwell 2012-2021 View profile
- Michelle Louise Deadman 2010-2012 View profile
- Christopher Deadman 2010-2013 View profile
- Matthew Thomas Darbyshire 2008-2017 View profile
- Peter Sinclair 2008-2012 View profile
- Christopher Stephen Mills 2008-2018 View profile
- Alan Graham Vernon 2004-2021 View profile
- Andrew Simon Murphy 2004-2011 View profile
- David Webster Russell 2003-2008 View profile
- Anthony Charles Kuivala 2001-2008 View profile
- Andrew Booth 2000-2003 View profile
- Sarah Jane Murphy 1999-2001 View profile
- Eric Peter Bond 1997-2000 View profile
- Philip Preston 1997-2000 View profile
- Edward Tatham 1994-2018 View profile
- Richard Colin Paxton 1993-2000 View profile
- Michael Craig Macarthur 2004 View profile
- Glyn Davies 1993 View profile
- John Michael Eccles 1995 View profile
- David William Watkins 2026 View profile
- Philip Mcnamara 2015 View profile
- Andrew Sutcliffe 1994 View profile
- Kenneth Soper 1992 View profile
- Hilary John Mountford Royden 2002 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Museums activities
- Incorporated
- 08/05/1973
- Registered office
- Preston
- Also a registered charity
- Ribble Steam Railway Limited
- Previous names
- Steamport Southport Limited (until 04/12/2009)
Grants received
3 grants · £218,380 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
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £208,380 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community 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.
10 directors on the board
- Peter Liddle Director · appointed 2009
- Stewart Ian Waugh Director · appointed 2021
- Alison Pinch Director · appointed 2017
- Graham Nicholas Mortimore Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Russell Walker Director
- Stephen Cain Director · appointed 2019
- Katie Marie Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Timothy David Owen Director · appointed 2017
- David Billington Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew Burke Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Peter Liddle Director · appointed 2009
- Alison Pinch Director · appointed 2017
- Stephen Cain Director · appointed 2019
- Timothy David Owen Director · appointed 2017
- Matthew Burke Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Peter Liddle Director · appointed 2009
- Stewart Ian Waugh Director · appointed 2021
- Alison Pinch Director · appointed 2017
- Graham Nicholas Mortimore Director · appointed 2025
- Stephen Cain Director · appointed 2019
- Katie Marie Smith Director · appointed 2024
- Timothy David Owen Director · appointed 2017
- David Billington Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Andrew Russell Walker Director
- Matthew Burke Director · appointed 2011
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- David William Watkins Director · 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01112380
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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