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Company · Hampshire

Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited

Passenger rail transport, interurban

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

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Previous officers 51

  1. Graham Sumner 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Richard Howard Lacey 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Neil Trevor Garwood 2022-2026 Director View profile
  4. Cathy Hakes 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Charles Edward Haviland Ackroyd 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. Richard Anthony Hawkins 2021-2025 Director View profile
  7. David Stjohn Jones 2021-2024 Director View profile
  8. Peter Smith 2018-2024 Director View profile
  9. Michael Charles Neep 2017-2019 Director View profile
  10. Susan Clements 2014-2019 Director View profile
  11. Derek Robert Simmonds 2014-2020 Director View profile
  12. David John Ford 2013-2022 Director View profile
  13. Liam Paul Kenchenten 2013-2020 Director View profile
  14. Geoffrey Allan Finch 2013-2017 Director View profile
  15. Robert Latham 2010-2022 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Philip Smith 2010-2014 Director View profile
  17. Dr John Kenneth Trigg 2009-2019 Director View profile
  18. Iain Harris 2007-2010 Director View profile
  19. Neil Crowther 2004-2007 Director View profile
  20. Stephanie Claire Crowther 2002-2020 Director View profile
  21. David Geoffrey Snow 2001-2006 Director View profile
  22. Peter John Pretious 2001-2010 Director View profile
  23. Colin Michael Chambers 2001-2016 Director View profile
  24. Graham John Barber 2001-2009 Director View profile
  25. John Llewellyn Rees 2001-2018 Director View profile
  26. John William Elliot 2000-2005 Director View profile
  27. Andrew William Naish 2000-2001 Director View profile
  28. Rosemary Jacob 2000-2001 Director View profile
  29. Roger Charles Hardingham 2000-2001 Director View profile
  30. James Frederick George Russell 2000-2010 Director View profile
  31. Warwick Hartley Drew 2000-2004 Director View profile
  32. Alan Peter Fairbrother 1999-2000 Director View profile
  33. Iain Alexander Pate 1999-2000 Director View profile
  34. Richard Anthony Playfair Hawkins 1999-1999 Director View profile
  35. John Thomas Bodiam 1994-1998 Director View profile
  36. Jean Margaret Atherden 2000 Director View profile
  37. Iain James Mackenzie Pudney 2000 Director View profile
  38. Robin Philip Coventry Higgs 1992 Director View profile
  39. Barry Eden 2001 Director View profile
  40. David Kenneth Woodroofe 1999 Director View profile
  41. Derek Clifford Blazdell 2001 Director View profile
  42. Rachael Amy Sumner 2025-2026 Secretary View profile
  43. Andrew Kevin Bearpark 2025-2025 Secretary View profile
  44. Rebecca Dalley 2024-2025 Secretary View profile
  45. Peter Smith 2020-2024 Secretary View profile
  46. Peter Greenwood 2015-2020 Secretary View profile
  47. Richard John Ormond 2010-2015 Secretary View profile
  48. Joanna Catherine Boait 2004-2010 Secretary View profile
  49. Peter John Lewis Cutler 2001-2004 Secretary View profile
  50. Duncan James Buchanan 2000-2001 Secretary View profile
  51. Michael Roy Knight 2000 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Passenger rail transport, interurban; Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Incorporated
03/08/1973
Registered office
Hampshire
Also a registered charity
Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust Limited
Previous names
MID-Hants Railway Preservation Society Limited (until 22/03/2022)

Grants received

9 grants · £4,054,600 total

360Giving 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £2,958,400 (7 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £1,096,200 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £496,2002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £600,0002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-08-24
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,299,1002014-06-13
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £12,0002011-12-19
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.

5 directors on the board

3y median 2.4y
average tenure
7.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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 21Professional services 2Transport 2Arts and leisure 1Business services 1Dormant 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
01126590
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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