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Great Central Railway PLC

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

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Previous officers 48

  1. David James Penney 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Baroness Nicola Ann Morgan 2020-2023 Director View profile
  3. John Ravenscroft Houlston 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Michael Neil Gough 2017-2023 Director View profile
  5. Zoe Wortley 2016-2017 Director View profile
  6. Andrew Ian Munro 2016-2017 Director View profile
  7. Iain Robert Gordon 2016-2017 Director View profile
  8. Philip Colin Crossland 2016-2019 Director View profile
  9. Dennis Wilcock 2013-2015 Director View profile
  10. Michael Gregory 2011-2016 Director View profile
  11. William John Charles Ford 2011-2016 Director View profile
  12. Kenneth Peter Byass 2008-2016 Director View profile
  13. Garcia Julian Hanson 2008-2010 Director View profile
  14. Thomas Anthony Ingall 2005-2010 Director View profile
  15. Stephen William Hallam 2005-2008 Director View profile
  16. Richard Tilden Smith 2005-2010 Director View profile
  17. George Andrew Green 2005-2008 Director View profile
  18. Anthony Christopher Sparks 2005-2013 Director View profile
  19. David Geoffrey Reginald Slack 2005-2006 Director View profile
  20. Nigel Harris 2005-2010 Director View profile
  21. Melville Llewelyn Thomas Holley 2002-2005 Director View profile
  22. Margaret Julie Bodell-Stagg 1999-2001 Director View profile
  23. Raymond Arthur Flint 1998-1999 Director View profile
  24. Brian Bishop 1996-1998 Director View profile
  25. Veejay Patel 1996-1997 Director View profile
  26. Rosalyn Heather Marsh 1996-2010 Director View profile
  27. Michael James Richnor Lee 1995-2005 Director View profile
  28. Anthony Michael Kershaw 1995-2007 Director View profile
  29. Peter John Ward 1994-1996 Director View profile
  30. Christopher Michael Whitehouse 1993-1995 Director View profile
  31. David Treharne Morgan 1993-2024 Director View profile
  32. Penelope Margaret Baker 1993-1996 Director View profile
  33. Benjamin Harold Porter 1997 Director View profile
  34. Patrick Bruce Whitehouse 1993 Director View profile
  35. Robert Frederick Weston 1994 Director View profile
  36. The RT HON the Earl of Lanesborough 1993 Corporate-director View profile
  37. Peter Archibald Mcgaig 2001 Director View profile
  38. Michael John Sheppard 2016 Director View profile
  39. David Haydn Cobley 1993 Director View profile
  40. Graham John Oliver 2005 Director View profile
  41. Graham David Christian 1999 Director View profile
  42. David Anthony Pladgeman 2005 Director View profile
  43. John Antony East 2005 Director View profile
  44. Henry Dunphy 1996 Director View profile
  45. Mark Edward Goodwin 2021-2023 Secretary View profile
  46. Caroline Elizabeth Pollard 2013-2021 Secretary View profile
  47. Peter Thomas Morley 2005-2013 Secretary View profile
  48. Richard James Bruce Lovatt 2007 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
06/05/1976

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Great Central Railway PLC on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 other companies in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Grants received

4 grants · £1,510,200 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 · £994,500 (3 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £515,700

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002026-03-23
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £515,7002021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £494,5002015-04-28
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.

11 directors on the board

6.6y median 4y
average tenure
17.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Professional services 4Construction 3Transport 3Arts and leisure 2Education 2Other services 2Retail and trade 2Manufacturing 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
01257394
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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