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North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978) Limited

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

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Previous officers 42

  1. Liam Shepherd 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Emma Claire Haywood 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Beverley Kirkland 2020-2021 Director View profile
  4. Martin Brian Pyrzyna 2014-2020 Director View profile
  5. John Alfred Boardman 2012-2015 Director View profile
  6. Kenneth John Lupton 2012-2021 Director View profile
  7. Martin Colclough 2011-2012 Director View profile
  8. John Wilshaw 2008-2014 Director View profile
  9. Mark Kenneth Barnett 2008-2015 Director View profile
  10. Ian Davenport 2008-2012 Director View profile
  11. Christopher Knight 2007-2022 Director View profile
  12. Brian Charles Mullen 2006-2017 Director View profile
  13. David Ronald Westerman 2004-2005 Director View profile
  14. Brian Cyril Dunn 2004-2024 Director View profile
  15. Michael Frederick Ball 2002-2003 Director View profile
  16. Peter Haydn Green 2002-2018 Director View profile
  17. Robert Alan Beaumont 2001-2008 Director View profile
  18. Peter John Edward Wood 2001-2008 Director View profile
  19. Sydney Frederick Campion 2000-2004 Director View profile
  20. Frank Dale 1999-2001 Director View profile
  21. David Colin Felstead 1999-2002 Director View profile
  22. Christopher Fletcher 1999-2007 Director View profile
  23. Bernard Littler 1999-2001 Director View profile
  24. Christopher Bruce Latham 1998-1999 Director View profile
  25. Roger Kenneth Taylor 1996-2000 Director View profile
  26. Dr Robert Hully 1996-1999 Director View profile
  27. Martin Baddeley 1996-1996 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Alan Proctor 1996-2001 Director View profile
  29. Terence Reeves Essery 1994-1996 Director View profile
  30. Keith Edward Ball 1993-1995 Director View profile
  31. Anthony Mark Hancock 1992-1996 Director View profile
  32. Andrew Dix 1992-1994 Director View profile
  33. David Cartlidge 1992-1996 Director View profile
  34. Stephen John Latham 1993 Director View profile
  35. John Wheatley 2014 Director View profile
  36. Philip Trevor Oldfield 1999 Director View profile
  37. Edward Hugh Shaw 1996 Director View profile
  38. Richard Waterhouse 1996 Director View profile
  39. Paul Brooks 1996 Director View profile
  40. Dr Graham Howard Bould 2009-2023 Secretary View profile
  41. Richard Martin Sant 1997-2012 Secretary View profile
  42. Andrew William Morrey 1996 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/11/1978
Also a registered charity
North Staffordshire Railway Company (1978) LTD

Financials

Net assets
£672,433
Total assets
£680,105
Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2024-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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

9.4y median 10.2y
average tenure
14.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

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.

Transport 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.

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
01397407
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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