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Swanage Railway Company Limited

Other passenger land transport

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

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Previous officers 43

  1. Frank Edmund Roberts 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Marcus Paul Alldrick 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Robert Arthur Patterson 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Randolph Coldham 2022-2022 Director View profile
  5. Trevor John Parsons 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Stephen John Williams 2020-2021 Director View profile
  7. Geoffrey Richard Pitman 2019-2020 Director View profile
  8. Michael Arthur Gould 2018-2019 Director View profile
  9. Matthew James Green 2017-2018 Director View profile
  10. Keith Roger Usher 2017-2023 Director View profile
  11. Gavin Christopher Johns 2013-2025 Director View profile
  12. Mark Robert Woolley 2011-2021 Director View profile
  13. Stephen William Doughty 2009-2011 Director View profile
  14. Geoffrey William Carter 2008-2012 Director View profile
  15. Michael Alan Whitwam 2007-2012 Director View profile
  16. Peter Nicholas Sills 2004-2015 Director View profile
  17. John Michael Edwards 2003-2004 Director View profile
  18. Robert David Mcgaw 2002-2004 Director View profile
  19. William James Bath 2001-2004 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Leslie Moore 2001-2022 Director View profile
  21. Roland Kennington 2000-2001 Director View profile
  22. Philip Andrew Thrower 2000-2012 Director View profile
  23. Malcolm Somerled Munro 1999-2000 Director View profile
  24. Susan Carol Payne 1997-2001 Director View profile
  25. Antony Henry Miller 1997-1997 Director View profile
  26. Melvyn Thomas Smith 1995-1999 Director View profile
  27. Richard Anthony Barnes 1994-1998 Director View profile
  28. Nigel David Cox 1994-1996 Director View profile
  29. Nicholas John Hanham 1994-1998 Director View profile
  30. William Stanley Trite 1993-2008 Director View profile
  31. Julia Dorothy Josephine Cornborough 1993-1994 Director View profile
  32. Michael John Hayne 1993-2002 Director View profile
  33. Robert Ash Noble 1993-1995 Director View profile
  34. Frederick Alan James Couldery 1993-1993 Director View profile
  35. Ralph Smith 1993 Director View profile
  36. Derek Montague 1993 Director View profile
  37. Kenneth David Cash 1993 Director View profile
  38. Douglas James Hill 1993 Director View profile
  39. Mark Chisholm Campbell 1993 Director View profile
  40. Keith Robert Gooding 2003-2011 Secretary View profile
  41. Anthony James Dayman 1998-2003 Secretary View profile
  42. Peter William Renaut 1993-1994 Secretary View profile
  43. Brian Albert Elliott 1993 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other passenger land transport; Operation of rail passenger facilities at railway stations
Incorporated
01/02/1979
Registered office
Dorset
Also a registered charity
Swanage Railway Company Limited

Financials

Net assets
£1,730,572
Total assets
£4,188,797
Cash
£349,079
Employees
36
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Five-year trend

Period endingTurnoverNet assets
2026-01-31Not reported£1,730,572
2026-01-31Not reported£1,730,572

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2026-01-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

2 grants · £412,400 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

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £412,400 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £189,2002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £223,2002020-10-14
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.

8 directors on the board

5.4y median 1.4y
average tenure
16.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (4)

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.

Arts and leisure 2Other services 1Transport 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

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

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
01412568
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/10/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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