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Company · Bristol

Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust

Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 41

  1. Harry Isaacs 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Nicholas Carter 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. William Thornton 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Patrick David Horton 2021-2023 Director View profile
  5. Martyn Wheller 2018-2023 Director View profile
  6. Alan Roy Matthews 2017-2024 Director View profile
  7. Adam John Ashford 2017-2020 Director View profile
  8. Kyle Ashcroft 2017-2019 Director View profile
  9. Daniel Philip Timms 2017-2022 Director View profile
  10. Anthony John Marson 2016-2019 Director View profile
  11. Robin Mansel Mitchell 2016-2018 Director View profile
  12. Robin Edgcumbe Hicks 2015-2016 Director View profile
  13. James Charles Uppington 2014-2017 Director View profile
  14. Christopher John Falshaw Bates 2013-2016 Director View profile
  15. Dr James Donald Webb 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Johnathan James Lanchester 2012-2017 Director View profile
  17. Martyn Talbot 2012-2013 Director View profile
  18. Beatrice Louise Pounder 2012-2012 Director View profile
  19. Barrie Christopher Nash 2011-2017 Director View profile
  20. Paul Douglas Clewett 2011-2015 Director View profile
  21. Richard Grundy 2011-2012 Director View profile
  22. Geoffrey Brian Smith 2008-2011 Director View profile
  23. Paul Shaun Baulch 2003-2007 Director View profile
  24. John David Mann 2001-2003 Director View profile
  25. Geoffrey George Clark 2001-2017 Director View profile
  26. Jonathan Peter Miles 2001-2021 Director View profile
  27. Robert George Hitchings 2001-2011 Director View profile
  28. Clive Robert Tilling 2001-2014 Director View profile
  29. Pamela Kemp 2001-2001 Director View profile
  30. Roberta Marjorie Walters 2001-2001 Director View profile
  31. David Brian Cole 1999-2000 Director View profile
  32. David John Town 1998-2001 Director View profile
  33. Gordon Alan Ashton 1995-1999 Director View profile
  34. Ian David Cryer 1995-1995 Director View profile
  35. Dorothy Anne Bryant 1992-1994 Director View profile
  36. Michael Archer-Smith 1992-1999 Director View profile
  37. Andrew William Richards 1995 Director View profile
  38. Peter John Bell 1992 Director View profile
  39. Christopher John Kemp 1992 Director View profile
  40. Anthony Ernest Wray 1995 Director View profile
  41. Edmund John Payne 2019 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other urban, suburban or metropolitan passenger land transport (not underground, metro or similar)
Incorporated
15/10/1979
Registered office
Bristol
Also a registered charity
Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

1 other company 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.

Financials

Employees
1
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

5 grants · £114,827 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 · £97,400
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £12,000 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £5,427 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £97,4002021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £5,0002006-03-30
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £5,0002006-03-30
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,0002005-05-09
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £4272005-05-09
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.

7 directors on the board

6.5y median 2.8y
average tenure
24.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

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 2

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
01454069
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/10/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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