Company · Winchcombe
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway PLC
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael Robert BellDirector · since 2025
- Graham WillisDirector · since 2025
- Andrew James SmithDirector · since 2025
- Professor John Martin DoraDirector · since 2025
- Alan George NichollsDirector · since 2024
- Colin CharmanDirector · since 2023
- Mark Andrew YoungDirector · since 2022
- Michael Elston BennettDirector · since 2020
- Clive WhitwhamDirector · since 1994
- Richard Horton WinstanleySecretary · since 2018
Previous officers 56
- Michael John Robinson 2023-2024 View profile
- Graham William Plant 2022-2025 View profile
- Maurice Frederick Hall 2021-2024 View profile
- Keith Neil George Smith 2021-2022 View profile
- Janet Gough 2020-2022 View profile
- Roger Frank Bush 2020-2021 View profile
- Iain Lyle Sinclair Gray 2019-2022 View profile
- Graham Jeffrey Radband 2019-2020 View profile
- Ian Michael Stewart 2017-2020 View profile
- Christopher John Webb 2016-2019 View profile
- Alan George Miller 2016-2021 View profile
- Glyn Arthur Cornish 2015-2022 View profile
- Lee Russell Alibone 2014-2019 View profile
- Christopher John Sparks 2013-2017 View profile
- Richard Charles Summers 2013-2020 View profile
- Christopher David Bristow 2012-2018 View profile
- Colin James Fewell 2010-2019 View profile
- Alan John Bielby 2010-2017 View profile
- David Locke 2008-2009 View profile
- Malcolm Stuart Temple 2008-2013 View profile
- Darren Fairley 2008-2015 View profile
- Ian Hamilton Crowder 2007-2008 View profile
- Brian Shearer 2007-2009 View profile
- Andrew Charles Goodman 2006-2014 View profile
- Neil James Carr 2006-2012 View profile
- Peter William Parlett 2006-2006 View profile
- Michael Anthony Charles Stockwell 2005-2006 View profile
- Gary Peter Owen 2005-2009 View profile
- Henry Joseph Howard 2004-2014 View profile
- Richard John Drewitt 2004-2015 View profile
- Christopher John Stockman 2002-2004 View profile
- Bruce Roland Ward 2001-2007 View profile
- Colin Bartley Dymock 2001-2008 View profile
- Michael Peter Belham 1999-2000 View profile
- John Broadhurst 1999-2008 View profile
- Robert Watson Stark 1998-2005 View profile
- Garry Peter Owen 1998-2004 View profile
- John Robert Mayes 1998-1999 View profile
- Ian Windscheffel 1998-2001 View profile
- Geoffrey John Deakin 1997-2000 View profile
- Stephen William Long 1996-1997 View profile
- Robert William Fred Smallman 1994-1995 View profile
- Richard George Johnson 1993-2024 View profile
- David Mee 1991-1994 View profile
- Robert Hugh Mackintosh 2006 View profile
- John Keith Perkin 1992 View profile
- Richard Charles Unitt 1991 View profile
- David Bell Strathern 1996 View profile
- Ivor Clement Dixon 2005 View profile
- Bernard Peter Dudfield 2012 View profile
- Thomas Charles Stordy Couling 1992 View profile
- Christopher Kenneth Howl 1999 View profile
- Roger Charles Hawkins 1998 View profile
- Richard George Johnson 2014-2023 View profile
- Robert John Goundry 2008-2014 View profile
- William Edward Hillier 2008 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Passenger rail transport, interurban
- Incorporated
- 28/07/1981
- Registered office
- Winchcombe
Financials
- Net assets
- £5,826,161
- Total assets
- £7,562,821
- Cash
- £118,349
- Employees
- 0.24
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
- Profit/loss
- -£49,201
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 · £389,800 total360Giving 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 · £389,800 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
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.
9 directors on the board
- Alan George Nicholls Director · appointed 2024
- Michael Robert Bell Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Andrew Young Director · appointed 2022
- Clive Whitwham Director · appointed 1994
- Graham Willis Director · appointed 2025
- Michael Elston Bennett Director · appointed 2020
- Colin Charman Director · appointed 2023
- Professor John Martin Dora Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew James Smith Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Clive Whitwham Director · appointed 1994
- Michael Elston Bennett Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Alan George Nicholls Director · appointed 2024
- Clive Whitwham Director · appointed 1994
- Graham Willis Director · appointed 2025
- Michael Elston Bennett Director · appointed 2020
- Colin Charman Director · appointed 2023
Portfolio (4)
- Michael Robert Bell Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Andrew Young Director · appointed 2022
- Professor John Martin Dora Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew James Smith Director · appointed 2025
Also govern a charity
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.
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 01576947
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Public Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/07/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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