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Company · Bury

East Lancashire Railway Trust Limited

Passenger rail transport, interurban

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 67

  1. Serridge, Sean Michael, Cllr 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Yvonne Susan Wright 2019-2022 Director View profile
  3. Judith Kelly 2019-2022 Director View profile
  4. Alan Michael Mccarthy 2019-2022 Director View profile
  5. Raymond Dutton 2018-2022 Director View profile
  6. Barnes, Alyson, Councillor 2018-2022 Director View profile
  7. Andrew Morris 2016-2016 Director View profile
  8. Sean Serridge 2015-2018 Director View profile
  9. Robert Lee Hodkinson 2015-2019 Director View profile
  10. Knowles, Roy, Councillor 2014-2016 Director View profile
  11. Andrew Clive Mitchell Macnae 2014-2015 Director View profile
  12. Sheerin, Billy, Councillor 2013-2019 Director View profile
  13. Southworth, Susan, Councillor 2013-2016 Director View profile
  14. Alex Walker 2012-2016 Director View profile
  15. Walker, Roy Edward, Councillor 2012-2015 Director View profile
  16. Jim Pilling 2011-2012 Director View profile
  17. Jane Lewis 2011-2013 Director View profile
  18. Patrick Michael Marriott 2011-2014 Director View profile
  19. Brian Bennion 2009-2014 Director View profile
  20. Darryl Mark Smith 2007-2011 Director View profile
  21. Walter Graham Vevers 2007-2012 Director View profile
  22. Walker, Roy-Edward, Cllr 2007-2011 Director View profile
  23. Peter Rush 2006-2023 Director View profile
  24. Irene Elizabeth Davidson 2005-2006 Director View profile
  25. Malcolm Stansfield Vickers 2005-2012 Director View profile
  26. Barry Theckston 2005-2012 Director View profile
  27. Atkinson, Geoffrey, Cllr 2005-2006 Director View profile
  28. Susan South Worth 2005-2007 Director View profile
  29. Peter Steen 2005-2011 Director View profile
  30. Easton, David William, County Councillor 2001-2007 Director View profile
  31. Neil Smith 2000-2004 Director View profile
  32. John Smith 2000-2004 Director View profile
  33. George Anderton Lee 2000-2004 Director View profile
  34. David James Hancock 1999-2000 Director View profile
  35. Siobhan Costello 1999-2004 Director View profile
  36. Lawrence Forshaw 1998-2004 Director View profile
  37. John Philip Dunne 1998-2000 Director View profile
  38. Peter Morton Duncan 1997-2016 Director View profile
  39. Robert Aspey Wilkinson 1996-2001 Director View profile
  40. David Murphy 1996-2008 Director View profile
  41. James Alan Taylor 1996-2004 Director View profile
  42. Glyn Harvey Heath 1995-1999 Director View profile
  43. Geoffrey Atkinson 1994-1999 Director View profile
  44. Duckworth, Ian, Councillor 1992-1996 Director View profile
  45. Gorman, John Denis, Cllr 1999 Director View profile
  46. Evelyn May Waite 1995 Director View profile
  47. Colin Edward Jones 2022 Director View profile
  48. Keane, Patrick Joseph, Councillor 1992 Director View profile
  49. Philip Southern 2005 Director View profile
  50. Hazel Harding 1996 Director View profile
  51. Benjamin Marsh 1997 Director View profile
  52. Joseph Connolly 1998 Director View profile
  53. Graham Pearson 1994 Director View profile
  54. John Byrne 1999 Director View profile
  55. Peter Norman Heyworth 1998 Director View profile
  56. Trevor Thomas Jones 2007 Director View profile
  57. Allen Booth 1996 Director View profile
  58. Brian Lythgoe 1997 Director View profile
  59. Geoff Little 2018-2018 Secretary View profile
  60. Geoff Little 2018-2023 Secretary View profile
  61. Pat Jones-Greenhalgh 2017-2018 Secretary View profile
  62. Michael Anthony Owen 2011-2017 Secretary View profile
  63. Paul Jones 2003-2004 Secretary View profile
  64. Mark Henry Sanders 2001-2011 Secretary View profile
  65. Dennis Taylor 1997-2001 Secretary View profile
  66. John Steven Hartley 1993-2003 Secretary View profile
  67. David John Burton 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Passenger rail transport, interurban; Cultural education
Incorporated
20/11/1984
Registered office
Bury
Also a registered charity
East Lancashire Railway Trust Limited
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.

12 directors on the board

8.8y median 5.9y
average tenure
27y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (10)

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.

Retail and trade 2Transport 2Arts and leisure 1Professional services 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

Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01865059
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
31/12/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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