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Bluebell Railway PLC

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 47

  1. Paul Raymond Seller 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher John Welch 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Simon John Hodges 2023-2026 Director View profile
  4. Martin Peter Cresswell 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Christopher Charles Barber 2022-2025 Director View profile
  6. Stephen Robert Trigg 2022-2024 Director View profile
  7. George Barclay 2022-2022 Director View profile
  8. Nigel Page 2021-2025 Director View profile
  9. Geoffrey Brian Mee 2021-2023 Director View profile
  10. Paul Alan Russell 2021-2023 Director View profile
  11. Barry Nelson Luck 2020-2023 Director View profile
  12. Stephen John Bigg 2020-2021 Director View profile
  13. Paul Anthony Lelew 2020-2023 Director View profile
  14. David Eric Burch 2019-2022 Director View profile
  15. Paul Alan Bromley 2019-2023 Director View profile
  16. Michael James Ellis 2017-2022 Director View profile
  17. Kevin Miles Beauchamp 2017-2019 Director View profile
  18. Sara Lisa Hancock 2017-2018 Director View profile
  19. Graham John Aitken 2016-2020 Director View profile
  20. Roger Neal James Garman 2014-2019 Director View profile
  21. Christopher Lawrence Hunford 2014-2021 Director View profile
  22. Anthony Richard Fearn 2013-2019 Director View profile
  23. Martin Neil Widdowson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  24. Roger Graham Kelly 2008-2017 Director View profile
  25. Paul Raymond Churchman 2007-2024 Director View profile
  26. David Malcolm Tutt 2004-2007 Director View profile
  27. Lewis Alexander Nodes 2004-2016 Director View profile
  28. Nicholas David Pryor 2002-2008 Director View profile
  29. Richard Edwin Parfitt 2002-2004 Director View profile
  30. Robin Mark White 2001-2002 Director View profile
  31. Russell Pearce 2001-2017 Director View profile
  32. Martin John Stuart Lock 2001-2003 Director View profile
  33. Simon Robert Baker 1999-2001 Director View profile
  34. Christopher James Turtle 1998-2002 Director View profile
  35. Christopher Ronald Graham White 1998-2020 Director View profile
  36. John Preston Padgham 1995-2001 Director View profile
  37. Timothy Baker 1995-2016 Director View profile
  38. William Janes Brophy 1995-2001 Director View profile
  39. David Philip Middleton 1995-2025 Director View profile
  40. Alan Richard Charman 1995-1998 Director View profile
  41. Charles William Hudson 1994-1995 Director View profile
  42. Neil Cameron 1992-1994 Director View profile
  43. Bernard John Holden 2004 Director View profile
  44. David Antony Foale 2013 Director View profile
  45. Edward Oades 1995 Director View profile
  46. Lord Geoffrey Finsberg 1995 Director View profile
  47. Peter Michael Thomas 1998 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/11/1985

Ownership

Owned by (1) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.

Group

  1. Bluebell Railway PLC is controlled by Bluebell Railway Preservation Society
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-01-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Bluebell Railway Preservation Society.

3 other companies 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

Net assets
£23,025,946
Total assets
£23,180,725
Cash
£225,313
Employees
1.09
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Profit/loss
£67,194

Filed as Full accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

8 grants · £5,742,300 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £4,693,200 (5 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £999,600 (2 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £49,500

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002024-08-07
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £272,4002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £727,2002020-10-14
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £250,0002020-08-24
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £1,250,0002015-09-22
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

2.9y median 3.1y
average tenure
5.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (5)

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 7Arts and leisure 2Business services 2Professional services 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
01966061
Status
Active
Type
Public Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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