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Company · Darlington

The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust

Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock

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Who leads it

Previous officers 23

  1. Benjamin Mark Mcdonald 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Huw Jonathan Parker 2018-2023 Director View profile
  3. Paul Andrew Bruce 2017-2023 Director View profile
  4. Gillian Lord 2009-2016 Director View profile
  5. Alexandra Jane Stott 2008-2015 Director View profile
  6. Robert John Morland 2007-2018 Director View profile
  7. Duncan Ross 2006-2008 Director View profile
  8. David Charles Bedding 2004-2007 Director View profile
  9. Graeme Bunker 2004-2023 Director View profile
  10. Cedric Maurice John Larke 2004-2007 Director View profile
  11. Graham Thomas Richard Nicholas 2004-2013 Director View profile
  12. Anthony Douglas Roche 2002-2003 Director View profile
  13. David Erwyn Burgess 2002-2019 Director View profile
  14. Andrew Richard George Dow 1994-2004 Director View profile
  15. Mark Colin Allatt 1994-2021 Director View profile
  16. Michael Fanning 1994-1994 Director View profile
  17. Barry Wilson 1993-2013 Director View profile
  18. David Andrew Elliott 1993-2020 Director View profile
  19. David Champion 1991-2000 Director View profile
  20. John Michael Gladders 1991-1993 Director View profile
  21. Anthony Wreford Bothwell Voge 1993-2008 Secretary View profile
  22. Ivor James Sellers Kirkman 1993-1995 Secretary View profile
  23. Frank Stuart Palmer 1991-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Manufacture of railway locomotives and rolling stock
Incorporated
12/08/1991
Registered office
Darlington
Also a registered charity
The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The A1 Steam Locomotive Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

8 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.

Grants received

2 grants · £164,100 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 · £164,100 (2 grants)

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £11,1002021-03-08
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £153,0002020-10-14
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

4.4y median 2.4y
average tenure
12.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (8)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Manufacturing 38Transport 14Retail and trade 7Arts and leisure 2Professional 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02636924
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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