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South West Main Line Steam Company
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Neil Malcolm CoultasDirector · since 2024
- William Edward GaneDirector · since 2023
- Hilda Mary SimsDirector · since 2023
- Stephen Richard SimsDirector · since 2023
- Michael John HibberdDirector · since 2019
- Andrew Keith SuggDirector · since 2016
- Robert William JohnsDirector · since 2015
- Anthony James ReeseDirector · since 2007
- John William DirringDirector · since 2005
- Richard Charles William AbbottDirector · since 1999
- Paul Harrison GouldDirector · since 1996
Previous officers 27
- Adrian Jonathan Broadhead 2023-2023 View profile
- Peter Charles Chainey 2019-2024 View profile
- Desmond Roy Woodland 2014-2024 View profile
- Ashley David Nathan Floyde 2014-2017 View profile
- Peter Charles Conyers Powell 2013-2014 View profile
- John Malcolm Dennes 2012-2013 View profile
- Roger George Fox 2012-2013 View profile
- Peter James Goodland 2012-2015 View profile
- John Micheal Read 2008-2021 View profile
- Matthew David Hunt 2007-2011 View profile
- Daniel Robert Newbould 2007-2008 View profile
- John Miller 2006-2023 View profile
- Quentin Edward Mcconnell 2005-2005 View profile
- Stephen John Ley 2005-2007 View profile
- Janet Gillian Abbott 2004-2005 View profile
- Keith Thomas Sugg 2003-2020 View profile
- Peter Burnett 2003-2004 View profile
- David William Grabham 1999-2006 View profile
- David Alan Coombs 1999-2006 View profile
- Nigel John Garrett 1999-2001 View profile
- John Barrett 1999-2005 View profile
- Eric John Cave 1994-1996 View profile
- Mark Edmund Owen 1994-2005 View profile
- Christopher John Phillimore 1994-1995 View profile
- John Cornelius 1994-2005 View profile
- Eric Robert Tyler 1994-2005 View profile
- David Michael Cloke 1994-1995 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 16/05/1994
- Also a registered charity
- South West Main Line Steam Company
Financials
- Net assets
- £236,780
- Total assets
- £236,780
- Employees
- 0
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Micro-entity accounts.
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-05-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
11 directors on the board
- John William Dirring Director · appointed 2005
- Richard Charles William Abbott Director · appointed 1999
- William Edward Gane Director · appointed 2023
- Robert William Johns Director · appointed 2015
- Anthony James Reese Director · appointed 2007
- Hilda Mary Sims Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Keith Sugg Director · appointed 2016
- Paul Harrison Gould Director · appointed 1996
- Stephen Richard Sims Director · appointed 2023
- Neil Malcolm Coultas Director · appointed 2024
- Michael John Hibberd Director · appointed 2019
Directors past 6 years
- John William Dirring Director · appointed 2005
- Richard Charles William Abbott Director · appointed 1999
- Robert William Johns Director · appointed 2015
- Anthony James Reese Director · appointed 2007
- Andrew Keith Sugg Director · appointed 2016
- Paul Harrison Gould Director · appointed 1996
- Michael John Hibberd Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (11)
- John William Dirring Director · appointed 2005
- Richard Charles William Abbott Director · appointed 1999
- William Edward Gane Director · appointed 2023
- Robert William Johns Director · appointed 2015
- Anthony James Reese Director · appointed 2007
- Hilda Mary Sims Director · appointed 2023
- Andrew Keith Sugg Director · appointed 2016
- Paul Harrison Gould Director · appointed 1996
- Stephen Richard Sims Director · appointed 2023
- Neil Malcolm Coultas Director · appointed 2024
- Michael John Hibberd Director · appointed 2019
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 02929246
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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