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West Somerset Railway Association

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

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Previous officers 78

  1. Carol Mary Lockton 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Ian Francis Harrison 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Andrew David Horner 2024-2024 Director View profile
  4. Michael Robert Sherwood 2023-2025 Director View profile
  5. John Charles Leach 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. Nicholas Baxter 2022-2022 Director View profile
  7. Alan Leslie Smithers 2022-2023 Director View profile
  8. David John Fowler 2022-2023 Director View profile
  9. Shirley Elizabeth Turner 2021-2022 Director View profile
  10. Barrie Nicholas Childs 2020-2023 Director View profile
  11. Jack James Baird 2019-2019 Director View profile
  12. Michael David Lea 2018-2024 Director View profile
  13. Robin Moira White 2018-2021 Director View profile
  14. Frank Moor Courtney 2018-2018 Director View profile
  15. Geoffrey John Francis Garfield 2017-2025 Director View profile
  16. Rodney Stewart Greenway 2017-2018 Director View profile
  17. William James Knell 2016-2017 Director View profile
  18. Nigel Robert Power 2016-2020 Director View profile
  19. Roger John Thompson 2016-2016 Director View profile
  20. Andrew Francis Norman 2016-2016 Director View profile
  21. Magdalene Zobel Davies 2016-2017 Director View profile
  22. Nigel Paul Adams 2016-2016 Director View profile
  23. Simon John Stretton 2016-2018 Director View profile
  24. Martyn John Snell 2016-2016 Director View profile
  25. Michael John Rowe 2015-2016 Director View profile
  26. Francis Moor Courtney 2015-2016 Director View profile
  27. Paul Johnson 2015-2016 Director View profile
  28. Christopher Robert Walters 2014-2015 Director View profile
  29. Ian Kenneth Coleby 2013-2015 Director View profile
  30. John Philip Wood 2012-2014 Director View profile
  31. Kenneth James Davidge 2012-2012 Director View profile
  32. Richard Martin Holland 2012-2015 Director View profile
  33. Nigel Bruce-Robertson 2012-2016 Director View profile
  34. David Smart 2012-2014 Director View profile
  35. Geoffrey William Pateman 2012-2013 Director View profile
  36. Peter Charles Henry Chidzey 2011-2016 Director View profile
  37. Michael Thomas Nicholls 2011-2016 Director View profile
  38. Richard Timothy Court Stanger 2011-2012 Director View profile
  39. Wendy Margaret Turner 2011-2011 Director View profile
  40. Brian John Lee 2010-2012 Director View profile
  41. Geoffrey William Cross 2008-2011 Director View profile
  42. Stephen Victor Williams 2008-2012 Director View profile
  43. Ian William Aldridge 2008-2016 Director View profile
  44. Robin Mark White 2008-2009 Director View profile
  45. Ray Casely 2007-2008 Director View profile
  46. Paul William Conibeare 2007-2012 Director View profile
  47. Stephen Thomas Roberts 2007-2012 Director View profile
  48. Nicholas Reginald Chillmaid 2004-2006 Director View profile
  49. Marcus Richard Blackman 2004-2007 Director View profile
  50. Norman Leslie Hawkes 2002-2007 Director View profile
  51. Donald James Bishop 2001-2011 Director View profile
  52. Richard David Holmes 2000-2011 Director View profile
  53. Michael Anthony Johns 2000-2005 Director View profile
  54. Geoffrey William Evens 2000-2006 Director View profile
  55. Michael John Grimoldby 1999-2008 Director View profile
  56. Richard Peter Jones 1998-2001 Director View profile
  57. Ian Derek Jonas 1998-2000 Director View profile
  58. Peter Jon Knight 1998-2004 Director View profile
  59. Dr Andrew Leslie Chatwin 1997-2008 Director View profile
  60. John Allan Stanistreet 1997-2001 Director View profile
  61. David John Williams 1996-2016 Director View profile
  62. Humphrey Robert Davies 1995-2007 Director View profile
  63. Richard Antony Wood 1995-1999 Director View profile
  64. Audrey Mary Short 1994-1999 Director View profile
  65. Gareth Adrian Winter 1994-1997 Director View profile
  66. John Edward Pearce 1994-1996 Director View profile
  67. Christopher Nicolaas Mark Van Den Arend 1994-1997 Director View profile
  68. Anthony Bishop 1994-2002 Director View profile
  69. David Leslie Randall 1994-2011 Director View profile
  70. Richard Knight 1994-2000 Director View profile
  71. Brian Dean Fisher 1994-1998 Director View profile
  72. Maurice John Gifford 1994-1995 Director View profile
  73. Anthony Frank Yardley 1994-1998 Director View profile
  74. Mark Leonard Smith 1994-2007 Director View profile
  75. Paul Chapple Whitehouse 2016-2020 Secretary View profile
  76. Kaufman, Susan Johanna, Company Secretary 2012-2016 Secretary View profile
  77. Penelope Mary Gardiner 2008-2011 Secretary View profile
  78. Brian John Crudge 1994-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
15/09/1994
Also a registered charity
West Somerset Railway Association

Group

No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above West Somerset Railway Association on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.

2 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

7 grants · £130,340 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

Most recent

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

2.4y median 0.8y
average tenure
5.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (6)

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.

Education 3Manufacturing 2Health and social care 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

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
02968284
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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