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Gloucester Railcar Trust Limited

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 11

  1. Michael Lay 2018-2020 Director View profile
  2. David John Grigsby 2018-2024 Director View profile
  3. Terance Joseph Carter 2013-2014 Director View profile
  4. Steven Dunkerley 2013-2014 Director View profile
  5. John Kenneth Ferris 2011-2017 Director View profile
  6. Alan David Jones 2004-2015 Director View profile
  7. Nicholas Lander 2003-2003 Director View profile
  8. Nicholas Eamonn Odey 1996-2016 Director View profile
  9. Michael Hancocks 1996-2003 Director View profile
  10. Matthew Peter David Smith 1996-2002 Director View profile
  11. John Robert William Bull 1996-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
25/01/1996
Also a registered charity
Gloucester Railcar Trust Limited

Financials

Net assets
£24,952
Total assets
£24,952
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 2024-12-31. 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.

5 directors on the board

11.1y median 6.5y
average tenure
30.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

0
also govern a charity
0
left in the last 12 months

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
03150972
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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