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Great Rail Journeys Limited

Tour operator activities

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 18

  1. Stephen Gerard Lee 2022-2025 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Philip Skolnick 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Noeleen Patricia Rita Pritchard 2016-2021 Director View profile
  4. Julian Appleyard 2014-2024 Director View profile
  5. Peter Richard Liney 2013-2022 Director View profile
  6. Nicholas Pury Cust 2011-2018 Director View profile
  7. Robert Graham Wilson 2010-2013 Director View profile
  8. Alexander James Roberts 2008-2018 Director View profile
  9. Mark Andrew Taylor 2007-2019 Director View profile
  10. Keith George Clarke 2007-2016 Director View profile
  11. Steven Andrew Howard Kimber 2005-2009 Director View profile
  12. David John Gaster 2005-2013 Director View profile
  13. Howard Philip Trinder 1996-2005 Director View profile
  14. Ian Macbeth 1996-2005 Director View profile
  15. Martin Graham Johnson 2006-2018 Secretary View profile
  16. Michael Backhouse 2004-2006 Secretary View profile
  17. Kathleen Ann Woodroffe 2001-2004 Secretary View profile
  18. Mary Catherine Macbeth 1996-2001 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Tour operator activities
Incorporated
05/06/1996
Registered office
York

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. Great Rail Journeys Limited is controlled by Great Rail Journeys Partnership Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Great Rail Journeys Partnership Limited is controlled by Great Rail Journeys Holdings Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. Great Rail Journeys Holdings Limited is controlled by Thomas Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. Thomas Bidco Limited is controlled by Thomas Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. Thomas Midco Limited is controlled by Thomas Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. Thomas Topco Limited is controlled by Bucharest Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-07-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. Bucharest Bidco Limited is controlled by Bucharest Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-06-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. Bucharest Midco Limited is controlled by Bucharest Holdco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-06-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. Bucharest Holdco Limited is controlled by Bucharest Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2018-06-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. Bucharest Topco Limited is controlled by Featherstone Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-05-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

The ownership chain above Great Rail Journeys Limited is unusually long; showing the first 10 steps.

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.

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.

2 directors on the board

4.7y median 4.7y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Finance 24Professional services 4Transport 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
03208093
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/07/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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