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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
9.7y median 7.4y
average tenure
22.7y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
6 vs 1 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
2
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.
Business services 1Manufacturing 1Other 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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- The Lanchester Partnership 1 shared director
- Lanchester Publications LTD. 1 shared director
- Class G5 Locomotive Company LTD 1 shared director
Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 03226401 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 18/07/1996 |
| Address | STANHOPE STATION STATION ROAD, STANHOPE, BISHOP AUCKLAND, COUNTY DURHAM, DL13 2YS |
| Accounts next due | 31/10/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/01/2026 |
Industry (SIC)
49100 - Passenger rail transport, interurban
Ownership - persons with significant control (4)
- Mr Anthony Slack ceased 2018 British
significant influence or control as trust - Mr Kevin Richardson ceased 2023 British
significant influence or control as trust - Dr Robert John Dingle ceased 2023 British
significant influence or control as trust - Mrs Jean Clarke ceased 2023 British
significant influence or control as trust
Officers (60)
- Hoare, Peter, Dr Director · appointed 2024
- Smith, David, Dr Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas John Hatton Director · appointed 2021
- Jean Clarke Secretary · appointed 2020
- Jean Clarke Director · appointed 2019
- Dingle, Robert John, Dr Director · appointed 2018
- Mark Woodhams Director · appointed 2015
- Gerald Christopher Mudd Director · appointed 2006
- Michael Richard Duncan Wood Director · appointed 2003
Show 51 former officers
- Luke Allan Holmes Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
- John Harold Askwith Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Paul Wilson Secretary · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Simon Adams Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2025
- Stephen Raine Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
- Peter Kearsley Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
- Paul Wilson Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2020
- Anthony Slack Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
- Kevin Richardson Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2024
- Anthony Slack Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2026
- Peter William John Baker Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2018
- Kevin Andrew Hillary Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- John Hargreaves Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
- Richard John Maughan Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2021
- Ruth Anna Carroll Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2016
- Clive Elsdon Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Michael David Wilkinson Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- David James Bullows Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- Trevor Edward Hewitt Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Peter Timothy Shields Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- John Malcolm Simpson Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2011
- Frederick Ramshaw Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2010
- David John Scott Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
- David Million Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
- Graham Kenneth Richardson Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Kevin Gathwaite Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Graham Lord Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2010
- Trevor Horner Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- David Leonard Butler Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Norma Richardson Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- James Andrew Lynn Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Ian Gardner Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2008
- Brian Michael Cox Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
- Arthur Elsam Temple Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2010
- Anita Atkinson Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2004
- Christopher David Ford Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2005
- John Chatfield Secretary · appointed 2002 · resigned 2006
- Christopher Robert Wilson Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2005
- Julian Firth Hadley Shepherd Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2009
- Keith Morgan Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
- David Ashton Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
- Patricia Ann Brookes Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2005
- Edythe Miriam Ashton Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2002
- John David Foxton Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2010
- Gilbert Chatfield Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2004
- Alastair Hilton Downie Director · appointed 1999 · resigned 2001
- Frank Ian Holmes Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2008
- Clifford Daniel Occomore Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Eric Younghusband Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2001
- John Derek Wood Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1999
- Donald Brookes Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2002
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