Tanfield Railway Trust Limited
Company 03232794 Active
Registered charity: Tanfield Railway Trust Limited
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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.
6 directors on the board
- Derek William Smith Director · appointed 1996
- Frank Stuart Palmer Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Cowan Director · appointed 1998
- David Champion Director · appointed 2026
- John Hodgson Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Gardiner Charlton Director · appointed 2011
Directors past 6 years
- Derek William Smith Director · appointed 1996
- Ian Cowan Director · appointed 1998
- Richard Gardiner Charlton Director · appointed 2011
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Derek William Smith Director · appointed 1996
- Frank Stuart Palmer Director · appointed 2025
- Ian Cowan Director · appointed 1998
- John Hodgson Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (2)
- David Champion Director · appointed 2026
- Richard Gardiner Charlton Director · appointed 2011
Left in the last 12 months
- Barry Duncan Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Philip Charles Lewis Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Peter Redvers Vout Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
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.
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 organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Tanfield Railway Company Limited 1 shared director
- The Espley Estate Sewage Works Company Limited 1 shared director
- Stampbrick Limited 1 shared director
- Barter Books Limited 1 shared director
- Barter Books Holdings Limited 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 03232794 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital) |
| Incorporated | 01/08/1996 |
| Address | TANFIELD RAILWAY, MARLEY HILL, NEWCASTLE UPON TYNE, NE16 5ET |
| Accounts next due | 30/04/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/07/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
Ownership - persons with significant control (0)
No persons with significant control recorded.
Officers (25)
- David Champion Director · appointed 2026
- Frank Stuart Palmer Director · appointed 2025
- John Hodgson Director · appointed 2024
- Angela May Pickering Secretary · appointed 2015
- Richard Gardiner Charlton Director · appointed 2011
- Ian Cowan Director · appointed 1998
- Derek William Smith Director · appointed 1996
Show 18 former officers
- Barry Duncan Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Philip Charles Lewis Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Peter Redvers Vout Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Peter Sheldon Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
- Luke William Griffiths Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
- David Ian Allinson Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
- David George Watchman Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2020
- Thomas Michael Hartley Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
- Christopher Shaun Walker Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
- Philip Kennedy Williams Secretary · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
- Stewart Ian Waugh Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2020
- Neil Thomas Morgan Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2016
- Robin Fallon Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2013
- Franklyn Taylor Greenwood Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 1999
- Eric Bruce Maxwell Secretary · appointed 1996 · resigned 2019
- Alan Robert Thompson Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2016
- Derek Knott Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1997
- Peter Weightman Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2023
Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.
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