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Company · Newcastle upon Tyne

Tanfield Railway Trust Limited

Museums activities

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 18

  1. Barry Duncan 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Philip Charles Lewis 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Peter Redvers Vout 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Peter Sheldon 2024-2025 Director View profile
  5. Luke William Griffiths 2022-2023 Director View profile
  6. David Ian Allinson 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. David George Watchman 2020-2020 Director View profile
  8. Thomas Michael Hartley 2020-2024 Director View profile
  9. Christopher Shaun Walker 2020-2021 Director View profile
  10. Stewart Ian Waugh 2013-2020 Director View profile
  11. Neil Thomas Morgan 2010-2016 Director View profile
  12. Robin Fallon 1998-2013 Director View profile
  13. Franklyn Taylor Greenwood 1998-1999 Director View profile
  14. Alan Robert Thompson 1996-2016 Director View profile
  15. Derek Knott 1996-1997 Director View profile
  16. Peter Weightman 1996-2023 Director View profile
  17. Philip Kennedy Williams 2013-2015 Secretary View profile
  18. Eric Bruce Maxwell 1996-2019 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
01/08/1996
Registered office
Newcastle upon Tyne
Also a registered charity
Tanfield Railway Trust Limited
Previous names
The Tyneside Locomotive Museum Trust Limited (until 07/08/2019)

Financials

Employees
0
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-07-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

3 grants · £86,540 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

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund · £80,000 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £6,540

Most recent

  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport £6,5402021-03-08
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £30,0002006-09-25
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £50,0002003-06-27
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.

6 directors on the board

12.7y median 8.5y
average tenure
29.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (4)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity
3
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.

Retail and trade 2Arts and leisure 1Utilities 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03232794
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/04/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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