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First Rail Open Access Holdings Limited
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 22
- Stephen Henry Montgomery 2024-2026 View profile
- Vernon Ian Barker 2011-2015 View profile
- Clive Burrows 2011-2024 View profile
- Mary Alexander Grant 2009-2011 View profile
- David Clement Gausby 2005-2016 View profile
- Andrew Haines 2005-2008 View profile
- James Gullen Morgan 2005-2009 View profile
- Iain Malcolm Lanaghan 2003-2004 View profile
- Richard Francis Drake 2000-2005 View profile
- Derek Potts 1998-1999 View profile
- Christopher Simon Gunn 1996-1998 View profile
- Jeremy Paul Warwick Long 1996-2005 View profile
- Right Honourable Lord Allen John George Sheppard 1996-2004 View profile
- Michael Huntly Schabas 1996-2009 View profile
- Barbara Mary Salter 2017-2024 View profile
- Michael Hampson 2016-2017 View profile
- Robert John Welch 2014-2016 View profile
- Paul Michael Lewis 2011-2014 View profile
- Sidney Barrie 2005-2011 View profile
- Brenda Louise Ruppel 2005-2005 View profile
- Marie Smith 2004-2004 View profile
- Max David Steinkopf 1996-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Passenger rail transport, interurban
- Incorporated
- 14/10/1996
- Registered office
- London
- Previous names
- GB Railways Group Limited (until 06/01/2025)
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.
- Firstgroup PLC
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- First Rail Open Access Holdings Limited
is controlled by Firstgroup PLC
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Firstgroup PLC.
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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.
3 directors on the board
- Stuart Jones Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew Mark James Director · appointed 2026
- Frances Kimberley Barrett Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- Stuart Jones Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew Mark James Director · appointed 2026
- Frances Kimberley Barrett Director · appointed 2024
Left in the last 12 months
- Stephen Henry Montgomery Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03263210
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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