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South Western Railway Limited

Passenger rail transport, interurban

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

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Previous officers 35

  1. James Alan Percival 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Robin William Gisby 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Elaine Tuck 2025-2025 Director View profile
  4. Graeme Paul Frizzell 2025-2025 Director View profile
  5. Liam Charles Talbot 2025-2025 Director View profile
  6. Timothy Lodwick Rees 2025-2025 Director View profile
  7. Rachel Gemma Stressing 2025-2025 Director View profile
  8. Arthur Sam Jerome Borkwood 2024-2025 Director View profile
  9. Fiona Ann White 2023-2024 Director View profile
  10. Andrew Neil Macdonald 2022-2025 Director View profile
  11. John Macquarrie 2021-2022 Director View profile
  12. Dominic Nigel Haddock 2021-2023 Director View profile
  13. Peter Grady 2021-2025 Director View profile
  14. Simon Alexander Smith 2019-2023 Director View profile
  15. Helen Jane Pattington 2019-2021 Director View profile
  16. Peter William Wilkinson 2015-2019 Director View profile
  17. David Clive Bennett 2015-2021 Director View profile
  18. Richard Charles Cantwell 2015-2019 Director View profile
  19. Sir Michael Peter Holden 2013-2015 Director View profile
  20. David Eric Walker 2013-2015 Director View profile
  21. George William Douglas Sutherland 2013-2015 Director View profile
  22. Paul David Rodgers 2011-2013 Director View profile
  23. Andrew Bernard Murray 2010-2013 Director View profile
  24. David Ian Rea 2003-2011 Director View profile
  25. Gary George Backler 2003-2010 Director View profile
  26. Iryna Terlecky 1999-2005 Director View profile
  27. Richard John Morris 1999-2001 Director View profile
  28. Julian Robert Ware 1996-1999 Director View profile
  29. Nicholas George Newton 1996-2005 Director View profile
  30. Matthew Philip Bentley 2020-2025 Secretary View profile
  31. Stephanie Jade Cunningham 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
  32. Trevor Dawson 2015-2016 Secretary View profile
  33. Sonia Anita Braybrook 2005-2013 Secretary View profile
  34. Janet Elizabeth Sinclair 2005-2005 Secretary View profile
  35. Matthew William Edward Hyland 1997-2005 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Incorporated
22/10/1996
Registered office
London
Previous names
DFT OLR5 Limited (until 17/02/2021)
Thameslink Limited (until 20/03/2019)
Golding's Rail Limited (until 29/11/2013)

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. South Western Railway Limited is controlled by DFT Operator Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2019-03-05 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by DFT Operator Limited.

14 other companies in this group

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.

Contracts awarded

25 contracts · £135,252,518 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

Most recent

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

0.8y median 0.8y
average tenure
1.2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (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.

Transport 23Finance 2Education 1Health and social care 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
03266760
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/12/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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