Company · Sunderland
Grand Central Railway Company Limited
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 34
- Alexis James Scott 2022-2025 View profile
- David Brown 2021-2024 View profile
- Carol Bainbridge 2020-2022 View profile
- Mary Elisabeth Courtney Hewitt 2017-2020 View profile
- Mark Alan Dale 2017-2020 View profile
- Christopher Derek Dyne Burchell 2016-2020 View profile
- Mark David Robinson 2015-2017 View profile
- Rachel Helen Baldwin 2014-2016 View profile
- Jonathan Luke Roberts 2013-2015 View profile
- Stephen John Murphy 2013-2014 View profile
- Andrew William Deacon 2012-2013 View profile
- Richard Henry Mcclean 2012-2021 View profile
- Andrew John Cooper 2012-2019 View profile
- Robert William Holland 2011-2014 View profile
- Amanda Furlong 2011-2020 View profile
- David Hatfield 2011-2021 View profile
- Bradley George Cooper 2010-2012 View profile
- Charles John Belcher 2009-2011 View profile
- Terence Paul Worrall 2008-2011 View profile
- Tom Andrew Clift 2007-2012 View profile
- David Lowrie 2007-2012 View profile
- Philip Andrew Gartside 2007-2011 View profile
- Giles Robin Fearnley 2007-2011 View profile
- Philip Edward Moody 2007-2011 View profile
- Robert Lynton Howells 2007-2011 View profile
- Alan Harry Hyson 2006-2007 View profile
- Kevin Brett Dean 2006-2007 View profile
- Sean Gerrard English 2006-2024 View profile
- Gareth David 2000-2007 View profile
- Lorna Edwards 2013-2020 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Davies 2011-2013 View profile
- Clive Royston Watts 2007-2011 View profile
- Ian Robert Yeowart 2000-2009 View profile
- Warren David Breeze 2000-2004 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Passenger rail transport, interurban
- Incorporated
- 25/04/2000
- Registered office
- Sunderland
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.
- Arriva UK Trains Limited
75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Grand Central Railway Company Limited
is controlled by Arriva UK Trains Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Arriva UK Trains Limited
is controlled by MTL Services Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - MTL Services Limited
is controlled by Arriva Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Arriva Limited
is controlled by Arriva International Group Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-05-31 · source: Companies House PSC register - Arriva International Group Limited
is controlled by Arriva Holdco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register - Arriva Holdco Limited
is controlled by Arriva Midco Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register - Arriva Midco Limited
is controlled by Arriva International Holdings Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-09-19 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Arriva International Holdings Limited.
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- Arriva Yorkshire Limited
- Arriva Finance Lease Limited
- Arriva ABC GP Limited
- Arriva International Trains (Leasing) Limited
- Arriva Holdco Limited
- Arriva Kent Thameside Limited
- APS (Leasing) Limited
- Arriva International (Northern Europe) Limited
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- Arriva East Herts & Essex Limited
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- Wrexham Shropshire & Marylebone Railway Company Limited
- Teamdeck Limited
- MTL Services Limited
- 07473965
- Arriva UK BUS Investments Limited
- Arriva Guildford & West Surrey Limited
- Arriva Tees & District Limited
- TGM Services Limited
- AT Seat Catering (2003) Limited
- Arriva West Sussex Limited
- Alliance Rail Holdings LTD
- Arriva Trains Wales/Trenau Arriva Cymru Limited
- Arriva South Eastern Rail Limited
- Arriva International (Southern Europe) Limited
- Arriva Limited
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- Arriva Durham County Limited
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- Yorkshire Tiger Limited
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- Arriva Midlands Limited
- Arriva Manchester Limited
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.
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
- Chloe Anne Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher James Brandon Director · appointed 2025
- Paul William Hutchings Director · appointed 2024
1.5y median 1.2y
average tenure
2.5y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Christopher James Brandon Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Chloe Anne Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Paul William Hutchings Director · appointed 2024
0
also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Alexis James Scott Director · appointed 2022 · 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.
Transport 4Business services 1Finance 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
- 03979826
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 30/09/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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