Company · Northallerton
Wensleydale Railway Trust LTD
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Neil Stuart GuestDirector · since 2024
- Christopher David John WilliamsDirector · since 2024
- Richard James HoltDirector · since 2022
- Alex DudiakDirector · since 2022
- Philip HarrisonDirector · since 2021
- John Ralph SmithsonDirector · since 2019
- Wendy Jane ShepherdDirector · since 2019
- David WalkerDirector · since 2008
Previous officers 32
- Terry Larder 2022-2023 View profile
- Timothy Williamson 2022-2023 View profile
- Melvyn James Bailey 2022-2024 View profile
- Robert Anthony Mordey 2021-2022 View profile
- Richard Thomas Leathley 2020-2025 View profile
- Frank Clough 2019-2020 View profile
- Geoffrey Sidney Solomon 2019-2020 View profile
- Andrew John Glendinning 2019-2021 View profile
- Andrew David Crawford 2019-2020 View profile
- Robert Coombs 2016-2020 View profile
- Virginia Penrose Arrowsmith 2016-2019 View profile
- Adrian Timothy John Falshaw 2015-2017 View profile
- Andrew John Turnbull 2015-2019 View profile
- Richard Philip Brown 2015-2018 View profile
- David Andrew Charlesworth Gill 2015-2016 View profile
- Robert Frederick Moorcroft 2015-2016 View profile
- Kenneth Monkman 2015-2019 View profile
- Nigel Park 2015-2023 View profile
- Ian Christopher Redmond Sesnan 2014-2015 View profile
- Maureen Park 2014-2017 View profile
- Frank Clough 2013-2014 View profile
- Robert Carter 2013-2021 View profile
- Wendy Juden 2012-2013 View profile
- Michael John Alexander 2007-2016 View profile
- John Fitton 2004-2007 View profile
- Andrew Alexander Maude 2000-2015 View profile
- Sarah Elizabeth Maude 2000-2008 View profile
- Colin Reginald Cooper 2000-2004 View profile
- Andrew Roy Woodland 2017-2021 View profile
- Philip John Crosby Smith 2009-2017 View profile
- David Alan Haxby 2004-2015 View profile
- Colin John Brown 2000-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Passenger rail transport, interurban
- Incorporated
- 23/10/2000
- Registered office
- Northallerton
- Also a registered charity
- Wensleydale Railway Trust
- Previous names
- Wensleydale Railway Association (Trust) Limited (until 08/05/2025)
Wensleydale Railway Trust Limited (until 11/06/2015)
Grants received
4 grants · £509,300 total360Giving 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 · £509,300 (4 grants)
Most recent
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
- The National Lottery Heritage Fund
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.
8 directors on the board
- Philip Harrison Director · appointed 2021
- Neil Stuart Guest Director · appointed 2024
- David Walker Director · appointed 2008
- Wendy Jane Shepherd Director · appointed 2019
- John Ralph Smithson Director · appointed 2019
- Christopher David John Williams Director · appointed 2024
- Alex Dudiak Director · appointed 2022
- Richard James Holt Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- David Walker Director · appointed 2008
- Wendy Jane Shepherd Director · appointed 2019
- John Ralph Smithson Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Philip Harrison Director · appointed 2021
- Neil Stuart Guest Director · appointed 2024
- Wendy Jane Shepherd Director · appointed 2019
- John Ralph Smithson Director · appointed 2019
- Christopher David John Williams Director · appointed 2024
- Alex Dudiak Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (2)
- David Walker Director · appointed 2008
- Richard James Holt Director · appointed 2022
Left in the last 12 months
- Richard Thomas Leathley Director · appointed 2020 · 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
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04094801
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- 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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