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Wensleydale Railway Trust LTD

Passenger rail transport, interurban

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 32

  1. Terry Larder 2022-2023 Director View profile
  2. Timothy Williamson 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Melvyn James Bailey 2022-2024 Director View profile
  4. Robert Anthony Mordey 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Richard Thomas Leathley 2020-2025 Director View profile
  6. Frank Clough 2019-2020 Director View profile
  7. Geoffrey Sidney Solomon 2019-2020 Director View profile
  8. Andrew John Glendinning 2019-2021 Director View profile
  9. Andrew David Crawford 2019-2020 Director View profile
  10. Robert Coombs 2016-2020 Director View profile
  11. Virginia Penrose Arrowsmith 2016-2019 Director View profile
  12. Adrian Timothy John Falshaw 2015-2017 Director View profile
  13. Andrew John Turnbull 2015-2019 Director View profile
  14. Richard Philip Brown 2015-2018 Director View profile
  15. David Andrew Charlesworth Gill 2015-2016 Director View profile
  16. Robert Frederick Moorcroft 2015-2016 Director View profile
  17. Kenneth Monkman 2015-2019 Director View profile
  18. Nigel Park 2015-2023 Director View profile
  19. Ian Christopher Redmond Sesnan 2014-2015 Director View profile
  20. Maureen Park 2014-2017 Director View profile
  21. Frank Clough 2013-2014 Director View profile
  22. Robert Carter 2013-2021 Director View profile
  23. Wendy Juden 2012-2013 Director View profile
  24. Michael John Alexander 2007-2016 Director View profile
  25. John Fitton 2004-2007 Director View profile
  26. Andrew Alexander Maude 2000-2015 Director View profile
  27. Sarah Elizabeth Maude 2000-2008 Director View profile
  28. Colin Reginald Cooper 2000-2004 Director View profile
  29. Andrew Roy Woodland 2017-2021 Secretary View profile
  30. Philip John Crosby Smith 2009-2017 Secretary View profile
  31. David Alan Haxby 2004-2015 Secretary View profile
  32. Colin John Brown 2000-2015 Secretary 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 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 · £509,300 (4 grants)

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £60,0002020-05-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £390,0002017-09-07
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £37,8002015-03-11
  • The National Lottery Heritage Fund £21,5002007-12-19
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

6y median 4.4y
average tenure
18.3y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (6)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Hospitality 1Transport 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

  • 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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