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Company · Bitton

The Avon Valley Railway Company Limited

Other passenger land transport

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

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Previous officers 28

  1. Mark Davies 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. James Charles Uppington 2022-2022 Director View profile
  3. Guillermo Hidalgo Gonzalez 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Dr Robert Peter D'Mellow 2021-2022 Director View profile
  5. Kyle Ashcroft 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. James Christopher Line 2020-2022 Director View profile
  7. Michael Rogers-Nash 2017-2021 Director View profile
  8. Anthony John Marson 2013-2021 Director View profile
  9. Johnathan James Lanchester 2013-2022 Director View profile
  10. Amanda Vivienne Claire Jones 2013-2018 Director View profile
  11. James Sidwick 2011-2013 Director View profile
  12. Sanders, Colin Bertram, Alfred 2011-2013 Director View profile
  13. Kenneth Maurice Barlow 2009-2016 Director View profile
  14. Ian Alfred Bowser 2009-2014 Director View profile
  15. Alan Roy Matthews 2008-2026 Director View profile
  16. Geoffrey George Clark 2008-2017 Director View profile
  17. Diana Mary Wilson Schuch 2007-2008 Director View profile
  18. Ian Stanley Bishop 2006-2008 Director View profile
  19. Roger Anthony Newport 2006-2008 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Paul Collins 2006-2007 Director View profile
  21. Douglas Banks 2006-2016 Director View profile
  22. Clive Robert Tilling 2004-2008 Director View profile
  23. Gary Arthur Lockyear 2004-2005 Director View profile
  24. Stuart Michael Hobday 2002-2007 Director View profile
  25. John Reginald Whale 2002-2013 Director View profile
  26. Peter John Bell 2002-2006 Director View profile
  27. Jonathan Peter Miles 2001-2004 Director View profile
  28. Edmund John Payne 2001-2019 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Other passenger land transport
Incorporated
26/10/2001
Registered office
Bitton

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. The Avon Valley Railway Company Limited is controlled by Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-07 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Avon Valley Railway Heritage Trust.

1 other company 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.

Financials

Net assets
£3,192
Total assets
£7,602
Cash
£87,324
Employees
26
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

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.

4 directors on the board

7.7y median 2.8y
average tenure
24.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

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 2Business services 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
04311647
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Accounts next due
31/10/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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