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XC Trains Limited

XC Trains Limited is an active UK company (number 04402048), incorporated 2002, with 4 current directors including Kate Willis and Zoe Kennedy. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Previous officers 40

  1. Stephen Lee Hopkinson 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Paul Booth 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Harjinder Nagra Singh 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Mark Francis Goodall 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Colette Lugar-Mawson 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Jon Fenn 2021-2022 Director View profile
  7. Gillian Ingham 2020-2023 Director View profile
  8. Thomas Joyner 2019-2024 Director View profile
  9. Benjamin Simkin 2019-2021 Director View profile
  10. Anne Cnossen 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Lee Garreth Paxton 2018-2022 Director View profile
  12. Mary Elisabeth Courtney Hewitt 2017-2020 Director View profile
  13. Joanne Macphail 2017-2019 Director View profile
  14. Desmond Peter Lowe 2017-2020 Director View profile
  15. Benjamin James Taylor Rule 2016-2017 Director View profile
  16. Christopher Derek Dyne Burchell 2016-2020 Director View profile
  17. Rachel Helen Baldwin 2014-2015 Director View profile
  18. Amanda Furlong 2013-2020 Director View profile
  19. William Rogers 2013-2016 Director View profile
  20. Stephen John Murphy 2013-2014 Director View profile
  21. Jonathan Luke Roberts 2010-2020 Director View profile
  22. Maria Francesca Earl 2010-2016 Director View profile
  23. Helen Jayne Walker 2010-2013 Director View profile
  24. David Andrew Watkin 2009-2017 Director View profile
  25. Richard Charles Vyvyan Harrison 2008-2010 Director View profile
  26. Sarah Louise Kendall 2008-2010 Director View profile
  27. Jeremy Richard Charles Higgins 2008-2017 Director View profile
  28. Dennis Henry Baker 2008-2013 Director View profile
  29. Andrew John Cooper 2007-2019 Director View profile
  30. Robert William Holland 2007-2013 Director View profile
  31. David Christopher John Applegarth 2006-2013 Director View profile
  32. Roger Brian Cobbe 2003-2013 Director View profile
  33. Peter Thomas Telford 2002-2008 Director View profile
  34. Duncan Mcdonald. 2002-2002 Nominee-director View profile
  35. Euan Alexander Robert Cameron 2002-2003 Director View profile
  36. Lorna Edwards 2013-2020 Secretary View profile
  37. Elizabeth Anne Davies 2007-2013 Secretary View profile
  38. John Virtue 2006-2007 Secretary View profile
  39. David Paul Turner 2002-2005 Secretary View profile
  40. Biccor LTD 2002-2002 Corporate-nominee-secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
22/03/2002

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. XC Trains Limited is controlled by Arriva UK Trains Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Arriva UK Trains Limited is controlled by MTL Services Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. MTL Services Limited is controlled by Arriva Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. 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
  5. 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
  6. 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
  7. 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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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

6 contracts · £2,189,582 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.

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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

1.1y median 1.2y
average tenure
1.6y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (1)

0
also govern a charity
0
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 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
04402048
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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