First Greater Western Limited
Company 05113733 Active
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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.
6
directors on the board
12.6y median 12.8y
average tenure
20.6y
longest tenure
5
directors past 6 years
1 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
0
also govern a charity
1
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 10Professional services 6Business 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- First Rail Holdings Limited 3 shared directors
- First MTR South Western Trains Limited 2 shared directors
- First Transpennine Express Limited 2 shared directors
- First Trenitalia West Coast Rail Limited 2 shared directors
- First Rail Procurement Limited 1 shared director
- Rail Staff Travel Limited 1 shared director
Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
Company details
| Number | 05113733 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | Private Limited Company |
| Incorporated | 27/04/2004 |
| Address | MILFORD HOUSE 1 MILFORD STREET, SWINDON, WILTSHIRE, SN1 1HL |
| Accounts next due | 31/12/2026 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/03/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
49100 - Passenger rail transport, interurban
Ownership - persons with significant control (1)
- First Rail Holdings Limited
ownership of shares 75-100% voting rights 75-100% right to appoint and remove directors
Officers (42)
- Richard Bruce Rowland Director · appointed 2022
- Michael John Nelson Director · appointed 2020
- Duncan Thomas Rimmer Director · appointed 2019
- Mark Julian Hopwood Director · appointed 2008
- Clive Burrows Director · appointed 2007
- Caswell, Benjamin John, Dr Director · appointed 2005
Show 36 former officers
- David Ira Statham Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Sally Louise Bennett Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
- Kevin Gardner Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2020
- Richard John Westcott Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
- Barbara Mary Salter Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2025
- Michael Hampson Secretary · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Stephen Henry Montgomery Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2024
- Robert John Welch Secretary · appointed 2014 · resigned 2016
- Diane Burke Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- Benjamin James Taylor Rule Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- Vernon Ian Barker Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2015
- Paul Michael Lewis Secretary · appointed 2011 · resigned 2014
- Hugh Patrick Clancy Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2023
- Susan Judith Evans Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Matthew Lawrence Golton Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2021
- Neil Micklethwaite Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
- Mary Alexander Grant Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
- Martin Richard Wentworth Stoolman Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2017
- Peter Augustus Edward Carr Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
- James Charles Burt Director · appointed 2008 · resigned 2009
- Andrew Haines Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2008
- Howeson, Charles Arthur, Commander Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2009
- Andrew John Mellors Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
- Kevin Gale Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2013
- Thomas Findlay Stables Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- David Clement Gausby Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2016
- Graham Patrick Boot Handford Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2008
- Blyth, Charles, Sir Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Glenda Ann Lamont Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2007
- Robert William Breakwell Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2009
- Alison Elizabeth Forster Director · appointed 2005 · resigned 2007
- Sidney Barrie Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2011
- Brenda Louise Ruppel Secretary · appointed 2005 · resigned 2005
- Dean Kendal Finch Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2007
- Paul Desmond Patrick Furze Waddock Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2009
- Marie Smith Secretary · appointed 2004 · resigned 2004
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