Company · Birmingham
Heavy Haul Rail Group
Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 22
- Timothy Colin Shoveller 2023-2026 View profile
- William Thomas Wright 2022-2024 View profile
- Christopher Ray Lawrenson 2022-2026 View profile
- Edward Aston 2021-2022 View profile
- Gary Richards Long 2017-2021 View profile
- Charles Noble 2017-2020 View profile
- Darren Peter Leigh 2014-2016 View profile
- Kevin James Utting 2011-2017 View profile
- Timothy Michael Shakerley 2011-2021 View profile
- Dominic Paul Mckenna 2011-2016 View profile
- Timothy Parker Harrison 2008-2008 View profile
- Paul Kevin Smart 2007-2018 View profile
- Alexander David Williams 2005-2008 View profile
- Oliver John Harold Huntsman 2005-2008 View profile
- Ed Fitzsimons 2005-2009 View profile
- Adam Lewis Cunliffe 2005-2019 View profile
- Peter George Maybury 2005-2015 View profile
- Norman Neill Broadhurst 2005-2008 View profile
- Bibi Rahima Ally 2004-2005 View profile
- Geraint Rhys Harries 2017-2023 View profile
- Russell Andrew John Mears 2005-2017 View profile
- Mark Neil Slade 2004-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 14/12/2004
- Registered office
- Birmingham
- Previous names
- Freightliner Group Limited (until 23/01/2026)
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Heavy Haul Rail Group on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
23 other companies in this group
- 16873235
- Freightliner Railports Limited
- Pentalver Cannock Limited
- Logico Transport Limited
- Heavy Haul Maintenance Limited
- Freightliner Scotland Limited
- Heavy Haul Rail Limited
- Management Consortium BID Limited
- Heavy Haul Middle East Limited
- 16873316
- GWI Western Europe Limited
- GWI UK Holding Limited
- Railinvest Holding Company Limited
- Freightliner Limited
- 03891898
- Genesee & Wyoming Oman Limited
- Freightliners Limited
- Railinvest Acquisitions Limited
- Logico Freight Limited
- GWI UK Acquisition Company Limited
- UK Bulk Handling Services Limited
- Heavy Haul Acquisitions Limited
- Pentalver Transport Limited
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.
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.
2 directors on the board
- David James Penney Director · appointed 2024
- Katherine Ross Director · appointed 2026
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (2)
- David James Penney Director · appointed 2024
- Katherine Ross Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Timothy Colin Shoveller Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Christopher Ray Lawrenson Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05313119
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Unlimited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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