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The Bishop's Castle Railway Society CO LTD

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Previous officers 17

  1. Derek John Spooner 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. David Hemsley 2023-2026 Director View profile
  3. Stephen Wallace 2021-2023 Director View profile
  4. Stuart Dickinson 2021-2021 Director View profile
  5. Linda Dalton 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Roger James Dalton 2021-2024 Director View profile
  7. Peter James Broxholme 2019-2021 Director View profile
  8. Judy Freeman 2016-2021 Director View profile
  9. John Brander Rimmer 2012-2021 Director View profile
  10. Richard John Newcombe 2005-2012 Director View profile
  11. John Bailey 2005-2012 Director View profile
  12. Alan Belcher 2005-2016 Director View profile
  13. James Victor Smith 2005-2019 Director View profile
  14. David Stanley Thornton 2024-2026 Secretary View profile
  15. Boyd, Michael Geoffrey, Secretary 2020-2025 Secretary View profile
  16. Peter Linnell Mills 2007-2020 Secretary View profile
  17. Cyril Darnell 2005-2008 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Museums activities
Incorporated
27/07/2005
Registered office
Bishops Castle
Also a registered charity
The Bishop's Castle Railway Society CO LTD

Financials

Net assets
£16,330
Total assets
£19,330
Employees
16,330
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-12-31. 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.

6 directors on the board

2.8y median 2y
average tenure
5.3y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (1)

1
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.

Arts and leisure 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
05520291
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due
30/09/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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