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Southwold Railway Trust
Museums activities
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Richard Ian StoneDirector · since 2021
- Robert MoleDirector · since 2020
- Tobias RobinsonDirector · since 2017
- John HandleyDirector · since 2017
- Nicholas Charles EvansDirector · since 2012
- John Peter RidgwayDirector · since 2011
- Maureen Wendy RidgwayDirector · since 2006
- John Laurence BennettSecretary · since 2006
Previous officers 20
- Graham Webster 2018-2019 View profile
- Peter Southgate 2018-2022 View profile
- Ian Overton 2018-2020 View profile
- Michael Golding 2016-2018 View profile
- Jonathan Peter Chick 2015-2022 View profile
- Kenneth John Ledran Penrose 2015-2018 View profile
- Stewart Green 2013-2016 View profile
- Alan Roslyn Taylor 2011-2017 View profile
- Reverend Simon John Pitcher 2010-2015 View profile
- Oliver Richard Densham 2010-2012 View profile
- David Smith 2008-2012 View profile
- Timothy James Heaps 2008-2011 View profile
- Brian John Bailey 2008-2013 View profile
- Graham Richard Thurston 2006-2010 View profile
- Alastair Macfarlane 2006-2008 View profile
- David Mark Lee 2006-2015 View profile
- Arthur David Negus 2006-2011 View profile
- Geoffrey Alfred Crabb 2006-2008 View profile
- Leonard Harris 2006-2008 View profile
- James Paul Sebastian Hewett 2011-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Museums activities
- Incorporated
- 02/08/2006
- Registered office
- Southwold
- Also a registered charity
- Southwold Railway Trust
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.
7 directors on the board
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Richard Ian Stone Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- John Peter Ridgway Director · appointed 2011
- Richard Ian Stone Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas Charles Evans Director · appointed 2012
- Maureen Wendy Ridgway Director · appointed 2006
- John Handley Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Mole Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (1)
- Tobias Robinson Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 05894122
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 31/03/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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