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Freightliner Railports Limited
Freight rail transport
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 18
- David James Penney 2024-2026 View profile
- Timothy Colin Shoveller 2023-2026 View profile
- William Thomas Wright 2022-2024 View profile
- Blake Jones 2022-2023 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
- Paul Kevin Smart 2007-2018 View profile
- Ed Fitzsimons 2006-2009 View profile
- Adam Lewis Cunliffe 2006-2019 View profile
- Peter George Maybury 2006-2015 View profile
- Sally Jane Watts 2023-2026 View profile
- Geraint Rhys Harries 2017-2023 View profile
- Russell Andrew John Mears 2006-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Freight rail transport
- Incorporated
- 07/09/2006
- Registered office
- Birmingham
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.
- Freightliner Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Freightliner Railports Limited
is controlled by Freightliner Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Freightliner Limited
is controlled by Management Consortium BID Limited
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2026-03-12 · source: Companies House PSC register - Management Consortium BID Limited
is controlled by Heavy Haul Acquisitions Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Heavy Haul Acquisitions Limited
is controlled by Railinvest Acquisitions Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2021-12-21 · source: Companies House PSC register - Railinvest Acquisitions Limited
is controlled by Railinvest Holding Company Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - Railinvest Holding Company Limited
is controlled by GWI UK Acquisition Company Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register - GWI UK Acquisition Company Limited
is controlled by GWI Western Europe Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-04-19 · source: Companies House PSC register - GWI Western Europe Limited
is controlled by Heavy Haul Rail Group
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2024-05-28 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Heavy Haul Rail Group.
23 other companies in this group
- 16873235
- 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
- Heavy Haul Rail Group
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.
3 directors on the board
- FéLix De Carpentier Director · appointed 2026
- Nicholas Matthews Director · appointed 2026
- Christopher Ray Lawrenson Director · appointed 2021
First-time vs portfolio directors
Portfolio (3)
- FéLix De Carpentier Director · appointed 2026
- Nicholas Matthews Director · appointed 2026
- Christopher Ray Lawrenson Director · appointed 2021
Left in the last 12 months
- Timothy Colin Shoveller Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- David James Penney Director · appointed 2024 · 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
- 05928006
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Accounts next due
- 31/12/2026
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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