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South Downs Light Railway Society Limited

South Downs Light Railway Society Limited is an active UK company (number 06426315), incorporated 2007, with 8 current directors including Rose Margaret Fisher and Harry Paul Spencer. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Who leads it

Previous officers 16

  1. James Stephen Spencer 2020-2025 Director View profile
  2. Crispin Michael White 2018-2019 Director View profile
  3. Yvonne May Cowlin 2016-2023 Director View profile
  4. John Edward Lunn 2016-2020 Director View profile
  5. David Ernest Costan 2015-2024 Director View profile
  6. Lee Neil Cowlin 2014-2020 Director View profile
  7. John Cameron Holmes 2014-2021 Director View profile
  8. Barry Roy Metcalf 2013-2014 Director View profile
  9. Malcolm Norman Cowlin 2008-2012 Director View profile
  10. Peter Taylor 2008-2018 Director View profile
  11. Christopher David Haynes 2008-2015 Director View profile
  12. Alan Jack Jackson 2008-2019 Director View profile
  13. Michael Tom Blackburn 2008-2013 Director View profile
  14. Brian James Bird 2007-2016 Director View profile
  15. Peter Taylor 2010-2018 Secretary View profile
  16. Christopher Joseph English 2007-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
13/11/2007

Financials

Net assets
£138,032
Total assets
£86,056
Employees
10
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as 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.

8 directors on the board

8.8y median 6.8y
average tenure
18.6y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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
06426315
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Edition
Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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