Company
Rail Forum
Rail Forum is an active UK company (number 06832230), incorporated 2009, with 12 current directors including Shane Duffy and Christopher David Marlow. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Shane DuffyDirector · since 2024
- Christopher David MarlowDirector · since 2024
- Blake Alexander Christian RichmondDirector · since 2023
- William John RogersDirector · since 2022
- Benjamin John AckroydDirector · since 2022
- Nicholas Lee AndrewDirector · since 2022
- David Leslie BrookesDirector · since 2018
- Michael John GraceDirector · since 2018
- Christopher David SwanDirector · since 2018
- Nicola May PhillipsDirector · since 2018
- David Andrew John TaylorDirector · since 2012
- Michelle Stephanie CravenDirector · since 2009
Previous officers 30
- Emma Margaret Porter 2025-2025 View profile
- Cara Lee Murphy 2023-2025 View profile
- Thomas Peter Meacock 2022-2023 View profile
- Michael David Lund Hulme 2022-2024 View profile
- Christopher George Wright 2022-2026 View profile
- Paul Bennison 2020-2022 View profile
- Simon Giles Higgens 2019-2025 View profile
- Scott Harrison 2019-2022 View profile
- Maria Angela Smith 2019-2022 View profile
- Paul Leonard Robinson 2019-2022 View profile
- Catherine Sarah Appleby 2018-2019 View profile
- William John Tanner 2018-2022 View profile
- Laura Anne May 2018-2024 View profile
- Christopher John Weatherall 2018-2019 View profile
- Barry Michael Aldridge 2017-2019 View profile
- Anna Christina Ince 2016-2023 View profile
- Donna Hoffman 2016-2025 View profile
- Simon Rupert Francis Brennan-Brown 2016-2022 View profile
- Matthew Simon Colclough 2016-2018 View profile
- Lawrence Matthew Bowman 2016-2020 View profile
- Jacob Henry Kelly 2015-2016 View profile
- David Andrew Horne 2012-2015 View profile
- Timothy Colin Shoveller 2009-2012 View profile
- Paul Andrew Francis 2009-2018 View profile
- Daniel Gordon White 2009-2016 View profile
- Craig James King 2009-2012 View profile
- Peter Roberts 2009-2017 View profile
- Colin Stafford Walton 2009-2018 View profile
- Carlile, Geoffrey, Coun 2009-2009 View profile
- Stanford Secretaries Limited 2009-2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 27/02/2009
Grants received
2 grants · £19,710 total360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.
Top funders
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £19,710 (2 grants)
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
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.
12 directors on the board
- David Leslie Brookes Director · appointed 2018
- Shane Duffy Director · appointed 2024
- Michael John Grace Director · appointed 2018
- William John Rogers Director · appointed 2022
- David Andrew John Taylor Director · appointed 2012
- Blake Alexander Christian Richmond Director · appointed 2023
- Christopher David Swan Director · appointed 2018
- Michelle Stephanie Craven Director · appointed 2009
- Benjamin John Ackroyd Director · appointed 2022
- Nicola May Phillips Director · appointed 2018
- Nicholas Lee Andrew Director · appointed 2022
- Christopher David Marlow Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- David Leslie Brookes Director · appointed 2018
- Michael John Grace Director · appointed 2018
- David Andrew John Taylor Director · appointed 2012
- Christopher David Swan Director · appointed 2018
- Michelle Stephanie Craven Director · appointed 2009
- Nicola May Phillips Director · appointed 2018
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- David Leslie Brookes Director · appointed 2018
- Michael John Grace Director · appointed 2018
- Michelle Stephanie Craven Director · appointed 2009
- Nicola May Phillips Director · appointed 2018
- Christopher David Marlow Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (7)
- Shane Duffy Director · appointed 2024
- William John Rogers Director · appointed 2022
- David Andrew John Taylor Director · appointed 2012
- Blake Alexander Christian Richmond Director · appointed 2023
- Christopher David Swan Director · appointed 2018
- Benjamin John Ackroyd Director · appointed 2022
- Nicholas Lee Andrew Director · appointed 2022
Left in the last 12 months
- Christopher George Wright Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2026
- Emma Margaret Porter Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
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.
Gaps to watch
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 06832230
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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