Company
Eastern Rail Services Limited
Eastern Rail Services Limited is an active UK company (number 07686124), incorporated 2011, with 4 current directors including Alistair James Gregory and Christopher Leslie Dinham - Cheney. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 1
- Ian James Nicholl 2011-2011 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
1 contractFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.
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Carriage Hire Agreement for 5 No. Mk2e BUO Coaches
The hire of 5 MK2E BUO Carriages for use in the Infrastructure monitoring fleet. This is for the continued hire of the same set of vehicle Network Rail has been using since 2019 which have undergone significant bespoke modification to make …
About
- Incorporated
- 28/06/2011
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Robin William Fransham
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 - James Ellis Steward
25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Eastern Rail Services Limited
is controlled by Robin William Fransham
Evidence
active 25-50% shares · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Robin William Fransham.
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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £1,279,388
- Total assets
- £1,541,763
- Cash
- £127,578
- Employees
- 2
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Full accounts (audit exempt).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-06-30. 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.
4 directors on the board
- Robin William Fransham Director · appointed 2011
- James Ellis Steward Director · appointed 2011
- Alistair James Gregory Director · appointed 2018
- Christopher Leslie Dinham - Cheney Director · appointed 2012
Directors past 6 years
- Robin William Fransham Director · appointed 2011
- James Ellis Steward Director · appointed 2011
- Alistair James Gregory Director · appointed 2018
- Christopher Leslie Dinham - Cheney Director · appointed 2012
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Robin William Fransham Director · appointed 2011
- Christopher Leslie Dinham - Cheney Director · appointed 2012
Portfolio (2)
- James Ellis Steward Director · appointed 2011
- Alistair James Gregory Director · appointed 2018
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
- 07686124
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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