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Govia Thameslink Railway Limited

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Official record Companies House · updated 20th September 2026 · Sources

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Previous officers 32

  1. Louise Mary Edwards 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Aaron Van Den Berg 2025-2026 Director View profile
  3. John Alan Gerrard 2024-2026 Director View profile
  4. Sharon Emma Flood 2024-2025 Director View profile
  5. Miguel Angel Parras 2024-2025 Director View profile
  6. John Anthony Richard Whitehurst 2024-2026 Director View profile
  7. Ralph Leo Pidsley 2024-2024 Director View profile
  8. Ian Russell Grose 2023-2024 Director View profile
  9. Virginie Merle 2022-2024 Director View profile
  10. Sarah Elizabeth Mussenden 2022-2022 Director View profile
  11. Leila Emma Nicole Frances 2022-2026 Director View profile
  12. Dominic Joseph Lavelle 2022-2024 Director View profile
  13. Christian Schreyer 2021-2023 Director View profile
  14. Martin Richard Dean 2020-2022 Director View profile
  15. Elodie Marie Francoise Brian 2019-2021 Director View profile
  16. Stephen Edwin White 2018-2021 Director View profile
  17. Ian Mclaren 2017-2022 Director View profile
  18. Nicholas James Forster Brown 2016-2018 Director View profile
  19. Simon Patrick Butcher 2016-2018 Director View profile
  20. Bernard Denis Maurice Tabary 2015-2022 Director View profile
  21. Dyan Crowther 2014-2016 Director View profile
  22. Wilma Mary Allan 2014-2017 Director View profile
  23. Charles Stuart Horton 2014-2018 Director View profile
  24. Alistair John Francis Gordon 2014-2022 Director View profile
  25. Charles Anthony Hodgson 2013-2020 Director View profile
  26. Keith Down 2012-2015 Director View profile
  27. Alexander John Hynes 2012-2013 Director View profile
  28. David Allen Brown 2012-2021 Director View profile
  29. Bruno Auger 2012-2015 Director View profile
  30. Jonathan Kevin Willcock 2012-2013 Director View profile
  31. Arnaud Jean-Charles RéGis Philippe Van Troeyen 2012-2014 Director View profile
  32. Carolyn Ferguson 2012-2023 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
02/02/2012

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.

  • Govia Limited
    75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06

Group

  1. Govia Thameslink Railway Limited is controlled by Govia Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  2. Govia Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Holding Limited
    Evidence
    active 50-75% shares, 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  3. GO-Ahead Holding Limited is controlled by The GO-Ahead Group Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
  4. The GO-Ahead Group Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Bidco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-10-10 · source: Companies House PSC register
  5. GO-Ahead Investment Bidco Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Parent Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  6. GO-Ahead Investment Parent Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Midco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-24 · source: Companies House PSC register
  7. GO-Ahead Investment Midco Limited is controlled by GO-Ahead Investment Topco Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-05-23 · source: Companies House PSC register
  8. GO-Ahead Investment Topco Limited is controlled by Koala UK Bidco, Limited
    Evidence
    active 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2026-05-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
  9. Koala UK Bidco, Limited is controlled by Koala UK Midco 2, Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-10-09 · source: Companies House PSC register
  10. Koala UK Midco 2, Limited is controlled by Koala UK Midco 1, Limited
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2025-10-09 · source: Companies House PSC register

The ownership chain above Govia Thameslink Railway Limited is unusually long; showing the first 10 steps.

30 other companies in this 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.

Grants received

5 grants · £559,155 total

360Giving 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 Education · £246,445 (2 grants)
  • Department for Work and Pensions · £159,482 (2 grants)
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £153,228

Most recent

  • Department for Work and Pensions £25,6222022-04-01
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £153,2282022-04-01
  • Department for Work and Pensions £133,8602021-04-01
  • Department for Education £7,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Education £239,4452020-04-01

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £1,750,000 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £1,750,000

Most recent

Board analysis for researchers

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

4.6y median 4.1y
average tenure
8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

0
also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

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.

Transport 14Professional services 2Business services 1

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
07934306
Status
Active
Type
Private Limited Company
Edition
Register edition compiled 20th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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