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Littlehampton Heritage Railway LTD

Littlehampton Heritage Railway LTD is an active UK company (number 09967032), incorporated 2016, with 5 current directors including Stephen Paul Hill and Robert Grenvil John Ward. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.

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Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 8

  1. Robert Michael Cook 2023-2025 Director View profile
  2. Christopher Shanks 2016-2025 Director View profile
  3. Richard Edward Barnes 2016-2023 Director View profile
  4. Martin Andrew White 2016-2023 Director View profile
  5. Brian Alan Mercer 2016-2023 Director View profile
  6. Christopher Joseph English 2016-2016 Director View profile
  7. Richard Edward Barnes 2017-2023 Secretary View profile
  8. Christopher English 2016-2016 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
25/01/2016

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.

Group

  1. Littlehampton Heritage Railway LTD is controlled by Christopher Shanks
    Evidence
    active 75-100% voting · notified 2018-01-23 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Christopher Shanks.

1 other company 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.

Financials

Employees
5
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

Filed as Micro-entity accounts.

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-01-31. 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.

5 directors on the board

2.2y median 2.5y
average tenure
4.1y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

0
left in the last 12 months

Gaps to watch

  • No director brings board experience from anywhere else
  • Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
09967032
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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