Company · Milton Keynes

East West Railway Company Limited

Passenger rail transport, interurban

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Samantha Turner 2023-2025 Director View profile
Beth Anne West 2022-2024 Director View profile
James Nicholas Norman 2021-2022 Director View profile
Joanna Sarah Whittington 2020-2022 Director View profile
Diane Perry 2019-2024 Director View profile
Anne Elizabeth Baldock 2019-2026 Director View profile
Simon Anthony Murray 2019-2024 Director View profile
Simon William Blanchflower 2018-2022 Director View profile
Tom Knut Glenn Cooper 2018-2019 Director View profile
Robert William Brighouse 2018-2021 Director View profile
Martin Cavendish Elithorn 2018-2019 Director View profile
Matthew John Lodge 2017-2018 Director View profile
Suzanne Catherine Tarplee 2017-2017 Director View profile
Samantha Turner 2025-2025 Secretary View profile
Roland George 2020-2025 Secretary View profile
Vanessa Charlotte Ralph 2019-2020 Secretary View profile
Jeremy Patrick Stephen Bennett 2018-2019 Secretary View profile
Stuart James White 2017-2018 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Passenger rail transport, interurban
Incorporated: 20/11/2017
Registered office: Milton Keynes

Public bodyNDPB-executive · Department for TransportPublic appointments regulated

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.

Suzanne Catherine Tarplee ceased 2017-11-22
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-11-20

Group

East West Railway Company Limited is controlled by Suzanne Catherine Tarplee
Evidence
ceased 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2017-11-20, ceased 2017-11-22 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Suzanne Catherine Tarplee.

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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.

Contracts awarded

11 contracts · £810,316,666 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 · £809,166,666 (5 contracts)
Bentley systems UK ltd · £1,150,000 (2 contracts)
Arcadis LLP · £0
NPLAN LIMITED · £0
Thomson Ecology Ltd · £0

Most recent

Provision of Data Services (Digital Spine) Supplier: Bentley systems UK ltd£1,150,0002026-06-19
Land and Property Services Supplier: Arcadis LLPValue not publishedDate not published
Provision of Artificial Intelligence Schedule Risk Analysis Tool Supplier: NPLAN LIMITEDValue not publishedDate not published
Provision of Azure and MS365 Licences Supplier: Unknown£2,500,000Date not published
Integration Technical Operations Assurance & Environmental Partner Supplier: Unknown£300,000,000Date not published

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.

9 directors on the board

David Emrys Hughes Director · appointed 2024
Professor Lynette Joy Ryals Director · appointed 2020
William Edmund Gallagher Director · appointed 2023
Caroline Botwood Director · appointed 2023
Nileshbhai Sachdev Director · appointed 2021
Martin George Neeson Director · appointed 2026
Isabel Charlotte Coman Director · appointed 2026
Christopher John Walton Director · appointed 2024
Brenda Louise Ruppel Director · appointed 2025

2.5y median 2.1y

average tenure

5.7y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

David Emrys Hughes Director · appointed 2024
Martin George Neeson Director · appointed 2026
Isabel Charlotte Coman Director · appointed 2026

Portfolio (6)

Professor Lynette Joy Ryals Director · appointed 2020
William Edmund Gallagher Director · appointed 2023
Caroline Botwood Director · appointed 2023
Nileshbhai Sachdev Director · appointed 2021
Christopher John Walton Director · appointed 2024
Brenda Louise Ruppel Director · appointed 2025

Also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Samantha Turner Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
Anne Elizabeth Baldock Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2026

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.

Construction 3Other services 3Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Dormant 1Education 1Hospitality 1Manufacturing 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: 11072935
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 31/12/2026
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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