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Company · Bishop Auckland

Weardale Railway Limited

Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 7

  1. Charles Edward Perry 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. James Philip Haile 2022-2025 Director View profile
  3. Elizabeth Anne Fisher 2020-2023 Director View profile
  4. Stephen Raine 2020-2021 Director View profile
  5. Robert Hilton Bigley 2020-2022 Director View profile
  6. Adam Duncan 2020-2020 Director View profile
  7. David James Huband Maddan 2020-2024 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Incorporated
08/01/2020
Registered office
Bishop Auckland
Previous names
Swinmadco57 Limited (until 18/08/2020)

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.

Group

  1. Weardale Railway Limited is controlled by The Auckland Project
    Evidence
    active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2020-01-08 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by The Auckland Project.

4 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.

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.

8 directors on the board

4y median 3.7y
average tenure
6.2y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Manufacturing 4Business services 3Arts and leisure 2Construction 2Dormant 1Education 1Finance 1Health and social care 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
12392050
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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