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GA Trains Limited

Passenger rail transport, interurban

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

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Jay Robert Thompson 2026-2026 Director View profile
Robin William Gisby 2025-2025 Director View profile
Elaine Tuck 2025-2025 Director View profile
Timothy Lodwick Rees 2025-2025 Director View profile
Edward Michael Muraszko 2025-2025 Director View profile
Rachel Gemma Stressing 2024-2025 Director View profile
Graeme Paul Frizzell 2024-2025 Director View profile
Arthur Sam Jerome Borkwood 2024-2025 Director View profile
Fiona Ann White 2023-2024 Director View profile
Andrew Neil Macdonald 2022-2025 Director View profile
John Macquarrie 2021-2022 Director View profile
Dominic Nigel Haddock 2021-2023 Director View profile
Peter Grady 2021-2025 Director View profile
David Clive Bennett 2020-2021 Director View profile
Liam Charles Talbot 2020-2025 Director View profile
Helen Jane Pattington 2020-2021 Director View profile
Matthew Philip Bentley 2020-2025 Secretary View profile
Stephanie Jade Cunningham 2020-2020 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Passenger rail transport, interurban
Incorporated: 02/04/2020
Registered office: London
Previous names: DFT OLR9 Limited (until 17/02/2021)

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.

DFT Operator Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-04-02

Group

GA Trains Limited is controlled by DFT Operator Limited
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2020-04-02 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by DFT Operator Limited.

14 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.

Contracts awarded

16 contracts · £1,057,450,825 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

Angel Trains Rolling Stock Limited · £1,045,131,120
BLACKBOX COMPANY (UK) LIMITED · £6,283,000
Unknown supplier · £5,681,000 (5 contracts)
AMALGAMATED CONSTRUCTION LTD · £355,705
CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITED · £0 (2 contracts)

Most recent

Passenger Automatic Ticket Gates Support and Maintenance Supplier: CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITEDValue not published2026-09-07
Purchase of Passenger Automatic Ticket Gates for Various Stations Supplier: CUBIC TRANSPORTATION SYSTEMS LIMITEDValue not published2026-08-06
Digital Customer Information Systems Supplier: BLACKBOX COMPANY (UK) LIMITED£6,283,0002026-07-30
Form A Design Works Supplier: AMALGAMATED CONSTRUCTION LTD£355,7052026-06-17
Rolling Stock Maintenance Supplier: UnknownValue not publishedDate 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.

6 directors on the board

Crystal Marie Hawkins Director · appointed 2025
Alexander John Hynes Director · appointed 2026
Richard Charles Vyvyan Harrison Director · appointed 2025
Jamie Neil Peter Burles Director · appointed 2025
Martin Henry Beable Director · appointed 2026
James David Richards Director · appointed 2026

0.5y median 0.6y

average tenure

0.8y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Crystal Marie Hawkins Director · appointed 2025
Martin Henry Beable Director · appointed 2026

Portfolio (4)

Alexander John Hynes Director · appointed 2026
Richard Charles Vyvyan Harrison Director · appointed 2025
Jamie Neil Peter Burles Director · appointed 2025
James David Richards Director · appointed 2026

Also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Jay Robert Thompson Director · appointed 2026 · resigned 2026
Elaine Tuck Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
Timothy Lodwick Rees Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
Edward Michael Muraszko Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
Robin William Gisby Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
Andrew Neil Macdonald Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025

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 24Finance 2Health and social care 2Education 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: 12544897
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
Accounts next due: 31/12/2027
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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