Company · Manchester
Transpennine Trains Limited
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Kate Suzanne BennettDirector · since 2026
- Alexander John HynesDirector · since 2026
- Fiona Shelagh RobertsDirector · since 2025
- Christopher Thomas LawtonDirector · since 2025
- David Stuart LindsayDirector · since 2025
- Darren Craig HigginsDirector · since 2023
- Richard Charles Vyvyan HarrisonDirector · since 2023
- Christopher John JacksonDirector · since 2023
- Charlanne Victoria HodgkinsonSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 12
- Carolann James 2023-2025 View profile
- Andrew Alan Watkins 2023-2024 View profile
- Robin William Gisby 2023-2025 View profile
- Andrew Neil Macdonald 2022-2023 View profile
- John Macquarrie 2021-2022 View profile
- Dominic Nigel Haddock 2021-2023 View profile
- Peter Grady 2021-2023 View profile
- David Clive Bennett 2020-2021 View profile
- Liam Charles Talbot 2020-2023 View profile
- Helen Jane Pattington 2020-2021 View profile
- Matthew Philip Bentley 2020-2024 View profile
- Stephanie Jade Cunningham 2020-2020 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
- Manchester
- Previous names
- DFT OLR10 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
- Transpennine 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
- Railway West Coast Limited
- Train Fleet (2019) Limited
- WM Trains Limited
- Midlands East Trains Limited
- SE Trains Limited
- Thameslink Southern Great Northern Limited
- Greater Western Railway Limited
- Northern Trains Limited
- C2C Railway Limited
- GA Trains Limited
- Chiltern Rail Limited
- Cross Country Rail Limited
- South Western Railway Limited
- DFT Operator Limited
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
18 contracts · £62,431,153 totalFrom 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
- CAF Rail UK Limited · £39,400,000 (2 contracts)
- Cubic Transportation Systems · £9,000,000 (3 contracts)
- LONDON AND NORTH WESTERN RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED T/A ARRIVA TRAI · £6,495,436
- Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited · £3,958,071
- Unknown supplier · £2,515,000 (9 contracts)
Most recent
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
- Alexander John Hynes Director · appointed 2026
- Kate Suzanne Bennett Director · appointed 2026
- Darren Craig Higgins Director · appointed 2023
- Richard Charles Vyvyan Harrison Director · appointed 2023
- Fiona Shelagh Roberts Director · appointed 2025
- David Stuart Lindsay Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Thomas Lawton Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher John Jackson Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Darren Craig Higgins Director · appointed 2023
- Fiona Shelagh Roberts Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (6)
- Alexander John Hynes Director · appointed 2026
- Kate Suzanne Bennett Director · appointed 2026
- Richard Charles Vyvyan Harrison Director · appointed 2023
- David Stuart Lindsay Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher Thomas Lawton Director · appointed 2025
- Christopher John Jackson Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Robin William Gisby Director · appointed 2023 · 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.
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
- 12544930
- 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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