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WATERCRESS LINE HERITAGE RAILWAY TRUST LIMITED
Profile
- Company number
- 01126590
- Status
- Active
- Incorporation
- 1973-08-03
- Last accounts made up
- 2025-03-31
- Account category
- GROUP
- Primary SIC
- 49100
Accounts
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Audit & accounting basis
From AI-extracted PDF accounts
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Consolidated (group)
- Auditor
- Azets Audit Services
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“At the time of approving the financial statements the Trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charitable company and group have adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Thus the Trustees continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting in preparing the financial statements.”
Subsidiaries
- Mid-Hants Railway Limited · 100% held · England and Wales · operates commercial activities on The Watercress Line
- Wadebridge (34007) Locomotive Limited · 76.96% held · maintain and hire ex-Southern Railway Locomotive 34007 Wadebridge
Significant events
- “The closing days of the financial year 2024-2025 saw the return to steam of the Watercress Line Heritage Railway Trust's Merchant Navy locomotive, 35005 Canadian Pacific. This was marked by a high profile launch, with the guests of honour including the Chief Executive of the National Lottery Heritage Fund and the Canadian Deputy High Commissioner.”
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People
7 active · 61 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| DALLEY, Rebecca Jane | Secretary | 2026-04-21 | — | — |
| SUMNER, Rachael Amy | Secretary | 2025-09-26 | — | — |
| DE STYRCEA, Michael Edward David | Director | 2026-02-28 | Apr 1954 | British |
| EVANS, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2022-05-01 | Jun 1950 | British |
| MARSDEN, Sabrina Lee-Anne | Director | 2026-02-28 | Oct 1988 | British |
| MORRIS, Jonathan Charles Robert | Director | 2024-02-05 | Jun 1982 | British |
| WATSON, Gregory Hamilton | Director | 2018-12-18 | Jan 1965 | British |
Show 61 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| BEARPARK, Andrew Kevin | Secretary | 2025-03-12 | 2025-07-09 |
| BOAIT, Joanna Catherine | Secretary | 2004-11-01 | 2010-08-25 |
| BUCHANAN, Duncan James | Secretary | 2000-12-14 | 2001-07-01 |
| CUTLER, Peter John Lewis | Secretary | 2001-08-09 | 2004-10-31 |
| DALLEY, Rebecca | Secretary | 2024-04-08 | 2025-03-12 |
| GREENWOOD, Peter | Secretary | 2015-09-19 | 2020-10-11 |
| KNIGHT, Michael Roy | Secretary | — | 2000-12-15 |
| ORMOND, Richard John | Secretary | 2010-08-25 | 2015-09-19 |
| SMITH, Peter | Secretary | 2020-10-12 | 2024-04-08 |
| ACKROYD, Charles Edward Haviland | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2023-05-01 |
| ATHERDEN, Jean Margaret | Director | — | 2000-07-27 |
| BARBER, Graham John | Director | 2001-06-09 | 2009-09-26 |
| BLAZDELL, Derek Clifford | Director | — | 2001-02-22 |
| BODIAM, John Thomas | Director | 1994-01-23 | 1998-07-26 |
| BUCHANAN, Duncan James | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2001-07-01 |
| CHAMBERS, Colin Michael | Director | 2001-06-09 | 2016-09-17 |
| CLEMENTS, Susan | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2019-08-14 |
| CLEMENTS, Susan | Director | 2010-03-20 | 2011-11-26 |
| CROWTHER, Neil | Director | 2004-11-01 | 2007-09-07 |
| CROWTHER, Stephanie Claire | Director | 2002-12-07 | 2020-12-09 |
| CUTLER, Peter John Lewis | Director | 2001-06-09 | 2003-09-14 |
| DREW, Warwick Hartley | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2004-07-04 |
| EDEN, Barry | Director | — | 2001-06-09 |
| ELLIOT, John William | Director | 2000-12-14 | 2005-07-03 |
| EVANS, Stephen Nicholas | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2022-05-01 |
| FAIRBROTHER, Alan Peter | Director | 1999-09-11 | 2000-11-17 |
| FINCH, Geoffrey Allan | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2017-11-13 |
| FINCH, Geoffrey Allan | Director | 2002-03-23 | 2012-09-22 |
| FORD, David John | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2022-04-01 |
| GARWOOD, Neil Trevor | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2026-02-11 |
| HAKES, Cathy | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2024-02-05 |
| HARDINGHAM, Roger Charles | Director | 2000-12-07 | 2001-12-16 |
| HARRIS, Iain | Director | 2007-07-22 | 2010-09-25 |
| HAWKINS, Richard Anthony | Director | 2021-04-24 | 2025-02-28 |
| HAWKINS, Richard Anthony Playfair | Director | 1999-01-16 | 1999-07-10 |
| HIGGS, Robin Philip Coventry | Director | — | 1992-11-07 |
| JACOB, Rosemary | Director | 2000-12-07 | 2001-06-11 |
| JONES, David Stjohn | Director | 2021-04-24 | 2024-02-05 |
| KENCHENTEN, Liam Paul | Director | 2013-01-31 | 2020-09-02 |
| KNIGHT, Michael Roy | Director | — | 2000-12-15 |
| LACEY, Richard Howard | Director | 2023-05-15 | 2024-02-05 |
| LACEY, Richard Howard | Director | 2022-05-01 | 2022-09-12 |
| LACEY, Richard Howard | Director | 2021-11-01 | 2022-05-01 |
| LATHAM, Robert | Director | 2010-11-20 | 2022-09-12 |
| NAISH, Andrew William | Director | 2000-12-07 | 2001-06-09 |
| NEEP, Michael Charles | Director | 2017-09-17 | 2019-07-15 |
| PATE, Iain Alexander | Director | 1999-01-16 | 2000-11-20 |
| PATE, Iain Alexander | Director | — | 1991-11-17 |
| PRETIOUS, Peter John | Director | 2001-06-09 | 2010-09-25 |
| PRETIOUS, Peter John | Director | — | 1997-01-12 |
| PUDNEY, Iain James Mackenzie | Director | — | 2000-10-10 |
| REES, John Llewellyn | Director | 2001-06-09 | 2018-01-19 |
| RUSSELL, James Frederick George | Director | 2000-07-01 | 2010-11-20 |
| SIMMONDS, Derek Robert | Director | 2014-08-08 | 2020-12-09 |
| SMALL, Jeremy Peter | Director | 2022-09-12 | 2023-06-01 |
| SMITH, Christopher Philip | Director | 2010-11-20 | 2014-07-13 |
| SMITH, Peter | Director | 2018-12-18 | 2024-06-07 |
| SNOW, David Geoffrey | Director | 2001-11-22 | 2006-06-03 |
| SUMNER, Graham | Director | 2024-02-05 | 2025-12-15 |
| TRIGG, John Kenneth, Dr | Director | 2009-11-28 | 2019-11-02 |
| WOODROOFE, David Kenneth | Director | — | 1999-01-24 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
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Filing timeline
Last 20 of 232 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-04-21 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2026-03-12 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-03-11 | AP01 | officers | appoint person director company with name date |
| 2026-02-11 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-28 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2025-12-18 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-10-02 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-10-02 | AA01 | accounts | change account reference date company current shortened |
| 2025-07-23 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-07-07 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2025-03-25 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
| 2025-03-21 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2025-03-08 | DISS40 | gazette | gazette filings brought up to date |
| 2025-03-04 | GAZ1 | gazette | gazette notice compulsory |
| 2025-03-03 | AA | accounts | accounts with accounts type group |
| 2025-02-28 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | confirmation statement with no updates |
| 2024-06-08 | TM01 | officers | termination director company with name termination date |
| 2024-04-09 | AP03 | officers | appoint person secretary company with name date |
| 2024-04-09 | TM02 | officers | termination secretary company with name termination date |
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