RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED

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Next accounts due

2026-12-31 (in 7mo)

Last filed for 2025-03-31

Confirmation statement due

2027-02-15 (in 9mo)

Last made up 2026-02-01

Watchouts

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Watchouts

Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating

4 officer resignations in last 12 months

Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

Accounts

Audit & accounting basis

Accounting basis: FRS 102
Reporting scope: Consolidated group
Auditor: Buzzacott Audit LLP
Audit opinion: Unqualified (clean)
Going concern: Affirmed
“Based on our risk mitigations and ongoing engagement with members and stakeholders, we have determined there is no foreseeable doubt about the Group's ability to continue as a going concern.”

Group structure

RAIL SAFETY AND STANDARDS BOARD LIMITED · parent
1. Railway Documentation and Drawing Services Limited 100% · England and Wales · Custodian of the Traction and Rolling Stock library
2. Confidential Incident Reporting and Analysis Service Limited 100% · England and Wales · Confidential Reporting Service
3. Railway Industry Supplier Qualification Scheme Limited 100% · England and Wales · Dormant

Significant events

“There have been no post balance sheet events to report.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

People

14 active · 63 resigned

Name	Role	Appointed	Born	Nationality
GWATKIN, Tracy Anne	Secretary	2019-02-28	—	—
ALLAN, Richard Graham	Director	2024-08-01	Mar 1973	British
BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne	Director	2026-01-01	Dec 1973	British
CLARKE, John Francis	Director	2025-04-01	Dec 1963	British
FROBISHER, Martin James	Director	2019-07-04	May 1968	British
HEAD, Emma Louise	Director	2021-04-16	Jun 1981	British
HORNE, David Andrew	Director	2019-09-01	Aug 1972	British
JORDAN, David Michael	Director	2019-11-07	Mar 1973	British
KINGSLEY, Hannah Gillam	Director	2023-03-02	Feb 1978	British
LANAGHAN, John Malcolm	Director	2026-05-01	May 1955	British
PHILLIPS, Mark	Director	2016-05-05	Dec 1964	British
RAYNER, Michael	Director	2025-06-30	Dec 1958	British
ROSSI, Andrea	Director	2024-03-15	Aug 1975	British
SMITH, Sheena Helen	Director	2026-01-14	Jul 1974	British

Show 63 resigned officers

Name	Role	Appointed	Resigned
BRADLEY, John Stirling	Secretary	2003-04-01	2009-12-31
CRAWFORD, Lindsay	Secretary	2003-02-04	2003-04-01
FLEMING, Elizabeth	Secretary	2010-01-01	2015-09-11
HASSE, Helen Joy	Secretary	2015-09-11	2017-12-31
ROCHE, Eamon	Secretary	2018-01-01	2018-12-21
ANDREWS, Robert Michael	Director	2005-04-04	2005-07-14
BONER, Stuart Daniel	Director	2005-09-21	2007-07-26
BRADLEY, Anna Louise	Director	2014-12-08	2018-12-31
BROWN, Malcolm	Director	2011-04-01	2018-07-30
BROWN, Michael William Tuke	Director	2022-06-23	2025-07-05
BYRNE, Dolores, Dr	Director	2015-04-01	2018-07-31
CANDFIELD, Jeremy Nicholas	Director	2006-04-01	2016-03-31
CAWTHRA, David Wilkinson	Director	2003-03-03	2003-04-01
CHIKANZA, Tanyaradzwa Tsitsi Wendy Mamie	Director	2021-10-01	2023-11-22
CLARKE, John Simon	Director	2017-07-01	2025-06-18
COCLIFF, Stephen Jeffrey	Director	2019-03-01	2025-02-22
COLLINS, Anthony Edward	Director	2011-03-08	2013-10-08
COOPER, Gary Richard	Director	2018-01-12	2019-01-31
COUCHER, Iain Michael	Director	2004-11-30	2010-11-11
COURSE, Andrew James	Director	2019-01-01	2019-09-17
COX, Thomas Rodford, Professor	Director	2003-04-01	2007-03-30
DAVIES, Frank John, Sir	Director	2003-04-01	2008-03-31
DUGHER, Tim Richard	Director	2009-04-01	2011-03-31
EMERY, Alan Charles	Director	2008-04-01	2017-05-31
FAWCETT, Caroline Elizabeth	Director	2018-09-01	2021-08-31
FENTON, Christopher Victor	Director	2014-01-06	2016-05-20
GILBERT, Timothy Peter	Director	2003-04-01	2009-03-31
HELLER, Keith Louis	Director	2007-07-26	2010-01-31
HENDERSON, Peter	Director	2010-11-11	2012-07-19
HIGGINS, David Hartmann, Sir	Director	2011-03-08	2014-02-28
HOARE, Philip David	Director	2016-04-08	2019-06-13
HOPKINS, Graham William	Director	2015-06-01	2018-08-13
HORTON, Charles Stuart	Director	2011-12-20	2018-01-11
HUTCHINSON, Anthony Peter	Director	2005-09-21	2007-06-14
INCE, Anna Christina	Director	2019-11-01	2025-10-31
JACK, Anson Charles Richard	Director	2004-07-14	2015-05-31
JOHNSON, Allen Walter	Director	2003-04-01	2005-06-25
JONES, Lee Royston	Director	2016-07-26	2018-11-01
KIRK, Paul Robert	Director	2007-07-27	2016-07-26
LEAH, Christopher Richard	Director	2003-04-01	2004-11-30
LITHERLAND, Andrew Peter	Director	2003-02-04	2003-03-03
LLEWELLYN, Gareth Mark	Director	2012-07-20	2015-03-10
MANN, Claire	Director	2022-11-30	2024-03-31
MARCHANT, Paul Anthony	Director	2018-11-01	2021-09-30
MCDONALD, Neil James	Director	2010-02-22	2015-03-13
MCMEEL, Anne Marie	Director	2024-07-04	2025-12-31
MOORHOUSE, Barbara Jane	Director	2019-01-01	2022-05-31
MURPHY, Stephen John	Director	2013-11-11	2022-11-10
NELSON, Aidan Edward Cambridge	Director	2003-04-01	2007-04-06
PENNEY, John David, Dr	Director	2003-04-01	2006-03-31
POLLINS, Andrew	Director	2023-12-22	2024-06-07
PORTER, Leonard Keith	Director	2003-04-08	2014-03-31
PROFIT, George Richard	Director	2003-04-01	2010-12-10
RAYNER, Christopher	Director	2019-01-01	2021-03-04
RING, Hans Nils Verner	Director	2003-04-01	2005-03-31
ROSE, Andrew Edward	Director	2003-04-01	2005-05-05
SELF, John Anthony	Director	2003-03-14	2003-04-08
SHOOTER, Adrian	Director	2003-04-01	2011-12-19
SPENCER, Geoffrey Michael Silson	Director	2015-03-14	2024-03-13
THOMAS, Paul Anthony Moseley, Rear Admiral (Retd)	Director	2005-10-14	2015-03-31
TUNNICLIFFE, Denis	Director	2003-04-01	2008-04-18
WABOSO, David Gogo	Director	2003-04-01	2005-04-04
WALTER, Matias Hans	Director	2003-04-01	2004-06-29

Ownership

Persons with significant control

Name	Kind	Nature of control	Notified	Status
Network Rail Infrastructure Limited	Corporate entity	significant-influence-or-control-as-firm	2016-04-06	Active

Filing timeline

Last 20 of 217 total filings

Date	Type	Category	Description
2026-05-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-02-06	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2026-01-22	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-01-16	RESOLUTIONS	resolution	Resolution
2026-01-15	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-01-15	CH01	officers	Change person director company with change date	PDF
2026-01-13	MA	incorporation	Memorandum articles
2026-01-05	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2026-01-05	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-11-10	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2025-10-31	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-06	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-07-01	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-07-01	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-04-03	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF
2025-03-07	TM01	officers	Termination director company with name termination date	PDF
2025-02-07	CS01	confirmation-statement	Confirmation statement with no updates	PDF
2024-12-13	AA	accounts	Accounts with accounts type group
2024-11-11	AD01	address	Change registered office address company with date old address new address	PDF
2024-08-14	AP01	officers	Appoint person director company with name date	PDF

Public-record activity

Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months

Filings: 14
Capital events: 0
Officers appointed: 4
Officers resigned: 4

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