Railway and Canal Historical Society (The)

Active00922300 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
14 November 1967 (58 years)
Industry
Activities of other membership organizations n.e.c. (94990)
Accounts type
Total exemption full
Region
Greater London
Address
7 Grosvenor Gardens
Victoria
London
SW1W 0AF

Filing status

Accounts due
30 September 2027
Last accounts
31 December 2025
Conf. stmt due
19 July 2027
Last conf. stmt
5 July 2026

Officers 14 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Director · Appointed 12 September 2026
British
Born September 1956 (70)
Director · Appointed 12 September 2026
British
Born March 1963 (63)
Carr, Michael
Director · Appointed 24 June 2026
British
Born May 1962 (64)
Cragg, Jean
Director · Appointed 6 March 2026
British
Born March 1953 (73)
Willis, Robert Ian
Secretary · Appointed 29 January 2026
Cleasby, Ralph Peter
Director · Appointed 27 May 2023
British
Born September 1949 (77)
Director · Appointed 27 May 2023
British
Born July 1950 (76)
Willis, Robert Ian
Director · Appointed 27 May 2023
British
Born November 1947
Director · Appointed 15 April 2020
British
Born December 1949 (76)
Director · Appointed 5 May 2018
British
Born November 1951
Smith, David Charles
Director · Appointed 22 April 2017
British
Born February 1944 (82)
Director · Appointed 30 April 2016
British
Born April 1945 (81)
Brown, Philip Arthur
Director · Appointed 30 April 2016
British
Born October 1951 (75)
Cross-Rudkin, Peter Stanley Miles
Director · Appointed 30 April 2016
British
Born October 1942 (84)
Officer history (79 former)
12 September 2026
Resigned Leach, Gerald as Director
12 September 2026
Appointed Moss, Adrian James as Director
12 September 2026
Appointed Griffin, Philip James as Director
30 June 2026
Resigned Boyes, Grahame Arthur as Director
24 June 2026
Appointed Carr, Michael as Director
24 June 2026
Resigned Shorland-Ball, Robert as Director
24 June 2026
Resigned Wager, Andrew Chester as Director
6 June 2026
Resigned Ellis, Jane as Director
6 March 2026
Appointed Cragg, Jean as Director
6 March 2026
Resigned Bramson, Robert Paul as Director
21 February 2026
Resigned Moss, Robert Patrick as Director
29 January 2026
Resigned Johnson, Patrick William as Secretary
29 January 2026
Resigned Johnson, Patrick William as Director
29 January 2026
Appointed Willis, Robert Ian as Secretary
22 October 2025
Appointed Johnson, Patrick William as Secretary
22 October 2025
Appointed Johnson, Patrick William as Director
22 October 2025
Resigned Willis, Robert Ian as Secretary
9 December 2023
Appointed Shorland-Ball, Robert as Director
27 May 2023
Appointed Willis, Robert Ian as Director
27 May 2023
Appointed Taylor, Roger John as Director
27 May 2023
Appointed Cleasby, Ralph Peter as Director
27 May 2023
Appointed Willis, Robert Ian as Secretary
27 May 2023
Appointed Boyes, Grahame Arthur as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Edmonds, Timothy Francis as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Messenger, Michael John as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Biddle, Gordon James as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Scowcroft, Philip Lloyd as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Boyes, Grahame Arthur as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Gough, John Vaughan, Dr as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Joy, David as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Moss, Ian Peter as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Searle, Matthew as Director
28 May 2022
Resigned Clarke, Michael Anthony as Director
28 May 2022
27 May 2022
Resigned Freer, Wendy Jane, Dr as Director
22 May 2021
Appointed Bramson, Robert Paul as Director
22 May 2021
Resigned Wild, Graham Harry as Director
22 May 2021
Resigned Rowson, Stephen Arthur as Director
22 May 2021
Appointed Ellis, Jane as Director
15 April 2020
Resigned Taylor, Roger John as Director
15 April 2020
Appointed Higton, Nicholas Noel as Director
15 April 2020
Resigned Robinson, Douglas as Director
5 May 2019
Resigned Lloyd, Philip Michael as Secretary
5 May 2019
Resigned Lloyd, Philip Michael as Director
27 April 2019
Appointed Moss, Robert Patrick as Director
27 April 2019
Appointed Lloyd, Philip Michael as Secretary
27 April 2019
Appointed Lloyd, Philip Michael as Director
27 April 2019
Resigned Filcek, Peter Francis Grisdale as Director
31 December 2018
Resigned Brown, Peter James as Director
31 December 2018
Resigned Brown, Peter James as Secretary
5 May 2018
Appointed Filcek, Peter Francis Grisdale as Director
5 May 2018
Appointed Wager, Andrew Chester as Director
5 May 2018
Resigned Shill, Raymond Michael as Director
5 May 2018
Appointed Haskins, Robert Peter as Director
22 April 2017
Resigned Welton, Robin Owen as Director
22 April 2017
Appointed Joy, David as Director
22 April 2017
Resigned Shorland-Ball, Robert as Director
22 April 2017
Appointed Smith, David Charles as Director
30 April 2016
Resigned Dean, Richard Joseph as Director
30 April 2016
Appointed Cross-Rudkin, Peter Stanley Miles as Director
30 April 2016
Appointed Brown, Peter James as Secretary
30 April 2016
Appointed Robinson, Douglas as Director
30 April 2016
Appointed Brown, Philip Arthur as Director
30 April 2016
Appointed Clarke, Michael Anthony as Director
30 April 2016
Appointed Brice, Roger David as Director
30 April 2016
Appointed Shorland-Ball, Robert as Director
30 April 2016
Resigned Dick, Christopher Peter as Director
30 April 2016
Resigned Searle, Matthew as Secretary
26 December 2015
Resigned Slater, David Brian as Director
8 October 2015
Resigned Barnes, Nicholas Martin Limer as Director
19 May 2015
Resigned Boughey, Joseph as Director
2 May 2015
Resigned Richardson, Alan as Director
2 May 2015
Appointed Messenger, Michael John as Director
2 May 2015
Appointed Freer, Wendy Jane, Dr as Director
29 September 2014
Resigned Compton, Hugh John as Director
18 August 2014
Resigned St John Thomas, David as Director
3 May 2014
Appointed Wild, Graham Harry as Director
3 May 2014
Resigned Freer, Wendy Jane, Dr as Director
27 April 2014
Resigned Marshall, Eric as Director
10 April 2014
Resigned Seaward, Kenneth Peter as Director
4 May 2013
Appointed Dick, Christopher Peter as Director
4 May 2013
Appointed Taylor, Roger John as Director
4 May 2013
Resigned Cutler, Janet Catherine, Dr as Director
4 May 2013
Resigned Davies, Edward Roger Llewelyn as Director
5 May 2012
Resigned Messenger, Michael John as Director
5 May 2012
Appointed Freer, Wendy Jane, Dr as Director
30 April 2011
Resigned Mc Carthy, Patrick Justin as Director
19 March 2011
Resigned Wild, Graham Harry as Director
8 May 2010
Appointed Rowson, Stephen Arthur as Director
8 May 2010
Resigned Markey, Ian as Director
8 May 2010
Appointed Messenger, Michael John as Director
21 February 2009
Resigned Jackson, Alan Arthur Chirm as Director
3 May 2008
Appointed St John Thomas, David as Director
19 August 2007
Resigned Barnett, Arthur Lionel, Dr as Director
5 May 2007
Appointed Edmonds, Timothy Francis as Director
5 May 2007
Resigned Conder, Anthony James as Director
17 October 2006
Resigned Christiansen, Rex Samuel as Director
29 April 2006
Resigned Smedley-Stevenson, Francis Peter as Director
29 April 2006
Appointed Brown, Peter James as Director
29 April 2006
Appointed Leach, Gerald as Director
29 April 2006
Resigned Miller, John William Dunbar as Director
1 May 2004
Resigned Joy, David Anthony Welton as Director
3 May 2003
Appointed Dean, Richard Joseph as Director
9 January 2003
Resigned Smart, Oliver as Director
18 May 2002
Appointed Jackson, Alan Arthur Chirm as Director
18 May 2002
Appointed Joy, David Anthony Welton as Director
18 May 2002
Appointed Cutler, Janet Catherine, Dr as Director
18 May 2002
Appointed Welton, Robin Owen as Director
18 May 2002
31 January 2002
Resigned Pedley, David Robin as Director
22 November 2001
4 July 2001
Resigned Reading, Michael Percy Nathaniel as Director
19 May 2001
Resigned Wood, Nigel as Director
6 May 2000
Resigned Bragg, Stephen Lawrence, Dr as Director
29 October 1999
Appointed Conder, Anthony James as Director
29 October 1999
Appointed Searle, Matthew as Secretary
29 October 1999
Resigned Gwatkin, Geoffrey Hugh Ross as Director
29 October 1999
Resigned Davis, Peter Richard as Director
29 October 1999
Resigned Gwatkin, Geoffrey Hugh Ross as Secretary
16 January 1999
Resigned Brackenbury, Allan Willshaw as Director
26 September 1998
Appointed Smedley-Stevenson, Francis Peter as Director
26 September 1998
Appointed Barnes, Nicholas Martin Limer as Director
26 September 1998
Appointed Bragg, Stephen Lawrence, Dr as Director
21 July 1998
Resigned Searson, John Rowland as Director
3 April 1998
Resigned Smedley-Stevenson, Francis Peter as Director
3 April 1998
Appointed Wild, Graham Harry as Director
27 September 1997
Appointed Pedley, David Robin as Director
14 September 1996
Appointed Moss, Ian Peter as Director
14 September 1996
Resigned Course, Edwin Alfred, Doctor as Director
6 August 1996
Resigned Hadfield, Ellis Charles Raymond as Director
14 September 1995
Appointed Searle, Matthew as Director
1 April 1995
Appointed Gwatkin, Geoffrey Hugh Ross as Director
1 April 1995
Appointed Shill, Raymond Michael as Director
1 March 1995
Appointed Marshall, Eric as Director
23 July 1994
Resigned Searle, Matthew as Director
14 May 1994
Appointed Scowcroft, Philip Lloyd as Director
14 May 1994
Appointed Course, Edwin Alfred, Doctor as Director
14 May 1994
Appointed Markey, Ian as Director
14 May 1994
Appointed Seaward, Kenneth Peter as Director
6 May 1994
Resigned Warwick, Alan Taylor as Director
8 March 1994
Resigned Messenger, Michael John as Director
21 February 1994
Resigned White, Henry Patrick as Director
8 February 1994
Resigned Norris, John Eric as Director
2 February 1994
Resigned Tew, David Henderson as Director
15 May 1993
Appointed Biddle, Gordon James as Director
6 March 1993
Appointed Warwick, Alan Taylor as Director
20 February 1993
Appointed Brackenbury, Allan Willshaw as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

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Financials

Latest accounts, made up to 31 December 2025, aren't available as data. See them on Companies House

Filings

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DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
17 September 2026Termination of appointment of a director
15 September 2026Appointment of a director
11 September 2026Total exemption full accounts31 December 2025
9 September 2026Amended total exemption full accounts31 December 2024
20 July 2026Appointment of a director
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