EAST SOMERSET RAILWAY COMPANY LIMITED

Company summary

Company number: 01261079
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 2 June 197650 years
Registered office: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
Accounts due: 30 December 2026
Confirmation statement due: 28 October 2026
Active officers: 8
Outstanding charges: 0

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Company type
Private limited by guarantee without share capital
Address
Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
Nature of business
Passenger rail transport, interurban
Other passenger land transport

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
JEPSON, Anthony ACTIVE	Secretary	22 Sep 2025				Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
COOKE, Colin Roger ACTIVE	Director	05 Jul 2000		United Kingdom	April 1961	26 Harcombe Close, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9HJ
DIXON, Nicholas John ACTIVE	Director	29 May 2023		England	December 1967	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
FRY, Gordon William ACTIVE	Director	29 Nov 2025		England	October 1948	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
HOPKINS, Christopher Edward ACTIVE	Director	01 Jun 2015		England	February 1992	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
LAVENDER, Elaine ACTIVE	Director	29 May 2023		England	May 1956	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
MARSHALL, Keith Richard ACTIVE	Director	29 Nov 2025		England	November 1981	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
MARSTON-GRIMLEY, Daemon Marcus John ACTIVE	Director	29 Nov 2025		England	May 1958	Cranmore Station, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4QP, England
BUCKFIELD, Barry Graham RESIGNED	Secretary	17 Aug 1996	31 Dec 1996			5 Leaze House Mews Vallis Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3ED
CHANDLER, Peter Robert RESIGNED	Secretary	15 Mar 1997	05 Jul 2000			New Station House, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
COLLETT, Brian RESIGNED	Secretary		12 Dec 1995			10 Norwich Street, London, EC4A 1BD
FLENK, Richard John RESIGNED	Secretary	12 Dec 1995	06 Aug 1996			61 Bath Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3HS
JEPSON, Anthony RESIGNED	Secretary	15 Oct 2016	12 Mar 2022			Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
KELHAM, Michael Walter RESIGNED	Secretary	17 May 2003	05 Jul 2004			The Whispers Mead Lane, Wanstrow, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4TF
MOORE, Sean Patrick RESIGNED	Secretary	05 Jul 2004	18 Jun 2016			Winterwood, St Georges Road Semington, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6JQ
UNCLES, William John RESIGNED	Secretary	05 Jul 2000	15 Mar 2003			18 High Green, Easton, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1EG
ADAMS, James Michael RESIGNED	Director	05 Jul 2000	19 Mar 2001		March 1934	19 Nightingale Grove, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5PZ
ALDRIDGE, Anthony Graham RESIGNED	Director	19 Feb 1998	05 Jul 2000		March 1950	15 Kingsmanor Wharf, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2ES
ARMITAGE, Michael John, Sir RESIGNED	Director	05 Sep 1996	10 Feb 1998	England	August 1930	Cairn Court, Moonsbrook, Oakhill, Bath, Avon, BA3 5BL
BARRETT, Frank James RESIGNED	Director	12 Jan 2008	06 Jul 2009		January 1958	Greystones, Little London, Oakhill, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5AU
BUCKFIELD, Barry Graham RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1996		May 1948	42 Clevedon Road, Midsomer Norton, Avon, BA3 2ED
CARR, William RESIGNED	Director	22 Sep 2025	15 Apr 2026	England	January 1965	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
CARVER, Kevin David Leslie RESIGNED	Director	21 May 2001	07 Aug 2004		February 1962	113 Ridgeway Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 9PG
CHANDLER, Peter Robert RESIGNED	Director	01 Jan 1997	05 Jul 2000		November 1938	New Station House, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
COBB, James Nicholas Lisle RESIGNED	Director	17 May 2003	10 Oct 2003		July 1966	26a Quarry Gardens, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 6HW
DALTON, Thomas RESIGNED	Director	15 Mar 2014	05 Nov 2022	England	July 1990	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
ELLIOTT, Ian Stanley RESIGNED	Director	01 Jun 2015	09 Mar 2018	England	August 1947	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
FLENK, Richard John RESIGNED	Director		06 Aug 1996		June 1949	61 Bath Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3HS
HOPKINS, Laurence Edwin RESIGNED	Director	05 Jul 2000	15 Jul 2002		March 1940	9 Mead Close, Stoke St Michael, Somerset, BA3 5JB
HOPKINS, Philip RESIGNED	Director	24 Sep 2012	09 Mar 2018	United Kingdom	January 1947	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
MARTIN, Paul David RESIGNED	Director	01 Aug 2004	01 Mar 2007		November 1960	5 Compton Gardens, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2XY
MASTERS, Richard Charles RESIGNED	Director	15 Mar 2003	30 Oct 2025	England	October 1951	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP, United Kingdom
MASTERS, Stephen James RESIGNED	Director	09 Mar 2018	22 Sep 2025	England	December 1979	Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP
MCCOLL, Steven Gary RESIGNED	Director	01 Dec 1996	09 Aug 1997		January 1960	Battlefield House Battlefield Road, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY1 4AB
MILNER, Alan RESIGNED	Director	03 Aug 2009	15 Mar 2014	United Kingdom	July 1957	5, High Street, Market Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4AF
PRIEST, Derek Richard RESIGNED	Director	01 Jan 1997	24 Dec 1997		October 1954	24 Forest Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2TG
REYNOLDS, Amanda Louise RESIGNED	Director	11 Aug 1997	05 Jul 2000		May 1973	55 Garston Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5NW
RHODES, John Guy RESIGNED	Director		12 Dec 1995	United Kingdom	February 1945	London Jock Wood, Widdington, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3SN
ROSE, Neil RESIGNED	Director	24 Dec 1997	01 May 1999		February 1948	Well Cottage Ogbourne Maizey, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1ZY
SHARP, Derek Robert RESIGNED	Director	09 Mar 2018	08 Sep 2026	England	October 1951	Cinmarsh, Four Foot, Hornblotton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6SD, England
SHEPHERD, Avril Shirley RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1996	United Kingdom	April 1935	Brooklands Farm, Hammerwood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3QA
SHEPHERD, Richard David RESIGNED	Director		31 Dec 1996		April 1931	Winkworth Farm, Hascombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4JW
SHERMON, Christopher Ian RESIGNED	Director	29 Jul 2002	15 Mar 2003		January 1949	37 Church Court, Midsomer Norton, Bath, Avon, BA3 2JA
SILCOCKS, Colin John RESIGNED	Director	15 Mar 2003	30 Sep 2003		November 1954	38 Saint Marys Close, Hilperton Marsh, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 7PW
UNCLES, William John RESIGNED	Director	05 Jul 2000	15 Mar 2003		October 1939	18 High Green, Easton, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1EG
WALKER, Keith RESIGNED	Director	05 Sep 1996	24 Dec 1997		April 1958	3 Royal Oak Cottages, Old Mills Paulton, Bristol, North East Somerset, BS18 5SS
WALKER, Michael, Dr RESIGNED	Director	05 Jul 2000	15 Jul 2002	England	May 1949	Combe Barton, High Street Dinder, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3PL
WATTERS, Graham RESIGNED	Director	04 Nov 2006	31 Dec 2007		April 1952	38 Rosslyn Road,, Lower Weston,, Bath, BA1 3CH
WATTERS, Kenneth Graham RESIGNED	Director	04 Nov 2006	17 Mar 2009		April 1952	38 Rosslyn Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Avon, BA1 3LH
WEST, Jeremy Charles RESIGNED	Director	15 Mar 2003	21 May 2016	United Kingdom	July 1958	Holly House, Leigh Street, Leigh Upon Mendip, Somerset, BA3 5QP

JEPSON, Anthony ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 22 Sep 2025
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

COOKE, Colin Roger ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2000
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: April 1961
Address: 26 Harcombe Close, Poole, Dorset, BH17 9HJ

DIXON, Nicholas John ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 May 2023
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1967
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

FRY, Gordon William ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Nov 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1948
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

HOPKINS, Christopher Edward ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jun 2015
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1992
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

LAVENDER, Elaine ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 May 2023
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1956
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

MARSHALL, Keith Richard ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Nov 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: November 1981
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

MARSTON-GRIMLEY, Daemon Marcus John ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Nov 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1958
Address: Cranmore Station, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, BA4 4QP, England

BUCKFIELD, Barry Graham RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 17 Aug 1996
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1996
Address: 5 Leaze House Mews Vallis Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 3ED

CHANDLER, Peter Robert RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 15 Mar 1997
Resigned on: 05 Jul 2000
Address: New Station House, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

COLLETT, Brian RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 12 Dec 1995
Address: 10 Norwich Street, London, EC4A 1BD

FLENK, Richard John RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 12 Dec 1995
Resigned on: 06 Aug 1996
Address: 61 Bath Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3HS

JEPSON, Anthony RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 15 Oct 2016
Resigned on: 12 Mar 2022
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

KELHAM, Michael Walter RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 17 May 2003
Resigned on: 05 Jul 2004
Address: The Whispers Mead Lane, Wanstrow, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4TF

MOORE, Sean Patrick RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2004
Resigned on: 18 Jun 2016
Address: Winterwood, St Georges Road Semington, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 6JQ

UNCLES, William John RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 15 Mar 2003
Address: 18 High Green, Easton, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1EG

ADAMS, James Michael RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 19 Mar 2001
Date of birth: March 1934
Address: 19 Nightingale Grove, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5PZ

ALDRIDGE, Anthony Graham RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Feb 1998
Resigned on: 05 Jul 2000
Date of birth: March 1950
Address: 15 Kingsmanor Wharf, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 2ES

ARMITAGE, Michael John, Sir RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Sep 1996
Resigned on: 10 Feb 1998
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1930
Address: Cairn Court, Moonsbrook, Oakhill, Bath, Avon, BA3 5BL

BARRETT, Frank James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 12 Jan 2008
Resigned on: 06 Jul 2009
Date of birth: January 1958
Address: Greystones, Little London, Oakhill, Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5AU

BUCKFIELD, Barry Graham RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1996
Date of birth: May 1948
Address: 42 Clevedon Road, Midsomer Norton, Avon, BA3 2ED

CARR, William RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 22 Sep 2025
Resigned on: 15 Apr 2026
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1965
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

CARVER, Kevin David Leslie RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 21 May 2001
Resigned on: 07 Aug 2004
Date of birth: February 1962
Address: 113 Ridgeway Lane, Whitchurch, Bristol, BS14 9PG

CHANDLER, Peter Robert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 1997
Resigned on: 05 Jul 2000
Date of birth: November 1938
Address: New Station House, West Cranmore, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

COBB, James Nicholas Lisle RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 17 May 2003
Resigned on: 10 Oct 2003
Date of birth: July 1966
Address: 26a Quarry Gardens, Dursley, Gloucestershire, GL11 6HW

DALTON, Thomas RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Mar 2014
Resigned on: 05 Nov 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1990
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

ELLIOTT, Ian Stanley RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jun 2015
Resigned on: 09 Mar 2018
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1947
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

FLENK, Richard John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 06 Aug 1996
Date of birth: June 1949
Address: 61 Bath Road, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3HS

HOPKINS, Laurence Edwin RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 15 Jul 2002
Date of birth: March 1940
Address: 9 Mead Close, Stoke St Michael, Somerset, BA3 5JB

HOPKINS, Philip RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 24 Sep 2012
Resigned on: 09 Mar 2018
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: January 1947
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

MARTIN, Paul David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Aug 2004
Resigned on: 01 Mar 2007
Date of birth: November 1960
Address: 5 Compton Gardens, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2XY

MASTERS, Richard Charles RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Mar 2003
Resigned on: 30 Oct 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1951
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP, United Kingdom

MASTERS, Stephen James RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Mar 2018
Resigned on: 22 Sep 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1979
Address: Cranmore Station, Cranmore, Nr Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 4QP

MCCOLL, Steven Gary RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Dec 1996
Resigned on: 09 Aug 1997
Date of birth: January 1960
Address: Battlefield House Battlefield Road, Shrewsbury, Salop, SY1 4AB

MILNER, Alan RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 03 Aug 2009
Resigned on: 15 Mar 2014
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1957
Address: 5, High Street, Market Lavington, Devizes, Wiltshire, SN10 4AF

PRIEST, Derek Richard RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 01 Jan 1997
Resigned on: 24 Dec 1997
Date of birth: October 1954
Address: 24 Forest Road, Frome, Somerset, BA11 2TG

REYNOLDS, Amanda Louise RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 11 Aug 1997
Resigned on: 05 Jul 2000
Date of birth: May 1973
Address: 55 Garston Street, Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4 5NW

RHODES, John Guy RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 12 Dec 1995
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: February 1945
Address: London Jock Wood, Widdington, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB11 3SN

ROSE, Neil RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 24 Dec 1997
Resigned on: 01 May 1999
Date of birth: February 1948
Address: Well Cottage Ogbourne Maizey, Marlborough, Wiltshire, SN8 1ZY

SHARP, Derek Robert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Mar 2018
Resigned on: 08 Sep 2026
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: October 1951
Address: Cinmarsh, Four Foot, Hornblotton, Shepton Mallet, BA4 6SD, England

SHEPHERD, Avril Shirley RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1996
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: April 1935
Address: Brooklands Farm, Hammerwood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19 3QA

SHEPHERD, Richard David RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 31 Dec 1996
Date of birth: April 1931
Address: Winkworth Farm, Hascombe, Godalming, Surrey, GU8 4JW

SHERMON, Christopher Ian RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 29 Jul 2002
Resigned on: 15 Mar 2003
Date of birth: January 1949
Address: 37 Church Court, Midsomer Norton, Bath, Avon, BA3 2JA

SILCOCKS, Colin John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Mar 2003
Resigned on: 30 Sep 2003
Date of birth: November 1954
Address: 38 Saint Marys Close, Hilperton Marsh, Trowbridge, Wiltshire, BA14 7PW

UNCLES, William John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 15 Mar 2003
Date of birth: October 1939
Address: 18 High Green, Easton, Wells, Somerset, BA5 1EG

WALKER, Keith RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Sep 1996
Resigned on: 24 Dec 1997
Date of birth: April 1958
Address: 3 Royal Oak Cottages, Old Mills Paulton, Bristol, North East Somerset, BS18 5SS

WALKER, Michael, Dr RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jul 2000
Resigned on: 15 Jul 2002
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1949
Address: Combe Barton, High Street Dinder, Wells, Somerset, BA5 3PL

WATTERS, Graham RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 04 Nov 2006
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2007
Date of birth: April 1952
Address: 38 Rosslyn Road,, Lower Weston,, Bath, BA1 3CH

WATTERS, Kenneth Graham RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 04 Nov 2006
Resigned on: 17 Mar 2009
Date of birth: April 1952
Address: 38 Rosslyn Road, Lower Weston, Bath, Avon, BA1 3LH

WEST, Jeremy Charles RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Mar 2003
Resigned on: 21 May 2016
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: July 1958
Address: Holly House, Leigh Street, Leigh Upon Mendip, Somerset, BA3 5QP

Filing history

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Charges

Created	Status	Filings
20 May 1992	Outstanding
20 May 1992	Outstanding
20 May 1992	Outstanding
20 May 1992	Outstanding
15 May 1979	Outstanding
05 Jul 1978	Outstanding
20 Apr 1978	Outstanding

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