GREAT WESTERN PRESERVATIONS LIMITED

Company summary

Company number: 02007483
Status: ACTIVE
Incorporated / age: 7 April 198640 years
Registered office: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
Accounts due: 31 October 2027
Confirmation statement due: 4 April 2027
Active officers: 10
Outstanding charges: 0

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Company type
Private limited by guarantee without share capital
Address
Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
Nature of business
Operation of historical sites and buildings and similar visitor attractions
Previous company names
GREAT WESTERN TRADING LIMITED

Officer details

Name	Role	Appointed On	Resigned On	Country of Residence	Date of Birth	Address
CROUCHER, Anthony Richard ACTIVE	Secretary	21 Oct 2023				Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
CROUCHER, Anthony Richard ACTIVE	Director			England	April 1945	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
DONALDSON, Laura Suzanne ACTIVE	Director	08 Nov 2025		England	April 1992	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
DREW, Leigh ACTIVE	Director	15 Oct 2022		England	September 1989	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
HORWOOD, Roger James ACTIVE	Director	26 Oct 2018		England	March 1954	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
HURD, David John ACTIVE	Director	19 Apr 2008		United Kingdom	April 1954	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
JERMYN, Richard Stanley ACTIVE	Director	13 Apr 2024		England	February 1962	37, Edinburgh Drive, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7HS, England
O'HAGAN, John Bernard, Dr ACTIVE	Director	20 Oct 2012		England	February 1957	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
PART, Timothy David ACTIVE	Director	12 Oct 2019		England	December 1963	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7NJ, England
VARLEY, Richard John ACTIVE	Director	08 Nov 2025		England	January 1960	8, The Mallows, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UB10 8BX, England
COOPER, Frank RESIGNED	Secretary	09 Mar 2004	27 Sep 2007			35 Beecham Road, Shipston On Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4RJ
COOPER, Vivien Alma RESIGNED	Secretary	13 Apr 2013	17 Oct 2020			Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, England
RILEY, Peter John RESIGNED	Secretary	26 May 2025	17 Feb 2026			Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
RILEY, Peter John RESIGNED	Secretary	17 Oct 2020	21 Oct 2023			Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED	Secretary	27 Sep 2007	20 Oct 2012			Sheldon House, 10 The Green, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 8DG
TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED	Secretary		09 Mar 2004			Market Hill House, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0EG
CHATMAN, Peter Colin RESIGNED	Director	20 Oct 2007	13 Apr 2024	United Kingdom	January 1944	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom
COOPER, Frank RESIGNED	Director	09 Mar 2004	27 Sep 2007	England	May 1943	35 Beecham Road, Shipston On Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4RJ
COOPER, Vivien Alma RESIGNED	Director	20 Oct 2012	17 Oct 2020	United Kingdom	September 1946	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
DEAN, Michael John RESIGNED	Director	27 Sep 2007	31 Dec 2007		August 1950	17 Bishops Orchard, East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, OX11 9JS
FRY, Robert Wilson RESIGNED	Director	20 Oct 2012	18 Jun 2015	England	July 1945	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ
HOWELLS, Dennis Brynley RESIGNED	Director	20 Oct 2007	15 Oct 2011	Unted Kingdom	November 1939	1 Ravenswood Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9JL
HOWSE, Jeanette Christina RESIGNED	Director	09 Mar 2004	27 Sep 2007	England	November 1955	Treetops, Ashfields Lane East Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0HN
MACHON, Allan Robert RESIGNED	Director	27 Sep 2007	21 Oct 2023	United Kingdom	March 1933	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom
MIDDLETON, Marita Ann RESIGNED	Director	09 Mar 2004	27 Sep 2007	England	January 1954	2 Rose Walk, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6QB
O'HAGAN, John Bernard, Dr RESIGNED	Director	05 Jun 2001	27 Sep 2007	England	February 1957	Brubell 13 Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8LE
PERRY, Graham Alan RESIGNED	Director		05 Jun 2001		April 1944	Mead Edge The Lynch, East Hendred, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8LB
PRESTON, Richard Alan RESIGNED	Director	08 Apr 2017	22 Oct 2024	England	May 1951	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, England
RILEY, Peter John RESIGNED	Director	08 Apr 2017	26 May 2025	England	August 1954	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, England
RIVERS, Anthony Ian RESIGNED	Director	27 Sep 2007	31 Dec 2021	United Kingdom	May 1936	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom
SMITH, William John RESIGNED	Director	20 Oct 2007	14 Apr 2018	United Kingdom	March 1938	Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom
TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED	Director	27 Sep 2007	20 Oct 2012	United Kingdom	January 1936	Sheldon House, 10 The Green, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 8DG
TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED	Director		09 Mar 2004		January 1936	Market Hill House, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0EG

CROUCHER, Anthony Richard ACTIVE
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 21 Oct 2023
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

CROUCHER, Anthony Richard ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1945
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

DONALDSON, Laura Suzanne ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Nov 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: April 1992
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

DREW, Leigh ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 15 Oct 2022
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: September 1989
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

HORWOOD, Roger James ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 26 Oct 2018
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: March 1954
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

HURD, David John ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 19 Apr 2008
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: April 1954
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

JERMYN, Richard Stanley ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 13 Apr 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1962
Address: 37, Edinburgh Drive, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7HS, England

O'HAGAN, John Bernard, Dr ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2012
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1957
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

PART, Timothy David ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 12 Oct 2019
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: December 1963
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, OX11 7NJ, England

VARLEY, Richard John ACTIVE
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Nov 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1960
Address: 8, The Mallows, Ickenham, Uxbridge, UB10 8BX, England

COOPER, Frank RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 09 Mar 2004
Resigned on: 27 Sep 2007
Address: 35 Beecham Road, Shipston On Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4RJ

COOPER, Vivien Alma RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 13 Apr 2013
Resigned on: 17 Oct 2020
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, England

RILEY, Peter John RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 26 May 2025
Resigned on: 17 Feb 2026
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

RILEY, Peter John RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 17 Oct 2020
Resigned on: 21 Oct 2023
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on: 27 Sep 2007
Resigned on: 20 Oct 2012
Address: Sheldon House, 10 The Green, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 8DG

TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED
Role: Secretary
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 09 Mar 2004
Address: Market Hill House, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 0EG

CHATMAN, Peter Colin RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2007
Resigned on: 13 Apr 2024
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: January 1944
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom

COOPER, Frank RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Mar 2004
Resigned on: 27 Sep 2007
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1943
Address: 35 Beecham Road, Shipston On Stour, Warwickshire, CV36 4RJ

COOPER, Vivien Alma RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2012
Resigned on: 17 Oct 2020
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: September 1946
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

DEAN, Michael John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Sep 2007
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2007
Date of birth: August 1950
Address: 17 Bishops Orchard, East Hagbourne, Oxfordshire, OX11 9JS

FRY, Robert Wilson RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2012
Resigned on: 18 Jun 2015
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: July 1945
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ

HOWELLS, Dennis Brynley RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2007
Resigned on: 15 Oct 2011
Country of Residence: Unted Kingdom
Date of birth: November 1939
Address: 1 Ravenswood Crescent, Harrow, Middlesex, HA2 9JL

HOWSE, Jeanette Christina RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Mar 2004
Resigned on: 27 Sep 2007
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: November 1955
Address: Treetops, Ashfields Lane East Hanney, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 0HN

MACHON, Allan Robert RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Sep 2007
Resigned on: 21 Oct 2023
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1933
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom

MIDDLETON, Marita Ann RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 09 Mar 2004
Resigned on: 27 Sep 2007
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: January 1954
Address: 2 Rose Walk, Reading, Berkshire, RG1 6QB

O'HAGAN, John Bernard, Dr RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 05 Jun 2001
Resigned on: 27 Sep 2007
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: February 1957
Address: Brubell 13 Chapel Road, Stanford In The Vale, Faringdon, Oxfordshire, SN7 8LE

PERRY, Graham Alan RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on:
Resigned on: 05 Jun 2001
Date of birth: April 1944
Address: Mead Edge The Lynch, East Hendred, Wantage, Oxfordshire, OX12 8LB

PRESTON, Richard Alan RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Apr 2017
Resigned on: 22 Oct 2024
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: May 1951
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, England

RILEY, Peter John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 08 Apr 2017
Resigned on: 26 May 2025
Country of Residence: England
Date of birth: August 1954
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, England

RIVERS, Anthony Ian RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Sep 2007
Resigned on: 31 Dec 2021
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: May 1936
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom

SMITH, William John RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 20 Oct 2007
Resigned on: 14 Apr 2018
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: March 1938
Address: Didcot Railway Centre, Station Road, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 7NJ, United Kingdom

TRELOAR, Peter Quintrell RESIGNED
Role: Director
Appointed on: 27 Sep 2007
Resigned on: 20 Oct 2012
Country of Residence: United Kingdom
Date of birth: January 1936
Address: Sheldon House, 10 The Green, Calne, Wiltshire, SN11 8DG