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Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway PLC

Travel by steam through the Cotswolds on the Gloucestershire Warwickshire Steam Railway, Scenic journeys, family days out and special events. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.

Active 45 years old · 679th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1980s

Company number01576947
StatusActive
Incorporated28/07/1981
Accounts last made up to31/01/2026
Next accounts due31/07/2027
Accounts typeFULL
Charges outstanding4

Registered office

CHURCHWARD HOUSE, WINCHCOMBE RAILWAY STATION, WINCHCOMBE, GLOS, GL54 5LD

Online

Website gwsr.com

News and announcements on their own site

Social accounts Facebook, Instagram

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Filing history

This company has 621 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 24/06/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 08/09/2025.

Filings: share capital41
Filings: officer changes31
Filings: confirmation statements14
Filings: accounts6
Filings: incorporation4
Filings: resolutions3

The most recent filings

Director resigned 01/09/2026
Share capital change 06/08/2026
Director resigned 01/07/2026
Accounts, full 24/06/2026
Share capital change 26/03/2026
Share capital change 26/03/2026
Share capital change 21/02/2026
Director appointed 28/11/2025
Director appointed 28/11/2025
Director appointed 08/10/2025

This is the list of documents filed, not their contents. A line saying accounts were filed records that they were filed and when; it says nothing about turnover, profit or assets, which are inside the documents themselves and are not published here. Read the filings on the Companies House record.

Who runs it

The register lists 9 current officers and 67 who have resigned.

Richard Horton Winstanley Secretaryappointed 30/06/2023
Michael Robert Bell Directorappointed 19/11/2025
Michael Elston Bennett Directorappointed 16/03/2020
Colin Charman Directorappointed 16/01/2023
John Martin Professor Dora Directorappointed 18/03/2025
Alan George Nicholls Directorappointed 19/11/2024
Andrew James Smith Directorappointed 08/10/2025
Graham Willis Directorappointed 19/11/2025
Mark Andrew Young Directorappointed 15/12/2022

Who controls it

The register shows no current person or entity with significant control for this company.

Charges

A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 7 registered charges, of which 4 are not yet recorded as satisfied.

A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 10/03/2021
A registered charge
National Westminster Bank PLC
Outstanding, created 30/08/2019
Debenture
Gloucestershire Warwickshire Railway Trust
Outstanding, created 15/10/2010
Further charge
Hereford and Worcester County Council
Fully satisfied, created 18/08/1989
Legal charge
Gloucestershire County Council
Outstanding, created 26/02/1986
Legal charge
The County Council of Hereford & Worcester
Fully satisfied, created 08/01/1986
Debenture
National Westminster Bank PLC
Fully satisfied, created 23/12/1983

Officers, controllers and charges are as recorded on the Companies House register on 13/10/2026, and the register changes daily. Appearing here is not an allegation about anyone. Read the current record on the Companies House record.

What it does

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Registered office

No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.

On the register

  • 679th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
  • One of the 1980s cohort
  • Not in liquidation or facing strike off

There are 4,506 PLCs in Britain, under a tenth of one per cent of the register. The whole count.

Register data as at 2026-09-01 Download the full register (CSV)