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Great Central Railway PLC
The UK’s only double track, main line heritage railway, the Great Central Railway exists today via group of determined volunteers in 1969. The company’s own description of itself, taken from its website.
Active 50 years old · 574th oldest of 4,506 · incorporated in the 1970s
Registered office
GREAT CENTRAL STATION, GREAT CENTRAL ROAD, LOUGHBOROUGH, LEICS., LE11 1RW
Other PLCs registered in Loughborough
Online
Website www.gcrailway.co.uk
News and announcements on their own site
Social accounts Facebook, Instagram, YouTube
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Filing history
This company has 234 documents on its Companies House record. The most recent accounts were filed on 16/07/2026. Its last confirmation statement or annual return was filed on 29/10/2025.
The most recent filings
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 10 current officers and 55 who have resigned.
Who controls it
Companies must record the people or entities with significant control. The register shows 1 current entry.
Owns 25% to 50% of the shares; Holds 25% to 50% of the voting rights since 06/04/2016
Charges
A charge is security a company gives a lender over its assets. This company has 9 registered charges, of which 1 are not yet recorded as satisfied.
The David Clarke Railway Trust Outstanding, created 11/08/2025
Cromwell Tools Limited Fully satisfied, created 16/12/2010
Malcolm Freckelton William John Charles Ford Richard Clive Minifie Robert John Spencer Stephens and Keith Lloyd Fully satisfied, created 12/02/2010
Cromwell Tools Limited Fully satisfied, created 11/12/2009
National Westminster Bank PLC Fully satisfied, created 24/11/2000
National Westminster Bank PLC Fully satisfied, created 30/07/1999
David Arnold Clarke Fully satisfied, created 08/01/1996
National Westminster Bank PLC Fully satisfied, created 08/02/1989
Showing the 8 most recent. The full list is on the Companies House record.
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
This page is compiled from the public register. Companies House does not verify the information filed with it, so treat everything here as what the company reported rather than as established fact. For filings, officers and charges, see the official Companies House record.
Registered office
No other PLC on the register gives this postcode.
On the register
- 574th oldest of 4,506 PLCs
- One of the 1970s 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.