---
title: "SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2f25a5e-bf20-59d6-b414-c566ffbdde20
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b2f25a5e-bf20-59d6-b414-c566ffbdde20
identifier: oo:GB-COH-03266760
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-03266760`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2f25a5e-bf20-59d6-b414-c566ffbdde20  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b2f25a5e-bf20-59d6-b414-c566ffbdde20  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **DFT OPERATOR LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/36afef18-34b8-53df-873a-a6563c183f82
- **The Secretary Of State For Transport** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba64e54b-bcfd-5445-af2e-f719d0dbd300
- **Dft Operator Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c9925e88-9978-48ce-8172-5aeb409eebf5
- **The Secretary Of State For Transport** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba64e54b-bcfd-5445-af2e-f719d0dbd300

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **8-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `03266760`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 1996-10-22
- **Registered office:** South Bank Central 4th Floor, 30 Stamford Street, London, SE1 9LQ, England
- **SIC:** 49100

### Officers

- HODGKINSON, Charlanne Victoria — secretary · appointed 2025-05-25
- BOWMAN, Lawrence Matthew — director · British · appointed 2025-05-21
- HARRISON, Richard Charles Vyvyan — director · British · appointed 2025-05-25
- HYNES, Alexander John — director · British · appointed 2026-01-05
- LEWIS, Karen Mary — director · British · appointed 2025-05-25
- RICHARDS, James David — director · British · appointed 2026-06-02
- TURNER, Samantha — director · British · appointed 2026-01-22
- BENTLEY, Matthew Philip — secretary · appointed 2020-09-22 · resigned 2025-05-25
- BRAYBROOK, Sonia Anita — secretary · British · appointed 2005-07-29 · resigned 2013-11-21
- CUNNINGHAM, Stephanie Jade — secretary · appointed 2019-03-05 · resigned 2020-06-26
- DAWSON, Trevor — secretary · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2016-09-23
- HYLAND, Matthew William Edward — secretary · British · appointed 1997-08-18 · resigned 2005-01-28
- SINCLAIR, Janet Elizabeth — secretary · British · appointed 2005-01-28 · resigned 2005-07-24
- HACKWOOD SECRETARIES LIMITED — corporate nominee secretary · appointed 1996-10-22 · resigned 1997-08-18
- BACKLER, Gary George — director · British · appointed 2003-01-13 · resigned 2010-12-17
- BENNETT, David Clive — director · British · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2021-06-16
- BORKWOOD, Arthur Sam Jerome — director · British · appointed 2024-07-11 · resigned 2025-05-25
- CANTWELL, Richard Charles — director · British · appointed 2015-12-31 · resigned 2019-03-05
- FRIZZELL, Graeme Paul — director · British · appointed 2025-02-10 · resigned 2025-02-12
- FRIZZELL, Graeme Paul — director · British · appointed 2024-07-11 · resigned 2025-02-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Dft Operator Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/c9925e88-9978-48ce-8172-5aeb409eebf5) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — since 2019-03-05
- [Directly Operated Railways Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/ba64e54b-bcfd-5445-af2e-f719d0dbd300) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · England — ceased 2019-03-05

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03266760
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/03266760

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SOUTH WESTERN RAILWAY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b2f25a5e-bf20-59d6-b414-c566ffbdde20 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/b2f25a5e-bf20-59d6-b414-c566ffbdde20._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._