---
title: "SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIMITED — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747
identifier: oo:GB-COH-06574965
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIMITED

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-06574965`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **GOVIA LIMITED** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/83c687bd-dd30-5957-add9-327ee23d7b23
- **Govia Limited** (beneficial owner) — 87.5% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30f27f2f-7d16-4d4b-992e-b8471ac3c956

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

A **15-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:** `06574965`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** ltd
- **Incorporated:** 2008-04-23
- **Registered office:** Second Floor 55 Degrees North, Pilgrim Street, Newcastle Upon Tyne, NE1 6BL, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 49100

### Officers

- SWAN, Richard — secretary · appointed 2024-08-12
- GORDON, Alistair John Francis — director · British · appointed 2009-12-04
- VERWER, Hendrikus Petrus Maria — director · Dutch · appointed 2024-08-30
- FERGUSON, Carolyn — secretary · British · appointed 2008-06-10 · resigned 2024-08-12
- PRIMA SECRETARY LIMITED — corporate secretary · appointed 2008-04-23 · resigned 2008-06-10
- ALLAN, Wilma Mary — director · British · appointed 2014-09-14 · resigned 2017-12-08
- BOYD, Gordon Alexander — director · British · appointed 2021-09-28 · resigned 2022-03-28
- BRIAN, Elodie Marie Francoise — director · French · appointed 2019-06-05 · resigned 2021-09-27
- BROWN, David Allen — director · British · appointed 2011-04-01 · resigned 2021-11-05
- BURCHELL, Christopher Derek Dyne — director · British · appointed 2008-06-10 · resigned 2014-08-15
- BURT, James Charles — director · British · appointed 2009-10-08 · resigned 2014-04-05
- BUTCHER, Simon Patrick — director · British · appointed 2016-03-14 · resigned 2018-11-30
- DOWN, Keith — director · British · appointed 2011-03-07 · resigned 2015-12-06
- HODGSON, Charles Anthony — director · British · appointed 2015-12-06 · resigned 2017-12-10
- HORTON, Charles Stuart — director · British · appointed 2014-09-14 · resigned 2017-12-10
- JEANTET, Patrick Raymond — director · French · appointed 2008-06-10 · resigned 2011-02-01
- LUDEMAN, Keith Lawrence — director · British · appointed 2008-06-10 · resigned 2011-07-02
- MAYNE, Peter Robert — director · British · appointed 2009-06-03 · resigned 2014-03-14
- PIDSLEY, Ralph Leo — director · British · appointed 2023-02-02 · resigned 2024-08-30
- RICHON, Stephane Andre — director · French · appointed 2008-06-10 · resigned 2010-05-06

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- [Govia Limited](https://whiteintel.dev/entity/30f27f2f-7d16-4d4b-992e-b8471ac3c956) — 75–100% shares · corporate PSC · United Kingdom — since 2016-04-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06574965
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/06574965

## Get the full, resolved dossier (agent-callable)

The above is the free teaser. The resolved **multi-hop UBO chain**, ownership **%**, full **financial history**, itemised **assets** and the hop-by-hop **exposure path** are the paid depth — callable as tools from your agent:

```bash
npx -y @whiteintel/mcp-server   # then: get_dossier · trace_ownership_path · check_offshore_exposure
```

Or unlock a one-off cited dossier for **SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIMITED** — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747 · pricing https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **SOUTHERN RAILWAY LIMITED**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/e57b5b13-5a6b-5c8d-b651-4820b99ac747._

_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"._