Taw Valley Limited

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34027 Taw Valley (2020)

Taw Valley Limited is the owner of SR West Country Class 4-6-2 'Pacific' 34027 Taw Valley.


It is a Private limited Company number 04117767, incorporated on 30 November 2000.[1] The locomotive, which was then owned by Bert Hitchen, was acquired in 2001 by long-standing SVR benefactor Phil Swallow with colleagues Mark Younger and Nigel Barnes.[2]


As of 2025 the Directors are Phil Swallow and Mark Younger, both of whom are also "Persons with Significant Control".[3][note 1] Phil Swallow served as a Director of SVR(H) between February 2021 and September 2022.[4] He was co-opted as a Director of Severn Valley Railway Society Limited in July 2026.[5]


See also[edit | edit source]

List of preservation groups

Notes[edit | edit source]

  1. "Person with Significant Control": a person holding, directly or indirectly, more than 25% but not more than 50% of the shares in the company.

References[edit | edit source]

  1. Companies House
  2. 'Branch Lines', July 2020 (Retrieved 16 July 2020)
  3. Companies House, Unaudited Financial Statements for the Year ended 31 May 2025
  4. SVR(H) Accounts, periods ended 3 January 2022 and 2 January 2023
  5. SVR Announcement, 23 July 2026, New chairman and directors appointed to lead Severn Valley Railway Society

Links[edit | edit source]

Companies House page (retrieved 6 August 2026)