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Although it no longer owns the line, the Guarantee Company is still an active part of the Severn Valley Railway. It remains as the SVR’s membership arm and provides volunteer staff to operate the railway (all volunteers must be members). The SVR has around 13,000 members and membership is by subscription. Members receive preferential rates of travel.
At 31 December 2016 the Guarantee Company maintained a shareholding of 1,675,389 shares, approximately 20.65% of the issued share capital of SVR(H), although it purchased more shares after this date as part of the [[Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) PLC#Share_offers|SVR Share Offer 2016]].<ref>2016 Report and Accounts</ref> It nominates three directors to the SVR(H) board.<ref>SVRLive</ref>
It also publishes [[Severn Valley Railway News]], a quarterly magazine, free to members.
