Annual General Meeting 2025
The 57th Annual General Meeting of Severn Valley Railway Company Limited will be held on Saturday 9th August 2025 at 2:00pm, at Kidderminster Railway Museum. The following business will be conducted:
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Resolution:
1. To approve the Minutes of the fifty-sixth Annual General Meeting.
2. To re-elect Directors
2. (i). Diane E. Malyon
2. (ii). David C. Williams
2. (iii). Charles S. Wright
3. To elect a co-opted Director
3. (i). Antony C. Bartlam
4. To adopt the Director's Report and Financial Statements
5. To re-appoint the Auditors and to authorise the Directors to fox their remuneration
6. Intentionally left blank
7. To approve the proposed merger with Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc
To vote on any or all of the above either vote online by using the facility at the right or complete a hard copy proxy form (downloadable from the downloadable documents at the right).
To ensure your vote is recorded your online proxy vote or hard copy proxy form (sent to the Company Secretary) must be received no later than 2:00pm on Thursday 7th August 2025.​
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Members of the Severn Valley Railway Company Limited (also known as the ‘Guarantee’ Company, or SVRG) will shortly receive notice of the company’s Annual General Meeting, which takes place at Kidderminster Railway Museum on Saturday 9 August at 2pm.
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SVRG chairman Diane Malyon is writing to all members, urging them to back the One Railway plans and vote for the amalgamation of SVRG into the Severn Valley Railway Company. This will be a Charitable Community Benefit Society, into which the current Severn Valley Railway (Holdings) Plc (SVRH) will convert in due course. The conversion was approved overwhelmingly by SVRH shareholders at their AGM in June.
Diane said, ‘The One Railway project will bring many benefits to the Railway, including access to better streams of grant-funding, the potential to claim Gift Aid on donations and ticket sales as well as reducing its operating and compliance costs and better securing its assets.
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‘For members in particular, it will mean that they will have the chance to democratically participate in the entity that runs the Railway, something that under the current structure, is not the case.
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‘We are also keen to include functions of SVRG within the CCBS, such as the committee structure and volunteer representation along with continuing to be able to offer assisted funding for volunteer-led projects. The 500 Club will continue as will the SVR Resilience Fund.
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‘On behalf of the Board of SVRG, I ask all members to support the One Railway resolution, and remember, even if you voted as a shareholder at the AGM of SVRH, you need to vote again as a member for this important second stage of the process.’
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The SVR’s managing director Gus Dunster has recorded a special message to SVRG members, echoing the sentiments of Diane and the board of SVRG.
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Documents
Documents are available for download. If you click on the document it will open in a new tab or window in your web browser. Alternatively you can right-click and choose 'Save target as...' to save a copy of the document to your computer.
When you open the document by either method, you will be prompted for a password. This was sent to you in the letter or email notifying you about the AGM.
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Annual Report and Financial Statements
For the year ended 31st December 2024
Details about candidates standing for election to the board
For voting by post.
Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting
Copy of the rules regarding the SVR's CCBS
You will need Adobe Reader to open these documents, which can be obtained by clicking the logo.
Problems with passwords
If you have a problem opening the documents above with the supplied password, there may be a problem with the internet browser software you are using. Most people will be using Microsoft Edge (supplied with Windows), but in the event of difficulty you could try Chrome or Firefox to access this page
Online Voting 2025.
Online Voting is now closed - thank you to everyone who has voted in 2025.
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​​If you haven't voted online you can still vote in person at the AGM.
Car Parking
Please note that car parking at Kidderminster, Bewdley and Bridgnorth Stations is covered by Automatic Numberplate Recognition cameras fitted at all entrances and exits from the car parks. This has been done at no cost to the SVR but removes the need for our staff to handle any cash.
To operate the car parking machines located in the car parks, you will need to enter your car registration number and make a card payment. To pay with cash you will have to visit the booking office at the station.
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