Company · Bexhill on Sea
The Talking Trust
Primary education
Official record Companies House · updated 13th September 2026 · Sources
Who leads it
- Jacqueline Ann GregoryDirector · since 2025
- Tracy Lynn ManderDirector · since 2022
- Matthew David SmithDirector · since 2022
- Jean Mary HaighDirector · since 2019
Previous officers (68)
- Sarah Fitzjohn-ScottDirector · 2024–2026
- Jennifer Christine SutherlandDirector · 2022–2024
- Craig Maxwell PamphilonDirector · 2021–2023
- Richard John PreeceDirector · 2020–2020
- Mike Charles ClarkeDirector · 2019–2022
- Viv OliverDirector · 2019–2022
- Jill MuggletonDirector · 2019–2023
- Jonathan Mark GilbertDirector · 2018–2018
- Sarah DohertyDirector · 2017–2019
- Catherine BaartDirector · 2016–2019
- Sarah ArrowsmithDirector · 2016–2019
- Mary BriggsDirector · 2015–2019
- Andrew HodsonDirector · 2015–2018
- Simon AlfordDirector · 2015–2019
- Fiona Elizabeth Linda Sligo-YoungDirector · 2014–2015
- Sallyanne WickensDirector · 2014–2022
- Liz LashDirector · 2013–2018
- Carolyn Heather CollardDirector · 2013–2014
- Amanda Leigh Croft-PearmanDirector · 2013–2019
- Carol Lesley EveringhamDirector · 2012–2014
- Gerald John CooperDirector · 2012–2019
- Deirdre GoodgerDirector · 2009–2016
- Michael Morris AylwardDirector · 2009–2014
- Margaret Brown RobertsDirector · 2009–2012
- Victoria Anne SearchDirector · 2009–2012
- Martyn Sheridan ForsterDirector · 2009–2012
- Heidi Alexandra HaddowDirector · 2009–2011
- Mary Louise WestDirector · 2009–2012
- Vincent Charles TurnerDirector · 2007–2010
- Gary Neil MarshallDirector · 2007–2009
- David Alan KnightDirector · 2006–2011
- Paul HellyerDirector · 2006–2010
- Donald David Stocks YoungDirector · 2006–2015
- Rideout, Gordon Trevor, the Revd CanonDirector · 2005–2009
- Mary Ellen LeighDirector · 2005–2011
- Brian GaddDirector · 2005–2011
- Tessa Helen SambrookDirector · 2004–2015
- Neil VassDirector · 2003–2007
- Ruth JonesDirector · 2003–2007
- Lawrence George SmithDirector · 2002–2011
- Janet OsborneDirector · 2002–2008
- David Guy YoungDirector · 2002–2014
- Russell Brett BeswickDirector · 2002–2006
- Keith Trevor HottonDirector · 2002–2008
- Dawn Elizabeth MooreDirector · 2000–2002
- Ian Anthony CrossDirector · 2000–2009
- Marianne Gina FallonDirector · 2000–2004
- Shanahan, Patrick, FatherDirector · 2000–2002
- Keith James BattenDirector · 2000–2008
- Peter ConnellDirector · 2000–2001
- Peter Jeremy ShawDirector · 1999–1999
- Wilcox, David Peter, the Rt ReverendDirector · 1997–2007
- Bray, Lorna Mary, DoctorDirector · 1997–2012
- Myrtle Kathleen BagnallDirector · 1995–2009
- Richard ReadDirector · 1994–2000
- Alan Godfrey BuontempoDirector · 1994–1999
- Robin Edward GregoryDirector · 1994–2002
- Ann Veronica GregoryDirector · 1994–2002
- Jane Marion BarkerDirector · –2011
- Tettenborn, Michael Adrian, DrDirector · –1997
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Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- Torfield and Saxon Mount Academy Trust 1 shared director
- The Thomas Scanlan Trust 1 shared director
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About
- What it does
- Primary education; General secondary education; Technical and vocational secondary education; Other education n.e.c.
- Incorporated
- 07/06/1967
- Registered office
- Bexhill on Sea
- Also a registered charity
- The Talking Trust
- Previous names
- ST Mary's Wrestwood Children's Trust (until 25/10/2012)
Ownership
Owned by (2) iOwned byIndividuals and companies registered as having significant control over this company, from the Companies House PSC (persons with significant control) register. People whose ownership could not be confirmed to one individual are not listed as confirmed owners.
- Jean Mary Haigh
significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-03-08 - Mary Briggs ceased 2019-03-11
significant influence · notified 2016-04-07 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Board analysis for researchers
Board DNA
How this board is put together, from the Companies House officer record and Charity Commission trustee records - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Companies House officer record: the current directors only, past directors excluded.
4 directors on the board
- Jean Mary Haigh Director · appointed 2019
- Jacqueline Ann Gregory Director · appointed 2025
- Tracy Lynn Mander Director · appointed 2022
- Matthew David Smith Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Jean Mary Haigh Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (2)
- Jacqueline Ann Gregory Director · appointed 2025
- Matthew David Smith Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (2)
- Jean Mary Haigh Director · appointed 2019
- Tracy Lynn Mander Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Sarah Fitzjohn-Scott Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
Where else this board sits iWhere else this board sitsThe charitable fields these directors govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this company and any charity it is the legal face of.
The sectors these directors govern in elsewhere. This company, and any charity it is the legal face of, are excluded - counting them would just tell you what you are already looking at.
Gaps to watch
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 00907923
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Accounts next due
- 30/05/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 13th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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