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Prep Schools Trust

Primary education

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Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 52

  1. James Edward Abbott Barnes 2025-2025 Director View profile
  2. Colin Percival Hargreaves 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Mark George Beard 2024-2025 Director View profile
  4. Jason Matthew Houlden-Stanley 2024-2025 Director View profile
  5. Henrietta Mary Lindsell 2024-2025 Director View profile
  6. Francis William Miles Burkitt 2023-2025 Director View profile
  7. Alison Jane Derham 2022-2025 Director View profile
  8. Lucinda Mary Elisabeth Newcombe 2022-2025 Director View profile
  9. Julian Peter Spencer 2020-2025 Director View profile
  10. William Alan Donger 2020-2023 Director View profile
  11. Thomas Donald Richardson 2020-2020 Director View profile
  12. William Hugh Pitman 2019-2025 Director View profile
  13. Toby James Gibson 2019-2025 Director View profile
  14. Jacqualyn Christina Pain 2019-2025 Director View profile
  15. Etienne David Bottari 2016-2023 Director View profile
  16. David John Miles 2016-2019 Director View profile
  17. Katharine Mary Pryce 2016-2021 Director View profile
  18. Denise Marie Reine Le Gal 2016-2020 Director View profile
  19. Justin Marking 2013-2019 Director View profile
  20. Hayward, Richard Michael, His Honour Judge 2009-2012 Director View profile
  21. Jeremy Peter Marriage 2009-2017 Director View profile
  22. Peter Morrison Cook 2007-2019 Director View profile
  23. Hon Philip Noel Nigel Turner 2007-2017 Director View profile
  24. Alasdair Duncan Darroch 2007-2016 Director View profile
  25. Dr Ralph Douglas Townsend 2007-2022 Director View profile
  26. James Clement Royds 2007-2013 Director View profile
  27. Dr Stephen Spurr 2006-2012 Director View profile
  28. John Alfred Stoddard Nash 2006-2009 Director View profile
  29. Charles Julian Cazalet 2006-2013 Director View profile
  30. Richard Philip Taylor 2003-2014 Director View profile
  31. Sir Henry Egerton Aubrey Fletcher 2002-2016 Director View profile
  32. Lady Sally Anne Poltimore 2002-2016 Director View profile
  33. Lord John Wakeham 1998-2011 Director View profile
  34. Pamela Ferreira 1998-2015 Director View profile
  35. John Harold Rogers 1994-2008 Director View profile
  36. Colin James Balfour 1994-1997 Director View profile
  37. Timothy Barnabas Hans Brunner 1997 Director View profile
  38. Roy Macdonald Bailey 2009 Director View profile
  39. Dennis Raoul Whitehall Silk 2010 Director View profile
  40. Rachel Catherine Richardson 2007 Director View profile
  41. Adrian Donald Richardson 2014 Director View profile
  42. David James Faulkner 1993 Director View profile
  43. Luke Malise Borwick 2003 Director View profile
  44. George Patrick Francis Inge 2012 Director View profile
  45. Harold William Gray 1993 Director View profile
  46. Philip Stuart Taylor 1997 Director View profile
  47. Gilbert Annesley Marsh 1993 Director View profile
  48. Timothy Oliver Verdon 2014-2018 Secretary View profile
  49. David Malcolm Hannah 2013-2014 Secretary View profile
  50. Simon Paul Blackmore 2003-2013 Secretary View profile
  51. Robin Charles Hardy Boon 1997-2003 Secretary View profile
  52. Richard John William Manning 1997 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education
Incorporated
09/09/1969
Registered office
Abingdon
Also a registered charity
Prep Schools Trust
Previous names
Cothill Trust (until 20/09/2021)
Cothill Educational Trust (until 21/12/2017)

Ownership

Owned by (1) 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.

  • Andrew Ashton
    25-50% voting · notified 2025-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Prep Schools Trust is controlled by Andrew Ashton
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting · notified 2025-09-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Andrew Ashton.

1 other company in this group

Ownership paths are calculated from Companies House persons-with-significant-control filings. Each step shows the filed nature of control and dates; a step marked "ceased" is historical, not current.

Board analysis

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.

3 directors on the board

4.2y median 3.9y
average tenure
7.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (3)

12
left in the last 12 months

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.

Education 4Arts and leisure 1Construction 1Health and social care 1Other services 1

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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
00961616
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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