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Dixons Academies Trust

Company 02303464 Active

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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.

9
directors on the board
5.2y median 5.4y
average tenure
8.5y
longest tenure
3
directors past 6 years
5 vs 3 portfolio
first-time directors
2
also govern a charity
2
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.

Finance 12Education 3Other services 3Business services 2Professional services 2Arts and leisure 1Manufacturing 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.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.

Schools in this trust (21)

Compiled from DfE governance records - an inferred connection, not an official Charity Commission or Companies House link.

Company details

Number02303464
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated06/10/1988
AddressDIXONS ACADEMIES CHARITABLE TRUST LTD, RIPLEY STREET, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD5 7RR
Accounts next due31/05/2027
Accounts last made up31/08/2025

Industry (SIC)

85200 - Primary education85310 - General secondary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (6)


  • Mrs Joanne Irene Williams ceased British
    significant influence or control as trust
  • Sir James Frederick Hill ceased British
    significant influence or control as trust
  • Mr Bryan Collins ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Professor Timothy John Birtwistle ceased British
    right to appoint and remove directors as trust
  • Mrs Lynn Barrett ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%

Officers (71)

  • Chidzey-Carn, Claire Elizabeth Jane Secretary · appointed 2025
  • Barron, James Director · appointed 2025
  • Tutt, Richard Director · appointed 2023
  • Magrath, Linda Director · appointed 2023
  • Keniwell, Robert Director · appointed 2023
  • Thornton, Helen Michele Director · appointed 2021
  • Blackburn, Michael Director · appointed 2021
  • Bhatti, OBE, Ruby Khalid Director · appointed 2018
  • Bowers, John Edward Director · appointed 2018
  • Fitzpatrick, Brent Director · appointed 2018
  • Kenyon, Sally Anne Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
  • Berrill, Kathryn Former Secretary · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Bailey, Amanda Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
  • Nijjar, Kuldip Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2025
  • Young, Sarah Elizabeth Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
  • Clayton, David Hugh Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Thapar, Narinder Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2018
  • Richardson, Susan Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Collins, Bryan Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2023
  • Barrett, Lynn Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2022
  • Gaskin, Martin Joseph Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
  • Lynch, Joanne Former Secretary · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
  • Birtwistle, Tim Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • Bashir, Adnan Former Secretary · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Norvill, Robert Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2010
  • Abbott, Jacqueline Mary Former Director · appointed 2007 · resigned 2013
  • Archer, Terence Former Secretary · appointed 2007 · resigned 2017
  • Singleton, John Former Director · appointed 2006 · resigned 2012
  • ZIA, Atif Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Bowes, Carol Former Director · appointed 2004 · resigned 2013
  • Marsh, Bruce Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2007
  • Robinson, Nicholas Ambrose Eldred Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2003
  • Collins, Bryan William Former Director · appointed 2002 · resigned 2012
  • Holmes, David Graham Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2013
  • Gull, Ehjaz Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2003
  • Alderson, Grace, Professor Former Director · appointed 2001 · resigned 2019
  • Moorhouse, Jonathan Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
  • Hill, James Frederick, Sir Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2018
  • Darroch, David Jeremy Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2003
  • Francis, John Christopher Former Director · appointed 2000 · resigned 2005
  • Greenwood, Ian Barry Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2012
  • Bonnard, Derek Thomas Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2001
  • Davies, David John Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2014
  • Budd, Geoffrey David Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2007
  • ALI, Mohammed Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2002
  • Mccurrie, Janice Ruth, Dr Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Bishop, Anthony John Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Torsun, Imad, Professor Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • LE PLA, Marion Ruth Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2009
  • North, Gita Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
  • Longbottom, David Alan Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2000
  • Rhys, Gwenllian Mari Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Kitchen, Guy Stanley Hawksworth Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2003
  • Ratcliffe, Timothy Harvey Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2006
  • Williams, Joanne Irene Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2018
  • Lowe, Nina Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1996
  • Clancy, Laurence Joseph Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1996
  • Drake, Patricia Alice Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2012
  • Hanson, John Raymond Former Director · appointed 1992 · resigned 2001
  • Layton, David, Emeritus Professor Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Vorderman, Carol Jean Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Ridings, John Gordon Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Kalms, Harold Stanley, Lord Former Director · resigned 2003
  • Simpson, Edward Hugh Former Director · resigned 2000
  • Flesher, Peter Former Director · resigned 2004
  • Weir, David, Professor Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Mohamed, Ashraf Former Director · resigned 1996
  • Barrett, Arthur Michael, Doctor Former Director · resigned 1994
  • Andrews, Richard Edward Former Director · resigned 1998
  • Sharma, Devi Dayal Former Director · resigned 1993
  • Thomson, Colin Rodney Buchanan, Mr. Former Director · resigned 1994

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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