The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Open School Trust

Company 02438525 Active

Registered charity: The Open School Trust

Company details

Number02438525
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated01/11/1989
AddressWOOLPACK HOUSE 70 HIGH STREET, SAWSTON, CAMBRIDGE, CB22 3HJ
Accounts next due31/03/2027
Accounts last made up30/06/2025

Industry (SIC)

85310 - General secondary education85320 - Technical and vocational secondary education85410 - Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (6)

  • Mrs Esther Jane Noelle Chesterman British
    significant influence or control
  • Dr Vanessa Pittard British
    significant influence or control as trust
  • Mr John Antony Dodds ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Dr Roslyn Louise Morpeth ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Dr Richard Christopher Dorrance ceased British
    significant influence or control
  • Mrs Esther Jane Noelle Chesterman ceased British
    significant influence or control

Officers (45)

  • Bennett-Hart, Timothy Lewis Director · appointed 2025
  • Tweed, James David Director · appointed 2025
  • Weller, Martin James, Professor Director · appointed 2024
  • Rose, Ceri Lianne Director · appointed 2023
  • Pittard, Vanessa, Dr Director · appointed 2018
  • Woolliscroft, Colin James Director · appointed 2018
  • Morpeth, Roslyn Louise, Dr Director · appointed 2010
  • Marshall, Rachel Alexandra Former Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
  • Barratt, Nick David, Dr Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2023
  • Mistry, Sanjay Former Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2023
  • Chesterman, Esther Jane Noelle Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2021
  • Jones, Jane Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2019
  • Kellett, Mary Cecilia, Professor Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Moore, Richard Edward Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2021
  • Dorrance, Richard Christopher, Dr Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
  • Callaway, Corrinne Norma Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2022
  • Carlton, Shiela Eadie Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Lavender, Peter Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
  • Rumble, Greville William Sumpter Vosper Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2017
  • Dodds, John Antony Former Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2018
  • Clausen, Jorgen Former Secretary · appointed 2008 · resigned 2013
  • Bridges, David Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
  • West, Alison Former Secretary · appointed 2003 · resigned 2008
  • Perraton, Hilary David Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2011
  • Polack, Rosemary Former Director · appointed 2003 · resigned 2010
  • Evans, Bryn Stuart Former Secretary · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Horsman, Malcolm Former Director · appointed 1998 · resigned 2000
  • Jones, Brian James Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
  • Heywood, Martha Former Director · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
  • Froud, Susan Kathleen Former Secretary · appointed 1997 · resigned 2003
  • Eastman, Henry Guy Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 2000
  • Gera, Inder Former Director · appointed 1996 · resigned 1998
  • Griffin, Pauline Former Secretary · appointed 1995 · resigned 1998
  • Knight, James Arthur Former Director · appointed 1995 · resigned 2003
  • Close, Douglas George Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Hope, Christopher Lucien Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 2000
  • ESP, Derek George Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1997
  • Stolliday, Ivor Robert Former Director · appointed 1994 · resigned 1995
  • Close, Avrille Anne Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1997
  • Gribble, Rosemary Lynette Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Foster, Donald Michael Ellison Former Director · appointed 1993 · resigned 1998
  • Hawksley, Anthony Thomas Former Director · appointed 1991 · resigned 1996
  • Young of Dartington, Michael Dunlop, Lord Former Director · appointed 1990 · resigned 2000
  • Tait, Margaret Kirsteen Former Secretary · resigned 1997
  • Davies, William Gideon Peter Howell Former Secretary · resigned 1993

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

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