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Who leads it
- Mana AbediDirector · since 2025
- Steven Vears RobinsonDirector · since 2025
- Claire Louise HealdDirector · since 2025
- Jennese Rachael AlozieDirector · since 2025
- David Anthony LawsDirector · since 2024
- Thomas John JacksonDirector · since 2024
- Hilary Ann EwingDirector · since 2024
- Paula SmithDirector · since 2023
- Mark Barry Lindon AllenDirector · since 2022
- Thomas Joseph HallDirector · since 2022
- Deirdre Mary O'DonoghueDirector · since 2021
- Colin HughesDirector · since 2020
- Nicholas Martin StevensSecretary · since 2017
Previous officers 116
- Anne Elizabeth Frost 2024-2026 View profile
- Anne Patricia Spackman 2024-2024 View profile
- Murray Leonard Orr 2023-2025 View profile
- Virginia Elizabeth Rhodes 2023-2025 View profile
- Mohsen Ojja 2023-2024 View profile
- Professor James Donald Knowles 2022-2025 View profile
- Dr Ali Hadawi 2021-2024 View profile
- Lara Rolande Elda Martini 2021-2024 View profile
- Isabel Mary Sutcliffe 2020-2026 View profile
- Amina Bibi Ali Modan 2020-2022 View profile
- James Edward Lenygon Dahl 2020-2026 View profile
- Shabnam Suresh Shahani 2019-2021 View profile
- Mark Richard Bedlow 2019-2020 View profile
- Rand-Weaver, Mariann, Professor Emeri 2019-2022 View profile
- Professor Toby Dominic Brodigan Salt 2017-2019 View profile
- Nadeem Maqsood Kiyani 2017-2023 View profile
- Martin Guy Turner 2017-2026 View profile
- Elizabeth Kitcatt 2017-2026 View profile
- Michael George Nicholson 2016-2025 View profile
- Paul Anthony Nesbitt 2015-2019 View profile
- Jan Eileen Smith 2015-2021 View profile
- Philippa Jane Hird 2015-2022 View profile
- Justin James Van Wijngaarden 2015-2024 View profile
- Lara Naqushbandi 2015-2017 View profile
- Professor Mark Edmund Smith 2014-2018 View profile
- Sir Michael Griffiths 2014-2020 View profile
- Professor Jonathan Pitt Phillips 2014-2020 View profile
- Susan Margaret Moore 2013-2022 View profile
- Jovan Trkulja 2013-2019 View profile
- Shaun Alan Fenton 2012-2018 View profile
- Mark James Bramwell 2012-2021 View profile
- Martin James Grant 2012-2017 View profile
- Andrew Hall 2012-2017 View profile
- Grenville William Jackson 2011-2020 View profile
- John Eric Robinson 2011-2018 View profile
- Simon Nathan 2011-2011 View profile
- John Anthony Johnson 2010-2017 View profile
- John Clifford Readman 2010-2013 View profile
- Elaine Margaret Quaife 2010-2016 View profile
- Andrew Sutherland Maclaren 2009-2011 View profile
- Sarah Ridgway 2009-2010 View profile
- Andrew Kenneth Rowe 2009-2018 View profile
- Karen Sheelagh Joan Aylward 2009-2010 View profile
- Nigel David Walkey 2008-2019 View profile
- Prof Jannette Elwood 2007-2016 View profile
- Felicity Marion Greeves 2007-2018 View profile
- George Campbell Wilson 2006-2011 View profile
- Neil Charles Robertson 2006-2012 View profile
- Professor Christopher Roy Husbands 2006-2008 View profile
- Holly, Michael Charles, Councillor 2006-2015 View profile
- Alan Parker 2006-2013 View profile
- Angela Susan Milln 2006-2017 View profile
- Miriam Clift 2006-2010 View profile
- Jennifer Pauline Alice Jupe 2006-2008 View profile
- Harry Jonathan Darby 2005-2008 View profile
- Paul John Baker 2005-2008 View profile
- Avelyn Joyce Dell 2005-2006 View profile
- Susan Margaret Lupton 2005-2014 View profile
- Brian David Cookson 2004-2015 View profile
- Andrew Nigel Gatehouse 2004-2013 View profile
- Professor Paul John Layzell 2004-2017 View profile
- Christopher Noel Baker 2003-2006 View profile
- David Gordon Hawker 2003-2005 View profile
- Delyth Protheroe Chambers 2003-2014 View profile
- Professor John Edmond Harding 2002-2004 View profile
- Peter John Galsworthy 2002-2011 View profile
- Dr John Edward Ash 2002-2005 View profile
- Dr Jacqueline Louise Henshaw 2002-2003 View profile
- Dr Peter Richard Mason 2001-2010 View profile
- Adrian Edward Duncan Starr 2001-2010 View profile
- David Battye 2001-2004 View profile
- Elizabeth Anne Joy Nicholson 2001-2002 View profile
- Linda Devlin 2001-2003 View profile
- Dr Michael Paul Williamson 2001-2007 View profile
- Godfrey Harold Glyn 2001-2010 View profile
- Jeremy John Fitt 2000-2001 View profile
- Anthony John Booth 2000-2006 View profile
- Mark Oldham 2000-2006 View profile
- Dr Howard Roland Keable 2000-2003 View profile
- Professor David Edward James 2000-2002 View profile
- Catherine Margaret Clarke 2000-2002 View profile
- Paul Gray 2000-2002 View profile
- Mary Josephine Nicholson 2000-2001 View profile
- Margaret Ellen Coleman 1999-2002 View profile
- Brian Edward Atkinson 1999-2000 View profile
- David Franklin Hayward Percival 1999-2000 View profile
- Stanley Thomas Bradford 1999-2005 View profile
- John Nigel Woodhead 1999-2002 View profile
- LEE, James Stuart, Major General 1998-2002 View profile
- Myers, Trevor Alfred, Doctor 1998-2000 View profile
- Professor Michael John Ramage Shave 1998-2003 View profile
- Dr Janet Elizabeth Sturgis 1998-2003 View profile
- Francis Ian Sumner 1998-2008 View profile
- John Alan Marsden 1998-1999 View profile
- William John Walder 1998-2000 View profile
- John Allan Beattie 1998-1999 View profile
- Dame Marcia Anne Twelftree 1998-2004 View profile
- Professor Terence Henry Lilley 1998-2001 View profile
- Susan Rogers 1998-2009 View profile
- Vincent Bruce Guthrie 1998-2009 View profile
- David Frank Birchall 1998-2008 View profile
- John Cecil Godwin 1998-1999 View profile
- Prof Peter Frederick William Preece 1998-2009 View profile
- Malcolm Dennis Shorney 1998-1999 View profile
- Professor Raoul Norman Franklin 1998-2003 View profile
- John Ian Andrew 1998-2000 View profile
- Paul Christopher Ronald Wates 1998-2000 View profile
- Diana Lesley Cavanagh 1998-2008 View profile
- Thomas Bede Hylton Jolliffe 1998-2004 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Greenway 1998-2001 View profile
- Thomas Axon 1998-2000 View profile
- Philip William Denner 1998-2002 View profile
- Darryl George Nunn 2013-2017 View profile
- Robert James Cox 2004-2013 View profile
- Dr Michael Cresswell 2003-2004 View profile
- Kathleen Tattersall 1998-2003 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 30/09/1998
- Also a registered charity
- AQA Education
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above AQA Education on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
10 other companies in this group
- UK Awarding Academy Limited
- Assessment and Qualifications Alliance Limited
- AQA Commercial Services Limited
- AQA Assessment Services Limited
- DRS Data and Research Services Limited
- Alphaplus Consultancy Limited
- North West Skills Academy Limited
- Oxford International AQA Examinations Limited
- Doublestruck Limited
- Grademaker Limited
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.
12 directors on the board
- Claire Louise Heald Director · appointed 2025
- Paula Smith Director · appointed 2023
- Mana Abedi Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Barry Lindon Allen Director · appointed 2022
- David Anthony Laws Director · appointed 2024
- Deirdre Mary O'Donoghue Director · appointed 2021
- Jennese Rachael Alozie Director · appointed 2025
- Colin Hughes Director · appointed 2020
- Steven Vears Robinson Director · appointed 2025
- Thomas John Jackson Director · appointed 2024
- Hilary Ann Ewing Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Joseph Hall Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Colin Hughes Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Paula Smith Director · appointed 2023
- Thomas John Jackson Director · appointed 2024
- Thomas Joseph Hall Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (9)
- Claire Louise Heald Director · appointed 2025
- Mana Abedi Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Barry Lindon Allen Director · appointed 2022
- David Anthony Laws Director · appointed 2024
- Deirdre Mary O'Donoghue Director · appointed 2021
- Jennese Rachael Alozie Director · appointed 2025
- Colin Hughes Director · appointed 2020
- Steven Vears Robinson Director · appointed 2025
- Hilary Ann Ewing Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Anne Elizabeth Frost Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
- Virginia Elizabeth Rhodes Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Isabel Mary Sutcliffe Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Murray Leonard Orr Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Elizabeth Kitcatt Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
- James Edward Lenygon Dahl Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Martin Guy Turner Director · appointed 2017 · 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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 03644723
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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