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

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Previous officers 57

  1. Clare Elizabeth Gilmartin 2023-2026 Director View profile
  2. Jonathan Simons 2022-2022 Director View profile
  3. William Henry Bickford Smith 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Richard Mark Taylor 2022-2025 Director View profile
  5. Sarah Bibi 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Aziza Ajak 2019-2022 Director View profile
  7. Caroline Elizabeth Carr 2018-2024 Director View profile
  8. Julianne Ilebode-Akisanya 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Jason Joshua Arthur 2018-2021 Director View profile
  10. Tulsi Ratakonda Naidu 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Dame Mary Elizabeth Marsh 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. Lord Jonathan Hopkin Hill 2017-2023 Director View profile
  13. Alison Elizabeth Eynon 2016-2019 Director View profile
  14. Alison Michelle Maria Duncan 2016-2025 Director View profile
  15. Richard Henry Meddings 2016-2022 Director View profile
  16. Dame Alison Margaret Peacock 2015-2021 Director View profile
  17. James Daniel Bilefield 2015-2023 Director View profile
  18. Robert William Ashburnham Swannell 2015-2019 Director View profile
  19. Lorna Rachel Gratton 2015-2021 Director View profile
  20. Olivia Sophie Turner 2014-2014 Director View profile
  21. Paul Joseph Drechsler 2014-2019 Director View profile
  22. Sugrakhatun Nimet Yasmin Alibhai 2013-2016 Director View profile
  23. Stephanus Rupprecht Maria Brenninkmeijer 2012-2014 Director View profile
  24. Sir David Robert Bell Kcb 2012-2016 Director View profile
  25. Glenn Earle 2011-2020 Director View profile
  26. Clare Darley 2011-2012 Director View profile
  27. Lord Andrew Adonis 2011-2017 Director View profile
  28. Alex Shapland-Howes 2009-2010 Director View profile
  29. Lou Mccrimlisk 2009-2017 Director View profile
  30. Dr Mary Meaney 2009-2017 Director View profile
  31. Thomas Morgan Ravenscroft 2009-2012 Director View profile
  32. Dr Vanessa Jane Ogden 2009-2015 Director View profile
  33. Richard Wayne Lewis 2008-2011 Director View profile
  34. Sarah Louise Shillingford 2008-2017 Director View profile
  35. James Townsend 2007-2009 Director View profile
  36. Vidhu Sood-Nicholls 2007-2010 Director View profile
  37. Dr John Ernest Dunford OBE 2007-2011 Director View profile
  38. Jonathan Robert Owen 2007-2016 Director View profile
  39. John Stuart Rink 2007-2016 Director View profile
  40. Hilary Ruth Hodgson 2007-2010 Director View profile
  41. Dr Stephen Garnett 2007-2009 Director View profile
  42. Baroness Josephine Clare Valentine 2004-2007 Director View profile
  43. Peter George Lambert 2004-2011 Director View profile
  44. Dame Julia Cleverdon 2004-2013 Director View profile
  45. Melanie Kate Renowden 2003-2004 Director View profile
  46. Nicholas Charles Lovegrove 2002-2002 Director View profile
  47. John Clive Cecil May 2002-2003 Director View profile
  48. Peter Roger Davies 2002-2004 Director View profile
  49. Rona Lee Kiley 2002-2007 Director View profile
  50. Sir David Michael Hart 2002-2002 Director View profile
  51. Robert Habgood 2002-2002 Director View profile
  52. Robert Stephen O'Brien 2002-2009 Director View profile
  53. Gillian Susan Budd 2013-2023 Secretary View profile
  54. Patricia Jone Pattison 2012-2013 Secretary View profile
  55. Anesta Lorna Sandra Broad 2007-2012 Secretary View profile
  56. Stephen Drury 2002-2007 Secretary View profile
  57. Thea Justine Longley 2002-2002 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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Public contracts won

3 contracts · £65,945,475 total

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender, the UK Government's public procurement notices, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Matched to this organisation by company number, charity number or exact name and postcode; every figure links to its source notice.

  • 2026 cohort of the Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) training programme Buyer: Department for Education £43,283,880 2026-06-19 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Call-off contracts awarded from the ITTECF and National Institute of Teaching (NIoT) Framework Agreements for the delivery of the 2026 cohort of the provider led Early Career Teacher Entitlement (ECTE) training programme. For more inform…

  • Call-off Contract for the November 2025 cohort of the National Professional Qualifications Buyer: Department for Education £22,661,595 2025-11-01 CPV 80000000 Source: Contracts Finder

    Award of call-off contracts made via the Framework Agreement for the National Professional Qualifications (NPQ) to deliver the November 2025 Cohort of National Professional Qualifications. For more details on the National Professional Qu…

  • Future High Potential Initial Teacher Training (HPITT) Programme Buyer: Department for Education Value not published Date not published Source: Find a Tender

    The Department for Education (DfE) launched a procurement for the recruitment and training of teachers to support schools serving disadvantaged communities (referred to as the programme). The procurement was conducted under the Light Touch …

About

Incorporated
05/07/2002
Also a registered charity
Teach First

Grants received

2 grants · £541,500 total

360Giving data, published by funders. Coverage only includes funders who publish their grants to 360Giving, so these figures are a floor, not a complete picture.

Top funders

  • Mission 44 · £540,000
  • Department for Education · £1,500

Most recent

  • Department for Education £1,5002023-04-01
  • Mission 44 £540,0002021-06-01
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.

11 directors on the board

3.6y median 3.6y
average tenure
6.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (3)

Portfolio (8)

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 9Arts and leisure 5Education 5Professional services 4Other services 3Health and social care 2Business services 1Property 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
04478840
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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