Company
Branches Education Group Limited
Branches Education Group Limited is an active UK company (number 04570961), incorporated 2002, with 3 current directors including Katie Joanne Walmsley and Paula Harris. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Previous officers 5
- Emma Louise Collins 2023-2025 View profile
- Ernest Naughton 2003-2012 View profile
- Maureen Naughton 2003-2012 View profile
- Michael Lee Naughton 2002-2023 View profile
- Dawn Mary Tracey Naughton 2002-2023 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 23/10/2002
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Edward Gerald Smethurst
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-06-30 - Michael Lee Naughton ceased 2023-06-30
75-100% shares · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Branches Education Group Limited
is controlled by Edward Gerald Smethurst
Evidence
active 75-100% shares, 75-100% voting · notified 2023-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Edward Gerald Smethurst.
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Financials
- Net assets
- -£50,077
- Total assets
- -£50,077
- Cash
- £2,373
- Employees
- 15
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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
- Edward Gerald Smethurst Director · appointed 2023
- Katie Joanne Walmsley Director · appointed 2025
- Paula Harris Director · appointed 2025
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (1)
- Paula Harris Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (2)
- Edward Gerald Smethurst Director · appointed 2023
- Katie Joanne Walmsley Director · appointed 2025
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 04570961
- Status
- Active
- Type
- Private Limited Company
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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