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Gateway Qualifications Limited
Educational support services
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Paul John HuggettDirector · since 2025
- Richard James Edward BrennanDirector · since 2025
- Dean Andrew HortonDirector · since 2025
- Camilla Madeleine Kate MccloskeyDirector · since 2025
- Simon WillmoreDirector · since 2025
- Clare Jayne ChaffeDirector · since 2025
- Mark HiltonDirector · since 2024
- Dr Leon AnnettDirector · since 2024
- Claire Rebecca GillDirector · since 2024
- Sammy Abdel Hamid Ibrahim ShummoDirector · since 2024
- Anne WrightDirector · since 2023
- Margaret Joojo-RichardsDirector · since 2021
- Paul WhiteheadDirector · since 2019
- Anthea HocklyDirector · since 2018
- Dr Anne ThompsonDirector · since 2005
- Lorraine WrefordSecretary · since 2016
Previous officers 36
- Gail Joanne May 2020-2025 View profile
- Jill Holliday 2018-2023 View profile
- Federico Carlos Cubillo-Barsi 2018-2021 View profile
- David Robert Ruddy 2018-2025 View profile
- Maxine Carol Smith 2018-2020 View profile
- Alison Davies 2018-2024 View profile
- Graham Gordon Razey 2018-2020 View profile
- Melanie Jayne Nicholson 2018-2019 View profile
- Alison Jane Andreas 2018-2023 View profile
- Karen Anna Spencer 2017-2019 View profile
- Patrick Lloyd Edwards 2017-2019 View profile
- Malcolm Howard Goodwin 2015-2017 View profile
- Anya Higgins 2015-2018 View profile
- Sean Henry Purcell 2014-2017 View profile
- Lynsi Haywood-Smith 2014-2024 View profile
- Elizabeth Laycock 2012-2020 View profile
- Richard David Stock 2012-2018 View profile
- Susan Caroline Murray 2010-2011 View profile
- Miles Norman Cole 2010-2023 View profile
- Philip Richard George Thirkettle 2009-2018 View profile
- Dr Wayne Campbell 2008-2012 View profile
- Diana Elizabeth Hale 2006-2009 View profile
- Stephen William Culliford 2006-2015 View profile
- Cajiten D'Silva 2005-2015 View profile
- Stella Margaret Heath 2005-2009 View profile
- Denise Ann Fielding 2005-2009 View profile
- Christine Ann Bradshaw 2005-2011 View profile
- Peter Jabez Glasgow 2005-2015 View profile
- Danny Clough 2005-2018 View profile
- Dr Eileen Loucaides 2005-2005 View profile
- Dr Stephen Arthur Boffey 2005-2006 View profile
- Dr Susan Patricia O'Gorman 2009-2017 View profile
- Matthew Peter Russell 2007-2016 View profile
- Jenny Fairbrother 2007-2007 View profile
- Alison Mary Stone 2006-2007 View profile
- Roberta Clarke 2005-2005 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Educational support services
- Incorporated
- 07/07/2005
- Registered office
- Colchester
- Also a registered charity
- Gateway Qualifications Limited
- Previous names
- Open College Network Eastern Region (until 23/03/2016)
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Danny Clough ceased 2017-10-18
appoints directors · notified 2016-07-06
Group
- Gateway Qualifications Limited
is controlled by Danny Clough
Evidence
ceased appoints directors · notified 2016-07-06, ceased 2017-10-18 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Danny Clough.
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.
15 directors on the board
- Richard James Edward Brennan Director · appointed 2025
- Anne Wright Director · appointed 2023
- Mark Hilton Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Whitehead Director · appointed 2019
- Anthea Hockly Director · appointed 2018
- Dean Andrew Horton Director · appointed 2025
- Dr Anne Thompson Director · appointed 2005
- Dr Leon Annett Director · appointed 2024
- Camilla Madeleine Kate Mccloskey Director · appointed 2025
- Paul John Huggett Director · appointed 2025
- Simon Willmore Director · appointed 2025
- Margaret Joojo-Richards Director · appointed 2021
- Claire Rebecca Gill Director · appointed 2024
- Sammy Abdel Hamid Ibrahim Shummo Director · appointed 2024
- Clare Jayne Chaffe Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Whitehead Director · appointed 2019
- Anthea Hockly Director · appointed 2018
- Dr Anne Thompson Director · appointed 2005
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Richard James Edward Brennan Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Hilton Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Whitehead Director · appointed 2019
- Dr Anne Thompson Director · appointed 2005
- Dr Leon Annett Director · appointed 2024
- Simon Willmore Director · appointed 2025
- Margaret Joojo-Richards Director · appointed 2021
- Clare Jayne Chaffe Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (7)
- Anne Wright Director · appointed 2023
- Anthea Hockly Director · appointed 2018
- Dean Andrew Horton Director · appointed 2025
- Camilla Madeleine Kate Mccloskey Director · appointed 2025
- Paul John Huggett Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Rebecca Gill Director · appointed 2024
- Sammy Abdel Hamid Ibrahim Shummo Director · appointed 2024
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Gail Joanne May Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 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.
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
- 05502449
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Accounts next due
- 30/04/2027
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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