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The Proud Trust LTD

Other education n.e.c.

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

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Amy Elizabeth Lynch 2025-2026 Director View profile
Matthew Gary James Waites 2025-2025 Director View profile
Sharmila Kar 2025-2025 Director View profile
William Alan Whelton 2021-2024 Director View profile
Christopher James Montague Murphy 2021-2025 Director View profile
Manjinder Singh Sidhu 2021-2024 Director View profile
Jordan James Barry 2021-2024 Director View profile
Matt Smith 2021-2025 Director View profile
Melissa Lauren Surgey 2021-2025 Director View profile
Rachel Elizabeth Cook 2021-2024 Director View profile
Lydia Shaw 2020-2021 Director View profile
Luke Simon Ives 2020-2023 Director View profile
Heather Graham 2019-2021 Director View profile
Claire Birkenshaw 2018-2019 Director View profile
Hannah Jepson 2016-2018 Director View profile
Emma Charlotte Hawley 2016-2026 Director View profile
Geoffrey Paul Thomas 2016-2025 Director View profile
Oliver Bliss 2016-2021 Director View profile
David William Murat 2016-2021 Director View profile
Elaina Quesada 2015-2015 Director View profile
Katherine Louise Malin-August 2015-2021 Director View profile
Alison Ronan 2014-2020 Director View profile
Angela Beverley Jones 2013-2016 Director View profile
Amanda Waterhouse 2013-2013 Director View profile
Shoab Uddin 2013-2015 Director View profile
Dr Niamh Rachel Moore 2013-2021 Director View profile
Caroline Topham 2012-2016 Director View profile
Pauline Marije Smit 2010-2011 Director View profile
Amanda Jane Waterhouse 2010-2015 Director View profile
Carolyn Brennan 2010-2015 Director View profile
Gordon Smith 2010-2010 Director View profile
Carr MBE, Sally Beryl Maureen, M/S 2005-2010 Director View profile
Emma Hawley 2020-2021 Secretary View profile
Hannah Sophie Mccoy 2015-2021 Secretary View profile
Dr Caroline Topham 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
Jennifer Thompson 2011-2014 Secretary View profile
Amelia Lee 2005-2010 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Other education n.e.c.
Incorporated: 06/10/2005
Registered office: Manchester
Also a registered charity: The Proud Trust LTD
Previous names: Lgbt Youth North West LTD (until 04/10/2015)

Financials

Net assets: £2,137,994
Total assets: £2,137,994
Cash: £216,693
Employees: 39
Turnover: £930,904
Profit/loss: -£467,003

Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-03-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.

Grants received

27 grants · £2,662,856 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

The National Lottery Community Fund · £1,819,637 (10 grants)
BBC Children in Need · £252,871 (4 grants)
Henry Smith Foundation · £250,800 (2 grants)
Power to Change Trust · £155,211
Paul Hamlyn Foundation · £140,000 (3 grants)

Most recent

The National Lottery Community Fund £479,6642024-07-23
BBC Children in Need £150,0002022-07-26
BBC Children in Need £69,8712020-07-29
BBC Children in Need £3,0002020-06-17
Paul Hamlyn Foundation £60,0002020-06-10

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.

8 directors on the board

Nikolaos Palamaras Director · appointed 2026
Christopher Michael Peake Director · appointed 2021
Dr Fiona Isobel Mcnair Director · appointed 2026
Dean Frederick Thomas-Lowde Director · appointed 2026
Jack George Liepa Director · appointed 2024
Jak Amber Matthews Director · appointed 2025
Jodi Ann Fox Director · appointed 2025
Robin Eric Thomas Director · appointed 2026

1.4y median 0.9y

average tenure

4.9y

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Nikolaos Palamaras Director · appointed 2026
Christopher Michael Peake Director · appointed 2021
Dr Fiona Isobel Mcnair Director · appointed 2026
Dean Frederick Thomas-Lowde Director · appointed 2026
Jack George Liepa Director · appointed 2024
Jak Amber Matthews Director · appointed 2025
Robin Eric Thomas Director · appointed 2026

Portfolio (1)

Jodi Ann Fox Director · appointed 2025

also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Amy Elizabeth Lynch Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2026
Emma Charlotte Hawley Director · appointed 2016 · 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.

Professional services 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.

Gaps to watch

No director brings board experience from anywhere else
Narrow spread of sectors across the board

Where to look Suggested search: a director with board experience elsewhere; directors from a wider range of sectors.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details

Company number: 05585290
Status: Active
Type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Accounts next due: 31/12/2026
Edition: Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels: Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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