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Who leads it
- Lucy Manuela De GrootDirector · since 2026
- David Thomas SiesageDirector · since 2025
- Rebecca Isha PageDirector · since 2025
- Diana Christina MagnayDirector · since 2025
- Loraine Victoria Foster De NunezDirector · since 2025
- Thomas Robert SaundersDirector · since 2023
- Joanna Nadine MarstonDirector · since 2022
- Pankaj SethiDirector · since 2021
- Ceri GodwinDirector · since 2021
- Andrew Michael ReidDirector · since 2019
- Brenda Rose BatesDirector · since 2019
- William Idris Griffin PayneDirector · since 2017
- John BenstedDirector · since 2016
- Christopher David MorganSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 32
- Steven John Wellard 2024-2025 View profile
- Ellen Coady 2021-2022 View profile
- Cristalina Fernandes-Bates 2021-2025 View profile
- Caroline Frances King 2021-2024 View profile
- John Michael Wemms 2021-2026 View profile
- Michael John May 2019-2021 View profile
- James John Killen 2018-2021 View profile
- Clare Louise Comport Argar 2017-2020 View profile
- Kaushik Bhattacharya 2017-2018 View profile
- Emily Jane Milburn 2016-2020 View profile
- Jean-Michel Garcia-Alvarez 2016-2019 View profile
- Barry Porter 2016-2022 View profile
- Holly Patricia Bowden 2016-2020 View profile
- Russell James Trent 2014-2016 View profile
- Robert James Newman 2014-2021 View profile
- Tracey Michelle Davies 2014-2015 View profile
- Edward Morrison Astle 2012-2019 View profile
- Susan Mary O'Hara 2012-2021 View profile
- Peter James Knapton 2010-2016 View profile
- Georgina Louise Ayling 2010-2013 View profile
- Ann Christine Creighton 2009-2015 View profile
- Julia Rowlandson 2008-2016 View profile
- Thomas Robson 2008-2013 View profile
- John Malcolm Macgregor 2008-2012 View profile
- Eric Allison 2008-2015 View profile
- Robert Stephen Duncan 2006-2016 View profile
- David Hugh Morgan 2006-2014 View profile
- Christopher William Duthie Morgan 2006-2011 View profile
- Ian Merrill 2020-2021 View profile
- Susan Kent 2020-2020 View profile
- Angela Cairns 2015-2020 View profile
- Kwasi Kamasa 2008-2012 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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Public contracts won
13 contracts · £1,075,828 totalFrom 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.
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Entry Level Maths and Reading Specialists for Prisoners in the Bedfordshire, Cambridge and Norfolk (BCN) regions
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Entry Level Maths and Reading Specialists for Prisoners in the Bedfordshire, Cambridge and Norfolk (BCN) regions. The supplier will deliver a coordinated approach to ent…
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Support for Prisoners at HMP Bristol
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Support for Prisoners at HMP Bristol. The supplier will be responsible for promoting, coordinating, and implementing the peer mentoring pathway as a core mechani…
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Learning to Read courses for Prisoners at HMP Highpoint
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Learning to Read courses for Prisoners at HMP Highpoint, the Supplier will train prisoners who will then be able to teach prisoners how to read, and support the prison w…
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Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Provision for prisoners at HMP Eastwood Park
Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Provision for prisoners at HMP Eastwood Park. The supplier will provide literacy and numeracy support for the women in our care . This will be a g…
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Literacy Support Programme for Prisoners at HMP Hull
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for a Literacy Support Programme for Prisoners at HMP Hull. The supplier will provide and facilitate a Literacy and reading development programme that shall improve the read…
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Specialist Support for Prisoners at HMP Ranby
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Specialist Support for Prisoners at HMP Ranby. The services is to deliver phonics-based reading interventions designed to develop skills in decoding, comprehensi…
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Specialist Support for Prisoners at HMP The Mount
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Reading Specialist Support for Prisoners at HMP The Mount. The Supplier shall raise the profile of reading in HMP The Mount to encourage non-readers and reluctant reader…
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Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Literacy and Numeracy Support for Prisoners at HMP Featherstone
Call off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Literacy and Numeracy Support for Prisoners at HMP Featherstone for the delivery of trauma informed, person centred specialist courses of study that are proven to suppor…
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Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Literacy & Numeracy Programme for prisoners at HMP Leeds
Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Literacy & Numeracy Programme for prisoners at HMP Leeds. The supplier will provide and facilitate a Literacy and Numeracy programme that…
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Call-Off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Literacy and Numeracy courses for Prisoners in HMP Stafford
Call-Off Contract Under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Literacy and Numeracy courses for Prisoners in HMP Stafford. To provide informal learning support at entry-level, establishing a pathway into classroom-based learning a…
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Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Literacy and Numeracy for prisoners at HMP Swaleside
Award of a call off contract under the Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for the provision of Literacy and Numeracy for prisoners at HMP Swaleside. The supplier will deliver a programme to support, coach, train and provide structu…
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Con_ 25654 Literacy Support (East Midlands)
The service will provide a delivery partner for the East Midlands Probation Service (EMPS). The partner will support and develop effective approaches for working with people on probation who require additional support with their reading, wr…
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Award of a call of contract under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Literacy for residents within Lot 8
Award of a call of contract under Prison Education Dynamic Purchasing System for Literacy for residents within Lot 8
About
- Incorporated
- 15/08/2006
- Also a registered charity
- Shannon Trust
Ownership
Owned by (11) 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 Morrison Astle ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - John Bensted ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Holly Patricia Bowden ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Peter James Knapton ceased 2016-12-06
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Robert James Newman ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Susan Mary O'Hara ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Julia Rowlandson ceased 2016-12-06
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Barry Porter ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-05-18 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Jean-Michel Garcia-Alvarez ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-08-31 - Emily Jane Milburn ceased 2018-08-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2017-01-09 - Kaushik Bhattacharya ceased 2018-07-21
significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2017-06-05 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Possible match - 2 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 2 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
Group
- Shannon Trust
is controlled by Edward Morrison Astle
Evidence
ceased significant influence, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-08-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Edward Morrison Astle.
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.
Grants received
6 grants · £1,479,961 total360Giving 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 · £1,324,181 (3 grants)
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport · £95,780
- The Clothworkers Foundation · £50,000
- The Michael And Betty Little Trust · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
- Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
13 directors on the board
- David Thomas Siesage Director · appointed 2025
- John Bensted Director · appointed 2016
- Rebecca Isha Page Director · appointed 2025
- Thomas Robert Saunders Director · appointed 2023
- William Idris Griffin Payne Director · appointed 2017
- Joanna Nadine Marston Director · appointed 2022
- Diana Christina Magnay Director · appointed 2025
- Ceri Godwin Director · appointed 2021
- Pankaj Sethi Director · appointed 2021
- Lucy Manuela De Groot Director · appointed 2026
- Brenda Rose Bates Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Michael Reid Director · appointed 2019
- Loraine Victoria Foster De Nunez Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- John Bensted Director · appointed 2016
- William Idris Griffin Payne Director · appointed 2017
- Brenda Rose Bates Director · appointed 2019
- Andrew Michael Reid Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (10)
- David Thomas Siesage Director · appointed 2025
- John Bensted Director · appointed 2016
- Rebecca Isha Page Director · appointed 2025
- William Idris Griffin Payne Director · appointed 2017
- Joanna Nadine Marston Director · appointed 2022
- Diana Christina Magnay Director · appointed 2025
- Ceri Godwin Director · appointed 2021
- Pankaj Sethi Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Michael Reid Director · appointed 2019
- Loraine Victoria Foster De Nunez Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Thomas Robert Saunders Director · appointed 2023
- Lucy Manuela De Groot Director · appointed 2026
- Brenda Rose Bates Director · appointed 2019
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- John Michael Wemms Director · appointed 2021 · 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
- 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
- 05906258
- 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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