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Company · Maidstone Liquidation

Venturers Trust

Primary education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 50

  1. Lee Philip Miller 2024-2024 Director View profile
  2. Mark Ashley Burchfield 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Alison Claire Golden-Wright 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Sir Nicholas John Weller 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Heather Jane Frankham 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Professor Sarah Purdy 2020-2023 Director View profile
  7. Ruth Alison Bailey 2020-2024 Director View profile
  8. Lucy Collins 2019-2024 Director View profile
  9. David Michael Powell 2019-2024 Director View profile
  10. Richard John Skerrett Holmes 2019-2023 Director View profile
  11. Dr David Sands 2019-2020 Director View profile
  12. Gillian Elizabeth Camm 2018-2023 Director View profile
  13. Alison Gail Bragg 2017-2024 Director View profile
  14. John Watson 2017-2024 Director View profile
  15. James Ross Ancell 2017-2020 Director View profile
  16. Colin Frank Skellett 2017-2022 Director View profile
  17. Professor Rosamund Jane Sutherland 2017-2019 Director View profile
  18. David Potter 2017-2018 Director View profile
  19. Lynn Robinson 2017-2020 Director View profile
  20. Stephen Alan Allpress 2017-2020 Director View profile
  21. Christopher John Patterson 2017-2017 Director View profile
  22. Alistair Richard Perry 2016-2017 Director View profile
  23. Caroline Jane Duckworth 2015-2024 Director View profile
  24. Kathryn Mary Henry 2015-2018 Director View profile
  25. Anthony Roger Ernest Brown 2015-2018 Director View profile
  26. Erica Francoise Draisey 2014-2015 Director View profile
  27. Trevor Smallwood 2013-2019 Director View profile
  28. Richard Gaunt 2012-2014 Director View profile
  29. Henry Louis Michael Bothamley 2011-2013 Director View profile
  30. Lesley Ann Freed 2011-2017 Director View profile
  31. Sonia Brenda Mills 2011-2016 Director View profile
  32. Rachel Louise Montgomery 2011-2014 Director View profile
  33. Tabinda Fadel 2010-2014 Director View profile
  34. Angela Helen Greenslade 2010-2014 Director View profile
  35. Neil Parsons 2010-2014 Director View profile
  36. Anne Marie Nisbet 2010-2013 Director View profile
  37. Stephen Mcnamara 2009-2014 Director View profile
  38. Paul Taylor 2008-2009 Director View profile
  39. Alison Reid 2008-2010 Director View profile
  40. Carole Webb 2008-2011 Director View profile
  41. Richard Thomas Wynn-Jones 2008-2017 Director View profile
  42. Richard Hawkins 2008-2010 Director View profile
  43. Andrew Nisbet 2008-2009 Director View profile
  44. Alastair Matthew James Currie 2008-2014 Director View profile
  45. Angela Margaret Dixon 2008-2009 Director View profile
  46. Andrew Temple Yates 2008-2017 Director View profile
  47. John Steven Laycock 2008-2020 Director View profile
  48. Dr Jacqueline Margery Mary Cornish 2008-2022 Director View profile
  49. Morris, Richard John, Brigadier 2008-2015 Director View profile
  50. Wendy Joyce Wetton 2009-2013 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education; General secondary education
Incorporated
21/02/2008
Registered office
Maidstone
Previous names
Colston's Girls' School Trust (until 23/09/2017)
Colston's Girls' School Academy (until 31/08/2012)

Ownership

Owned by (20) 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.

  • Mark Edward Blackman
    25-50% voting · notified 2024-07-18
  • Alistair Richard Perry ceased 2017-06-01
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Kathryn Mary Henry ceased 2018-12-14
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Anthony Roger Ernest Brown ceased 2018-09-03
    appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • Andrew Temple Yates ceased 2017-09-01
    appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • Caroline Jane Duckworth ceased 2020-04-03
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Trevor Smallwood ceased 2019-02-14
    appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • Christopher John Patterson ceased 2017-09-01
    significant influence · notified 2017-01-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Alison Gail Bragg ceased 2017-09-01
    significant influence · notified 2017-01-01
  • Lynn Robinson ceased 2020-04-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • David Potter ceased 2018-04-05
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Stephen Alan Allpress ceased 2020-02-12
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01
  • James Ross Ancell ceased 2020-03-31
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01
  • John Steven Laycock ceased 2020-02-12
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01
  • Colin Frank Skellett ceased 2020-04-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01
  • Trevor Smallwood ceased 2017-09-01
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01
  • John Watson ceased 2020-04-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Colin Frank Skellett ceased 2018-03-23
    significant influence · notified 2017-09-01
  • Alison Gail Bragg ceased 2020-04-03
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-12-14
  • Gillian Elizabeth Camm ceased 2020-04-03
    significant influence · notified 2018-04-19
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - 7 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 7 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.
  • Possible match - name could not be confirmed to one individualiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Venturers Trust is controlled by Mark Edward Blackman
    Evidence
    active 25-50% voting · notified 2024-07-18 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Mark Edward Blackman.

2 other companies in this group

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.

Contracts awarded

1 contract

From Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.

Top suppliers

  • Unknown supplier · £0

Most recent

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.

4 directors on the board

2y median 2y
average tenure
2y
longest tenure
0
directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (4)

0
also govern a charity
0
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.

Education 5Tech and media 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

  • 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
06511936
Status
Liquidation
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/05/2026
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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