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Changing Lives Learning 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 62

  1. Amanda Seward 2024-2026 Director View profile
  2. Michael Gordon Potter 2024-2026 Director View profile
  3. Marianna Reid 2024-2026 Director View profile
  4. Janice Lesley Allen 2024-2026 Director View profile
  5. Dr Jeffery Quaye 2023-2024 Director View profile
  6. Timothy John Barlow 2023-2024 Director View profile
  7. Georgina Kate Elizabeth Crooks 2023-2024 Director View profile
  8. Carole Samantha Twiselton 2021-2023 Director View profile
  9. Angela Yvonne Holdsworth 2021-2022 Director View profile
  10. Karl Ronald Lofthouse 2021-2023 Director View profile
  11. Prof Catherine Miriam Jackson 2021-2025 Director View profile
  12. Vincent Andrew Ashworth 2021-2022 Director View profile
  13. Simonne Clare Walker 2020-2024 Director View profile
  14. Peter Oldfield 2020-2022 Director View profile
  15. Jacqueline Oakes 2019-2021 Director View profile
  16. Professor Vincent Stjohn Crean 2019-2023 Director View profile
  17. Susan Julie Armstrong 2019-2019 Director View profile
  18. Martin Antony Parlett 2019-2020 Director View profile
  19. Michael John Waters 2018-2022 Director View profile
  20. Dr Richard Wylie 2018-2021 Director View profile
  21. Suzanne Elizabeth Wilson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  22. Dr Charles Alan Potter 2017-2018 Director View profile
  23. Gillian Butterworth 2016-2017 Director View profile
  24. Dr Daniel John Bloomer 2016-2018 Director View profile
  25. Jonathan Paul Johnson 2016-2018 Director View profile
  26. Nichola Capstick 2015-2018 Director View profile
  27. Nicole Louise Nicholson 2015-2022 Director View profile
  28. Michelle Louise Pearse 2013-2024 Director View profile
  29. Alison Alona Le Jeune 2013-2015 Director View profile
  30. Christopher David Nattress 2012-2015 Director View profile
  31. Susan Jill Alderson 2012-2018 Director View profile
  32. Anne-Marie Butterfield 2012-2015 Director View profile
  33. Ian Curwen 2012-2018 Director View profile
  34. David Polkey 2012-2014 Director View profile
  35. Amy Jasmine Finn 2011-2014 Director View profile
  36. Deborah Faith Plews 2011-2015 Director View profile
  37. Brian Roy Hough 2011-2012 Director View profile
  38. Glenda Mary Brindle 2011-2012 Director View profile
  39. Rick Wylie 2011-2019 Director View profile
  40. David Edward Southward 2010-2018 Director View profile
  41. Michael Simpson 2010-2013 Director View profile
  42. Kenny Ling 2010-2011 Director View profile
  43. Vanessa Ray 2010-2015 Director View profile
  44. Janet Elisabeth Simpson 2009-2010 Director View profile
  45. Valerie Jean Hallard 2009-2012 Director View profile
  46. James Richard Johnston 2008-2011 Director View profile
  47. Professor John Richard Ashton 2008-2010 Director View profile
  48. Adrian Nicholas Thompson 2008-2020 Director View profile
  49. Woodburn, Elaine Margaret, Councillor 2008-2010 Director View profile
  50. Roxine Ann Beaumont-Sempill 2008-2012 Director View profile
  51. Moira Christine Swann 2008-2010 Director View profile
  52. Dr Lee Anthony Peck 2008-2013 Director View profile
  53. Jim Gibson 2008-2008 Director View profile
  54. Barrie Cooper 2008-2009 Director View profile
  55. Michael Farley 2008-2010 Director View profile
  56. Gillian Lora Tyler 2023-2025 Secretary View profile
  57. Laura Watson 2023-2023 Secretary View profile
  58. Caroline Stevenson 2020-2023 Secretary View profile
  59. Stephen Kingsley Lester 2015-2020 Secretary View profile
  60. Karen Anne Forsyth 2014-2015 Secretary View profile
  61. Samuel John Lyon 2008-2014 Secretary View profile
  62. Tom Pickthorn 2008-2008 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
23/06/2008
Registered office
Egremont
Previous names
West Lakes Multi Academy Trust (until 06/12/2022)
West Lakes Academy (until 05/06/2018)

Ownership

Owned by (7) 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.

  • Robert Andrew Bryson Higgins ceased 2018-10-29
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-06-01
  • Rick Wylie ceased 2018-06-01
    significant influence · notified 2018-06-01
  • Adrian Nicholas Thompson ceased 2018-06-01
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-06-01
  • Michelle Louise Pearse ceased 2019-02-13
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-06-01
  • Alyson Noreen Armett ceased 2023-09-01
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2020-12-14
  • Carole Samantha Twiselton ceased 2023-09-01
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-09-01
  • Michael John Waters ceased 2023-09-01
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • 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 - 3 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 3 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Changing Lives Learning Trust is controlled by Robert Andrew Bryson Higgins
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2018-06-01, ceased 2018-10-29 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Robert Andrew Bryson Higgins.

1 other company 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.

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

2.9y median 3.1y
average tenure
6.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

1
also govern a charity

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.

Health and social care 2Education 1Other services 1Professional services 1Retail and trade 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
06627459
Status
Active
Type
PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Accounts next due
31/05/2027
Edition
Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
Labels
Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.

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