Heart Academies Trust
Company 06969741 Active
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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
6.1y median 5.2y
average tenure
16.6y
longest tenure
4
directors past 6 years
6 vs 2 portfolio
first-time directors
1
also govern a charity
1
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.
Professional services 3Business services 1Education 1Other 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
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Related organisations iRelated organisationsCompanies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
- The Harpur Trust 1 shared director
- Linbert Spencer Consultancy Limited 1 shared director
- Emcc UK 1 shared director
- KAN Ventures LTD 1 shared director
- Plain Sailing Investments Limited 1 shared director
- The Centre for Inclusive Leadership LTD 1 shared director
Companies whose board overlaps with this one through the same people. Deterministic, from public records.
Schools in this trust (6)
- Bedford Academy Bedford
- Cauldwell School Bedford
- Goldington Green Academy Bedford
- Shackleton Primary School Bedford
- Shortstown Primary School Bedford
- Wilstead Primary School Bedford
Compiled from DfE governance records - an inferred connection, not an official Charity Commission or Companies House link.
Company details
| Number | 06969741 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 22/07/2009 |
| Address | BEDFORD ACADEMY, MILE ROAD, BEDFORD, MK42 9TR |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/08/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
85200 - Primary education85310 - General secondary education
Ownership - persons with significant control (3)
- The Harpur Trust
ownership of shares 75-100% - Mr David Alexander Hoare ceased 2025 British
voting rights 25-50% - Mr Richard Cockroft Wilkinson ceased 2025 British
voting rights 25-50%
Officers (50)
- Jennie Bayliss Director · appointed 2026
- John Fordham Director · appointed 2024
- David Atter Director · appointed 2024
- Eleanor Graham-Law Director · appointed 2023
- David Alexander Hoare Director · appointed 2019
- Joanne Webster Director · appointed 2017
- Linbert Soloman Spencer Director · appointed 2017
- Susan Clark Director · appointed 2009
Show 42 former officers
- Harkanwal Nuttall Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2025
- Lorraine Macdonald Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2023
- Susan Lousada Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
- LEE, Alan, Dr Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
- Sarah Louise Graham Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2024
- Christopher Rooke Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
- Kevin Neil Binley Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
- Rebecca Jarrett Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2021
- Denise Yvonne Rostron Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
- Victoria Jane Green Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
- Hudson-Glynn, Kate Joanne, Dr Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
- Steven Leslie Mclellan Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2017
- Harriett Jane Mather Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
- Steven Leslie Mclellan Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
- Diana Parton Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2018
- David Wilson Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2019
- Simon Forbes Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Alistair Melvill Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
- Emma Orr Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2017
- Patricia Jones Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2014
- Ian Michael Pryce Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2014
- Hanif Mohamed Said Patel Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2019
- James Ernest Boys Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
- Regena Sparkes Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2014
- Emma Lowe Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
- Mary Palmer Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2016
- Charles Baily Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2017
- Harvinda Kundi Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
- Rebecca Guynn Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2013
- Saima Ambreen Nasir Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2012
- Anthony Frederick Wildman Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2017
- Christine Ellen Highams Director · appointed 2010 · resigned 2010
- Linda Christine Hockey Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2012
- Claire Isobel Smith Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
- Christine Highams Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2017
- David Stuart Hodgson Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2011
- Natalie Louise Keeler Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2015
- Gail Lesley Cocozza Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Mayson, Stephen Wallace, Prof Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
- Mervyn Weeden Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2019
- David Kenneth Brownridge Director · appointed 2009 · resigned 2013
- Peter Charles Richard Milburn Secretary · appointed 2009 · resigned 2010
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