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The Gorse Academies Trust

Primary education

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

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Previous officers 17

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Andrew Brian 2025-2026 Director View profile
Jon Fyffe 2024-2026 Director View profile
James Pirie 2022-2024 Director View profile
Brian Christopher Deane 2022-2024 Director View profile
Paul Forbes OBE 2020-2024 Director View profile
Janice Boucher 2016-2022 Director View profile
Professor Christopher Andrew Gorse 2016-2020 Director View profile
Richard West 2015-2021 Director View profile
Victoria Jane Avison 2015-2015 Director View profile
Peter John Gruen 2013-2021 Director View profile
Stephen Rasal 2012-2014 Director View profile
Tracy Latham 2012-2020 Director View profile
Robert Donald Greaves 2012-2015 Director View profile
Andrew Micklefield 2010-2016 Director View profile
David Steven Morgan 2010-2023 Director View profile
Michael Terrence Elliott 2010-2022 Director View profile
Judith Shore 2010-2022 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: 09/12/2010
Registered office: Leeds
Previous names: MHS Education (until 06/09/2012)

Grants received

3 grants · £42,329 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

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £24,700
Sport England · £17,629 (2 grants)

Most recent

Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £24,7002020-11-30
Sport England £9,3172019-08-07
Sport England £8,3122013-04-24

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.

11 directors on the board

Richard Jarvis Director · appointed 2020
Tracey Thomas-Marshall Director · appointed 2020
Susan Ada Slee Director · appointed 2015
Ryan Stephenson Director · appointed 2020
Jonathan Neil Fyffe Director · appointed 2026
Adam Robert Cockroft Director · appointed 2025
Anne Mcavan Director · appointed 2016
Steve Hall Director · appointed 2019
Comfort Louise Banahene Director · appointed 2020
John Arthur Townsley Director · appointed 2010
Andrew Fox Director · appointed 2025

6.4y median 5.9y

average tenure

15.6y

longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

Richard Jarvis Director · appointed 2020
Tracey Thomas-Marshall Director · appointed 2020
Susan Ada Slee Director · appointed 2015
Ryan Stephenson Director · appointed 2020
Anne Mcavan Director · appointed 2016
Steve Hall Director · appointed 2019
Comfort Louise Banahene Director · appointed 2020
John Arthur Townsley Director · appointed 2010

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Richard Jarvis Director · appointed 2020
Tracey Thomas-Marshall Director · appointed 2020
Susan Ada Slee Director · appointed 2015
Anne Mcavan Director · appointed 2016
Steve Hall Director · appointed 2019
John Arthur Townsley Director · appointed 2010
Andrew Fox Director · appointed 2025

Portfolio (4)

Ryan Stephenson Director · appointed 2020
Jonathan Neil Fyffe Director · appointed 2026
Adam Robert Cockroft Director · appointed 2025
Comfort Louise Banahene Director · appointed 2020

also govern a charity

Left in the last 12 months

Jon Fyffe Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2026
Andrew Brian Director · appointed 2025 · 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.

Arts and leisure 1Education 1Professional services 1Property 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: 07465701
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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