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

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Previous officers 35

  1. Lisa Palmerfield 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Stuart William George Mason 2024-2025 Director View profile
  3. Sally Stewart 2018-2024 Director View profile
  4. Shaun Ronald Sibley 2018-2022 Director View profile
  5. Gary Brown 2017-2025 Director View profile
  6. Ronald Vernon 2016-2024 Director View profile
  7. Charlotte Bell 2013-2014 Director View profile
  8. Lisa Grinham 2013-2016 Director View profile
  9. Nigel Henry Bratt 2012-2018 Director View profile
  10. Edward Paul Stanley May 2012-2018 Director View profile
  11. Margaret Gomm 2011-2012 Director View profile
  12. Sarah Jane Preston 2011-2012 Director View profile
  13. Richard Forder-Denham 2011-2012 Director View profile
  14. Jack Whitehead 2011-2012 Director View profile
  15. Caroline Ruth O'Regan 2011-2012 Director View profile
  16. David Leslie Harris 2011-2012 Director View profile
  17. Simone Tracey Wootton 2011-2012 Director View profile
  18. Louise Mary Gudgeon 2011-2012 Director View profile
  19. Kathryn Rosalind Store 2011-2011 Director View profile
  20. Brian James Dimbleby 2011-2018 Director View profile
  21. Hazel Edwina Budge 2011-2011 Director View profile
  22. David John Butcher 2011-2012 Director View profile
  23. Robert John Bloomfield 2011-2011 Director View profile
  24. Karen Bailey 2011-2011 Director View profile
  25. Roy Thomas Bickley 2011-2012 Director View profile
  26. Deborah Ann Snell 2011-2012 Director View profile
  27. Dawn Beverley Alesbrook 2011-2012 Director View profile
  28. David James Savage 2011-2011 Director View profile
  29. Janette Kasperczyk 2011-2012 Director View profile
  30. Ian Rutherford 2011-2012 Director View profile
  31. Gordon Charles Hollyoake 2010-2012 Director View profile
  32. Philip Hamilton 2010-2018 Director View profile
  33. Alison Elizabeth Bardsley 2015-2023 Secretary View profile
  34. Nicola Denise Holland 2012-2015 Secretary View profile
  35. Jennifer Patricia Oskiera 2011-2012 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
17/12/2010

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

Group

  1. Community Academies Trust is controlled by Simon Atkins
    Evidence
    ceased 25-50% shares · notified 2018-01-18, ceased 2019-11-11 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Simon Atkins.

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.

Grants received

3 grants · £1,644,644 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 Education · £1,550,099
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £68,950
  • Sport England · £25,595

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £68,9502020-11-26
  • Department for Education £1,550,0992020-04-01
  • Sport England £25,5952019-02-14
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.

7 directors on the board

5.9y median 3.6y
average tenure
15.5y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (2)

0
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.

Finance 9Professional services 9Tech and media 6Other services 2Business 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.

Sources

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

Record details
Company number
07472736
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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