Company · Huntingdon
Meridian Trust
Pre-primary education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jacqueline Rose HallDirector · since 2026
- Ian Edward HerbertDirector · since 2026
- Julie Forsyth BuchananDirector · since 2025
- Robert Page RobsonDirector · since 2025
- Robert Stuart PlumblyDirector · since 2022
- Darren John WoodwardDirector · since 2022
- Mark Richard BedlowDirector · since 2021
- Judith Anne SalterDirector · since 2019
- Michael Brian GriffithsDirector · since 2019
- James William KennedyDirector · since 2017
- Paul Steven PhillipsonDirector · since 2011
- Mark Edward WoodsDirector · since 2011
- Shirley Marie JamiesonDirector · since 2011
- David Robert RuddyDirector · since 2011
- Helen Louise AndersonSecretary · since 2018
Previous officers 15
- Simon James Piers Evans-Evans 2022-2023 View profile
- Kevin Michael Barton 2022-2026 View profile
- Sean Patrick Hayes 2019-2023 View profile
- Neil Alexander Grimston 2016-2018 View profile
- Roger Moore 2015-2019 View profile
- Lesley Christine Birch 2014-2022 View profile
- Alan John Hardy 2013-2022 View profile
- Jane Sarah Handy 2012-2015 View profile
- John Hall 2011-2020 View profile
- Michael Bill Fox 2011-2016 View profile
- Grant John Bage 2011-2013 View profile
- Dr Andrew David Batey 2011-2011 View profile
- Mark Richard Squires 2011-2026 View profile
- Martin James Bacon 2011-2013 View profile
- Clive Nicholas Paskell 2011-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Pre-primary education; Primary education; General secondary education; Sports and recreation education
- Incorporated
- 04/03/2011
- Registered office
- Huntingdon
- Previous names
- Cambridge Meridian Academies Trust (until 11/03/2022)
Grants received
12 grants · £3,952,177 total360Giving 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 · £3,623,487 (3 grants)
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £178,000
- Sport England · £132,185 (5 grants)
- Cambridgeshire Community Foundation · £10,000 (2 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £8,505
Most recent
- Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy
- Department for Education
- Department for Education
Contracts awarded
2 contracts · £5,600,000 totalFrom 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
- VALUE MATCH SERVICES LTD · £5,600,000
- ASPIRE PEOPLE LIMITED · £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.
14 directors on the board
- Robert Page Robson Director · appointed 2025
- Judith Anne Salter Director · appointed 2019
- Paul Steven Phillipson Director · appointed 2011
- Michael Brian Griffiths Director · appointed 2019
- Robert Stuart Plumbly Director · appointed 2022
- Ian Edward Herbert Director · appointed 2026
- Shirley Marie Jamieson Director · appointed 2011
- Mark Edward Woods Director · appointed 2011
- Darren John Woodward Director · appointed 2022
- Jacqueline Rose Hall Director · appointed 2026
- David Robert Ruddy Director · appointed 2011
- Mark Richard Bedlow Director · appointed 2021
- Julie Forsyth Buchanan Director · appointed 2025
- James William Kennedy Director · appointed 2017
Directors past 6 years
- Judith Anne Salter Director · appointed 2019
- Paul Steven Phillipson Director · appointed 2011
- Michael Brian Griffiths Director · appointed 2019
- Shirley Marie Jamieson Director · appointed 2011
- Mark Edward Woods Director · appointed 2011
- David Robert Ruddy Director · appointed 2011
- James William Kennedy Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (5)
- Ian Edward Herbert Director · appointed 2026
- Darren John Woodward Director · appointed 2022
- Jacqueline Rose Hall Director · appointed 2026
- Mark Richard Bedlow Director · appointed 2021
- Julie Forsyth Buchanan Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (9)
- Robert Page Robson Director · appointed 2025
- Judith Anne Salter Director · appointed 2019
- Paul Steven Phillipson Director · appointed 2011
- Michael Brian Griffiths Director · appointed 2019
- Robert Stuart Plumbly Director · appointed 2022
- Shirley Marie Jamieson Director · appointed 2011
- Mark Edward Woods Director · appointed 2011
- David Robert Ruddy Director · appointed 2011
- James William Kennedy Director · appointed 2017
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Mark Richard Squires Director · appointed 2011 · resigned 2026
- Kevin Michael Barton Director · appointed 2022 · 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.
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
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07552498
- 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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