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Ascend Learning Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Daniel Paul ComberDirector · since 2026
- Heather Jane RidgusDirector · since 2026
- Martyn Paul CooperDirector · since 2025
- Hazel CrossDirector · since 2025
- Kate Rachel BarrowDirector · since 2025
- Stephen Andrew VeghDirector · since 2024
- Nicholas Martin Adams-NelDirector · since 2023
- Peter SharpDirector · since 2023
- Jane Alison ColeyDirector · since 2023
- Jonathan GibsonDirector · since 2023
Previous officers 56
- Andrew James Plaister Barrow 2024-2025 View profile
- Elspeth Wendy Felicity Dickinss 2023-2025 View profile
- Colin David Ralph 2023-2023 View profile
- Simon Edward Guy Williams 2023-2025 View profile
- Andy Gordon Simpson 2021-2023 View profile
- Sue Victory 2021-2023 View profile
- Euan Black 2021-2025 View profile
- Enam Ul Hague Chowdhury 2020-2021 View profile
- Christopher Charles Allen 2020-2021 View profile
- Stanley Vernon Backhouse 2020-2021 View profile
- Carolyn Cameron 2020-2025 View profile
- Tracey Anne Miles 2019-2024 View profile
- Mark John Hopkins 2019-2021 View profile
- Nathan John Coombs 2019-2024 View profile
- David Shurland Clarke 2017-2020 View profile
- Jane Helen Hext 2017-2020 View profile
- Enam-Ul Haque Chowdhury 2016-2017 View profile
- Melanie Jade Warwick 2016-2017 View profile
- Justine Julie Doidge 2016-2017 View profile
- Olivia Jane Thomas 2016-2017 View profile
- Emily Louise Nash 2016-2017 View profile
- Melanie Hopkins 2016-2017 View profile
- Johnathan Dudley Bourne 2015-2020 View profile
- Karen Hanks 2015-2016 View profile
- Bradley John Hill 2015-2015 View profile
- Sharon Jane Lazenby 2014-2017 View profile
- Peter Dennis Corrie 2014-2015 View profile
- Adam James Brian Mills 2014-2015 View profile
- Darius Stanley Erry 2013-2015 View profile
- Dr Esther Elizabeth Wilkinson 2013-2015 View profile
- Lindsay Allen 2013-2019 View profile
- Karl Wright 2012-2014 View profile
- Louise Mary Warwick 2012-2018 View profile
- Gillian Frances Campbell 2012-2018 View profile
- Marion Sweet 2011-2021 View profile
- Richard Alan Hunt 2011-2012 View profile
- Woodhouse, Thomas Mark Bews, Canon 2011-2013 View profile
- Clive Graham Parkinson 2011-2015 View profile
- Mollie Eileen May Groom 2011-2014 View profile
- Tristan Michael Foot 2011-2020 View profile
- Susan Patricia Finegan 2011-2013 View profile
- George Andrew Croxford 2011-2023 View profile
- Colin Jones 2011-2012 View profile
- Timothy Michael Upham 2011-2015 View profile
- Andrew James Mcfarlane 2011-2016 View profile
- Simon John Hannam Wright 2011-2017 View profile
- Nigel Gordon Jobbins 2011-2013 View profile
- Andrew David Bacon 2011-2013 View profile
- Peter James Sheppard 2011-2015 View profile
- James Ernest Miller 2011-2014 View profile
- Angela Bell 2011-2014 View profile
- Philip David Rex Tanner 2011-2014 View profile
- David John Gardner 2011-2015 View profile
- Malcolm Wilford 2011-2012 View profile
- Susan Karen Brobyn 2021-2024 View profile
- Jonathan Andrew Stewart 2021-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 18/03/2011
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above Ascend Learning Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
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
9 grants · £268,359 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
- Pears Foundation · £238,809 (7 grants)
- Pears Foundation · £21,300
- Department of Health and Social Care · £8,250
Most recent
- Department of Health and Social Care
Contracts awarded
1 contract · £1,390,000 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
- TEACHING PERSONNEL LIMITED · £1,390,000
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.
10 directors on the board
- Peter Sharp Director · appointed 2023
- Heather Jane Ridgus Director · appointed 2026
- Daniel Paul Comber Director · appointed 2026
- Nicholas Martin Adams-Nel Director · appointed 2023
- Hazel Cross Director · appointed 2025
- Stephen Andrew Vegh Director · appointed 2024
- Martyn Paul Cooper Director · appointed 2025
- Jonathan Gibson Director · appointed 2023
- Kate Rachel Barrow Director · appointed 2025
- Jane Alison Coley Director · appointed 2023
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Heather Jane Ridgus Director · appointed 2026
- Daniel Paul Comber Director · appointed 2026
- Hazel Cross Director · appointed 2025
- Stephen Andrew Vegh Director · appointed 2024
- Martyn Paul Cooper Director · appointed 2025
- Kate Rachel Barrow Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (4)
- Peter Sharp Director · appointed 2023
- Nicholas Martin Adams-Nel Director · appointed 2023
- Jonathan Gibson Director · appointed 2023
- Jane Alison Coley Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Andrew James Plaister Barrow Director · appointed 2024 · resigned 2025
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07569743
- 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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