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Company · Benfleet

South Essex Academy Trust

Pre-primary education

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

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Previous officers 34

  1. Vanessa Carreras 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. June Murray 2024-2024 Director View profile
  3. Darren Stoner 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Simon James Frank Hayward 2021-2025 Director View profile
  5. Catherine Sarah Burnside 2020-2023 Director View profile
  6. Thomas Robert Brighton 2018-2019 Director View profile
  7. Julie Penelope Denham 2018-2019 Director View profile
  8. Jeffrey Robin Gritzman 2017-2018 Director View profile
  9. Dominic James Carver 2016-2024 Director View profile
  10. Crystal Louize Wiggs 2016-2018 Director View profile
  11. Vanessa Van Blerk 2015-2019 Director View profile
  12. Emma Jane Wigmore 2015-2016 Director View profile
  13. Tosca Elizabeth Boothman 2014-2020 Director View profile
  14. Vanessa Katie Van Blerk 2013-2014 Director View profile
  15. Nina Louise Maclean 2013-2014 Director View profile
  16. John Matthew Archer 2013-2014 Director View profile
  17. Maria Suzanne Hicks 2012-2014 Director View profile
  18. Paul Ronald Coleman 2011-2012 Director View profile
  19. Valerie Anne Hughes 2011-2014 Director View profile
  20. Emma Jane Warrington 2011-2014 Director View profile
  21. Lloyd Reynolds 2011-2012 Director View profile
  22. Norman William John Moore 2011-2014 Director View profile
  23. Darren James Stoner 2011-2016 Director View profile
  24. Diana Jane Sandell 2011-2013 Director View profile
  25. Catherine Anne Stalham 2011-2025 Director View profile
  26. Kerstie Metcalf 2011-2012 Director View profile
  27. Lynn Hackling 2011-2014 Director View profile
  28. Simon Phillip Harbrow 2011-2023 Director View profile
  29. Michael John Simmonds 2011-2020 Director View profile
  30. Catherine Barratt 2020-2024 Secretary View profile
  31. Sharon Lesley Littlejohn 2018-2020 Secretary View profile
  32. Helen Giles Norbury 2016-2018 Secretary View profile
  33. Stacey Ann Simson 2014-2016 Secretary View profile
  34. Carole Lynn Worrow 2011-2014 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Pre-primary education; Primary education
Incorporated
24/06/2011
Registered office
Benfleet
Previous names
Westwood Academy (until 07/10/2014)
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.

9 directors on the board

2.9y median 1.6y
average tenure
7.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

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.

Arts and leisure 3Education 1Professional 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

  • 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
07681226
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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