Company
Mersey View Learning Trust
Mersey View Learning Trust is an active UK company (number 07761675), incorporated 2011, with 9 current directors including James Martin Melia and Rachel Goodwin. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- James Martin MeliaDirector · since 2025
- Rachel GoodwinDirector · since 2025
- Emma GregoryDirector · since 2025
- Rosanna StanleyDirector · since 2025
- Mark DaleDirector · since 2024
- David HirdDirector · since 2016
- Stephen Peter CowperthwaiteDirector · since 2016
- Janet Elizabeth VicaryDirector · since 2014
- Paul HorwoodDirector · since 2012
- Mel WrightSecretary · since 2025
Previous officers 41
- Jacqui Patterson 2025-2026 View profile
- Maria Moss 2024-2024 View profile
- David Michael Hughes 2024-2024 View profile
- Moira Loftus 2024-2025 View profile
- Thomas Michael Wafer 2023-2024 View profile
- Jane Cavanagh 2023-2024 View profile
- Ruth Baldwin 2023-2024 View profile
- David Wright 2023-2024 View profile
- Amanda Margaret Parker 2022-2024 View profile
- Craig Metcalfe 2021-2024 View profile
- Stephanie Leach 2021-2024 View profile
- Victoria Ellis- Jones 2021-2022 View profile
- Kevin Michael Sexton 2020-2024 View profile
- Gary Michael Young 2019-2024 View profile
- Kerrie Elizabeth Beirne 2019-2025 View profile
- Matthew Calveley 2019-2022 View profile
- Thomas David Williams 2019-2023 View profile
- Gemma Louise Quinn 2019-2023 View profile
- Catherine Jane Fisher 2018-2019 View profile
- Diane Elizabeth Mccann 2018-2022 View profile
- Claire Rebecca Mcdonough 2017-2018 View profile
- Patricia Anne Morris 2017-2018 View profile
- Jeffrey William Bee 2017-2019 View profile
- Charlotte Bowers 2015-2019 View profile
- Belinda Louise Mcguiness 2014-2017 View profile
- Collette Marie Griffiths 2014-2016 View profile
- Leonie Therese Williams 2013-2022 View profile
- Andrew Stuart Groves 2013-2017 View profile
- Joanne Nelson 2013-2017 View profile
- Lisa Jane De Giorgi 2012-2016 View profile
- Alan Sandland 2012-2016 View profile
- Simon Neil Penney 2011-2019 View profile
- Graham Alan Winckles 2011-2016 View profile
- Thomas Aquinas John Battersby 2011-2018 View profile
- Gary John Davies 2011-2016 View profile
- Derek Raymond Mcloughlin 2011-2019 View profile
- Jane Cavanagh 2024-2025 View profile
- Sally-Ann Smith 2019-2025 View profile
- Jacqueline Crampton 2018-2019 View profile
- Julie Ellen Fowler 2015-2018 View profile
- Linda Caroline Dalton 2011-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 05/09/2011
Ownership
Owned by (8) 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.
- Simon Neil Penney ceased 2016-11-07
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Belinda Louise Mcguiness ceased 2016-11-07
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Janet Elizabeth Vicary ceased 2016-11-07
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - Janet Elizabeth Vicary ceased 2020-01-01
25-50% voting · notified 2017-11-16 - Simon Neil Penney ceased 2019-12-31
25-50% voting · notified 2017-11-16 - Leonie Therese Williams ceased 2020-01-01
25-50% voting · notified 2017-11-16 - Paul Horwood ceased 2020-01-01
25-50% voting · notified 2018-11-27 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Kevin Michael Sexton ceased 2020-01-01
25-50% voting · notified 2020-01-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Mersey View Learning Trust
is controlled by Simon Neil Penney
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2016-11-07 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Simon Neil Penney.
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.
Contracts awarded
1 contract · £240,000 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
- Unknown supplier · £240,000
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.
9 directors on the board
- Rosanna Stanley Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Gregory Director · appointed 2025
- Janet Elizabeth Vicary Director · appointed 2014
- Mark Dale Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Horwood Director · appointed 2012
- David Hird Director · appointed 2016
- Stephen Peter Cowperthwaite Director · appointed 2016
- James Martin Melia Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Goodwin Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Janet Elizabeth Vicary Director · appointed 2014
- Paul Horwood Director · appointed 2012
- David Hird Director · appointed 2016
- Stephen Peter Cowperthwaite Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Rosanna Stanley Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Gregory Director · appointed 2025
- Janet Elizabeth Vicary Director · appointed 2014
- Mark Dale Director · appointed 2024
- Paul Horwood Director · appointed 2012
- David Hird Director · appointed 2016
- James Martin Melia Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Goodwin Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (1)
- Stephen Peter Cowperthwaite Director · appointed 2016
Left in the last 12 months
- Jacqui Patterson 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.
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
- 07761675
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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