Company
Great OAK Multi Academy Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- John Charles BurwoodDirector · since 2025
- Neil Stephen Richard GregoryDirector · since 2025
- Rev Linda Anne SebbageDirector · since 2025
- Katherine Jane PorchDirector · since 2023
- Dr Wassim Javade MughalDirector · since 2023
- Elizabeth Jayne BarkerDirector · since 2022
- Gary BennDirector · since 2017
- Sarah MitchellDirector · since 2016
- Helen EdwardsSecretary · since 2023
Previous officers 27
- Catherine Margaret Blostone 2024-2025 View profile
- Reverend John Saxon 2023-2023 View profile
- Paul Richard Charles Gray 2022-2025 View profile
- Alison Margaret Meadows 2021-2024 View profile
- Liam John Tobin 2019-2022 View profile
- John Mackinnon Luke 2017-2021 View profile
- John Andrew Armour 2017-2022 View profile
- Melissa June Challinor 2017-2022 View profile
- Joanna Louise Grandfield 2017-2017 View profile
- Nicholas George Edward Rowe 2016-2016 View profile
- Adele Louise Peters 2016-2016 View profile
- Amy Sargeant 2016-2016 View profile
- Victor Rust 2015-2016 View profile
- David John Boatman 2015-2020 View profile
- Janet Menell 2015-2016 View profile
- Alastair Neil Blythe 2015-2016 View profile
- Lisa Jane Jeremy 2015-2018 View profile
- Andrew James Taylor 2015-2023 View profile
- Jennifer Fullerty 2015-2016 View profile
- Rev Jeremy Parsons 2014-2016 View profile
- Michael Johnson 2013-2016 View profile
- Fiona Keys 2013-2016 View profile
- Jamie Fraser 2012-2015 View profile
- Natalie Starbuck 2011-2016 View profile
- Reverend Christopher Warren 2011-2013 View profile
- Barbara Marie Susan Benn 2017-2023 View profile
- Alison Daltrey 2011-2017 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 09/09/2011
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.
- Andrew James Taylor ceased 2023-09-05
25-50% voting, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Sarah Mitchell ceased 2020-10-23
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-09-01 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Elizabeth Jayne Barker ceased 2026-02-09
25-50% voting, significant influence (trust) · notified 2023-09-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Group
- Great OAK Multi Academy Trust
is controlled by Andrew James Taylor
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting, significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-09-01, ceased 2023-09-05 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Andrew James Taylor.
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
5 grants · £49,400 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
- Essex Community Foundation · £39,400 (4 grants)
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £10,000
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
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.
8 directors on the board
- Katherine Jane Porch Director · appointed 2023
- Elizabeth Jayne Barker Director · appointed 2022
- Dr Wassim Javade Mughal Director · appointed 2023
- John Charles Burwood Director · appointed 2025
- Neil Stephen Richard Gregory Director · appointed 2025
- Gary Benn Director · appointed 2017
- Rev Linda Anne Sebbage Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Mitchell Director · appointed 2016
Directors past 6 years
- Gary Benn Director · appointed 2017
- Sarah Mitchell Director · appointed 2016
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Katherine Jane Porch Director · appointed 2023
- Elizabeth Jayne Barker Director · appointed 2022
- John Charles Burwood Director · appointed 2025
- Gary Benn Director · appointed 2017
- Rev Linda Anne Sebbage Director · appointed 2025
- Sarah Mitchell Director · appointed 2016
Portfolio (2)
- Dr Wassim Javade Mughal Director · appointed 2023
- Neil Stephen Richard Gregory Director · appointed 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 07769026
- 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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