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Keystone Academy Trust

Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 44

  1. Elaine Crane 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Matthew Paul Phillips 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. Steven Lee Coleby 2023-2023 Director View profile
  4. Sophie Charlotte Cook 2022-2024 Director View profile
  5. Adam Jon Knowles 2021-2022 Director View profile
  6. Richard Monkhouse 2019-2023 Director View profile
  7. Janet Rosemary Macphee 2019-2023 Director View profile
  8. Sarah Louise Sharpe 2019-2022 Director View profile
  9. Nigel Anthony Smith 2019-2021 Director View profile
  10. Matthew Paul Fleming 2018-2019 Director View profile
  11. Julie Irene Harrison 2017-2023 Director View profile
  12. Miranda Emilie Elizabeth Preston 2017-2018 Director View profile
  13. Richard Harold Mosley 2016-2019 Director View profile
  14. Sheila Ellis Medina 2016-2019 Director View profile
  15. Philip Smith 2015-2019 Director View profile
  16. Michael Green 2015-2019 Director View profile
  17. Gillian Goodwin 2015-2019 Director View profile
  18. Nigel Guy Lindley 2015-2019 Director View profile
  19. Angela Higgs 2015-2017 Director View profile
  20. Rachel Louise Green 2014-2016 Director View profile
  21. Richard Anthony Jones 2013-2017 Director View profile
  22. Stephen Richard Jackson 2013-2019 Director View profile
  23. Craig Charles Prestidge 2013-2014 Director View profile
  24. Mark David Rainbow 2013-2020 Director View profile
  25. Bernardine Harrison 2012-2016 Director View profile
  26. Elaine Margaret Radley 2012-2019 Director View profile
  27. Nicholas Robert Chandler 2012-2014 Director View profile
  28. Catherine Helen Mellor 2011-2012 Director View profile
  29. Neil Fowkes 2011-2012 Director View profile
  30. Timothy Hugh Gerard Bright 2011-2012 Director View profile
  31. Rebecca Bage 2011-2012 Director View profile
  32. John Henry Freear 2011-2019 Director View profile
  33. Tracey Thorne 2011-2012 Director View profile
  34. Lorna Clayden 2011-2013 Director View profile
  35. Neal, Linda Mary, Councillor Mrs 2011-2014 Director View profile
  36. Sarah Ann Gutteridge 2011-2015 Director View profile
  37. Claire Everist 2011-2016 Director View profile
  38. Ivan John Stephen Fuller 2011-2016 Director View profile
  39. Robin Lee Immink 2011-2020 Director View profile
  40. Richard Scott 2011-2012 Director View profile
  41. Ian Michael Cappitt 2011-2014 Director View profile
  42. Timothy Guy Arthur Robinson 2011-2016 Director View profile
  43. Kirsty Louise Bryant 2019-2023 Secretary View profile
  44. Alison Jean Smith 2011-2019 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

Incorporated
27/09/2011

Ownership

Owned by (7) 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.

  • Elizabeth Ann Ashman Nicholson
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-09-01
  • Richard Anthony Jones ceased 2017-02-07
    25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Angela Higgs ceased 2017-03-21
    25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Nigel Guy Lindley ceased 2019-08-31
    25-50% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
  • Michael Green ceased 2019-08-31
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-10-04 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Colin John Pattison ceased 2019-08-31
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2017-10-03
  • William Michael Phelan ceased 2022-12-05
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-09-01
  • Possible match - 138 people share this nameiPossible matchThis PSC filing could not be confirmed to one individual - 138 people share this name on the public record. Not shown as confirmed ownership.

Group

  1. Keystone Academy Trust is controlled by Elizabeth Ann Ashman Nicholson
    Evidence
    active significant influence (trust) · notified 2019-09-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Elizabeth Ann Ashman Nicholson.

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

13 grants · £341,356 total

360Giving 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

Most recent

Contracts awarded

1 contract · £1,750,000 total

From 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

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.

7 directors on the board

3.9y median 3.4y
average tenure
6.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (2)

Portfolio (5)

1
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.

Business services 1Education 1Professional services 1Property 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

  • 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
07788995
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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