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Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust

Primary education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 27

  1. Michelle Shotton 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. James Ian Mearns 2025-2025 Director View profile
  3. Helen Doris Keough 2023-2024 Director View profile
  4. Kirsty Hutchinson 2023-2024 Director View profile
  5. Patricia Bernadette Witte 2023-2025 Director View profile
  6. Steven Horne 2022-2023 Director View profile
  7. Reverend Colm Martin Hayden 2021-2024 Director View profile
  8. Claire Reid 2020-2023 Director View profile
  9. Michelle Harrison 2019-2023 Director View profile
  10. Millward, Mark Anthony, Father 2019-2021 Director View profile
  11. Ian Mearns 2019-2023 Director View profile
  12. Kelly, John, Father 2018-2019 Director View profile
  13. Duffy, Anthony, Father 2018-2019 Director View profile
  14. James Sinclair 2017-2019 Director View profile
  15. Martin Gannon 2017-2026 Director View profile
  16. Maria Elliott 2017-2019 Director View profile
  17. Peter Cantwell 2017-2023 Director View profile
  18. Edward Thompson 2015-2019 Director View profile
  19. Judith Anne Lawson 2014-2019 Director View profile
  20. Grainne Magella Bolton 2014-2019 Director View profile
  21. Gavin John Thompson 2014-2016 Director View profile
  22. Thomas Graham 2011-2019 Director View profile
  23. Michael Leslie Stuart 2011-2018 Director View profile
  24. Anthony Austin Duffy 2011-2013 Director View profile
  25. Nicholas Simon Hurn OBE 2011-2019 Director View profile
  26. Jennifer Anne Margaret Mckeague 2011-2019 Director View profile
  27. Carmel Pinnock 2011-2015 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education; General secondary education
Incorporated
22/12/2011
Registered office
Sunderland
Previous names
The Trinity Catholic Multi Academy Trust (until 05/05/2020)
Cardinal Hume Catholic School (until 24/04/2016)

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.

  • Thomas Graham ceased 2019-07-01
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
  • Nicholas Simon Hurn OBE ceased 2019-07-01
    significant influence · notified 2016-04-06
  • Jeffrey Ledger ceased 2020-04-01
    significant influence, significant influence (trust), significant influence (firm) · notified 2017-05-25
  • Peter Leighton ceased 2024-10-26
    appoints directors, appoints directors (trust), appoints directors (firm) · notified 2023-01-09
  • Deborah Marie Fox ceased 2023-12-31
    significant influence · notified 2023-02-09
  • Fiona Standfield ceased 2024-11-26
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-09-01
  • Catherine Margaret Craig ceased 2024-11-26
    significant influence (trust) · notified 2024-09-01

Group

  1. Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust is controlled by Thomas Graham
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2019-07-01 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Thomas Graham.

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

1 grant · £7,900 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

  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £7,900

Most recent

  • The National Lottery Community Fund £7,9002014-12-17

Contracts awarded

4 contracts · £8,170,736 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.

8 directors on the board

4.1y median 3.2y
average tenure
11.7y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (5)

Portfolio (3)

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.

Property 4Education 2Finance 2Tech and media 2Arts and leisure 1Health and social care 1Other 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.

Sources

Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.

Record details
Company number
07890590
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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