The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 12th July 2026

The Ascent Academies' Trust

Company 08098007 Active

Company details

Number08098007
StatusActive
TypePRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
Incorporated08/06/2012
Address6 DEFENDER COURT, SUNDERLAND ENTERPRISE PARK, SUNDERLAND, TYNE & WEAR, SR5 3PE
Accounts next due31/05/2027
Accounts last made up31/08/2025

Industry (SIC)

85100 - Pre-primary education85200 - Primary education85310 - General secondary education85410 - Post-secondary non-tertiary education

Ownership - persons with significant control (4)


  • Miss Valerie Milnes ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Dame Dela Smith ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%
  • Mr Colin Short ceased British
    voting rights 25-50%

Officers (51)

  • Hargreaves, Rachel Louise Director · appointed 2025
  • Mccourt, Bryan Director · appointed 2024
  • Field, Tracey Anne Director · appointed 2024
  • MEE, Pamela Director · appointed 2023
  • Smith, Heidi Louise Director · appointed 2023
  • Martin-Denham, Sarah Louise Director · appointed 2023
  • Marshall, Alison Secretary · appointed 2022
  • Aitchison, Pauline Ann Director · appointed 2021
  • Stevens, Katie Director · appointed 2020
  • Green, Caroline Maria Director · appointed 2020
  • Hudspeth, Nadine Renae Director · appointed 2017
  • Watson, Patricia Lynn Director · appointed 2017
  • Stephenson, Andrew John Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2024
  • Bowman, Gillian Former Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
  • Duffield, Kathryn Jayne Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
  • Lawton, Kelly Ann Former Director · appointed 2021 · resigned 2022
  • Raine, Karen Former Secretary · appointed 2021 · resigned 2021
  • Redford, Ian Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2021
  • Kirkbride, Gregory Former Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
  • Todd, Debbie Former Secretary · appointed 2020 · resigned 2020
  • Smith, Dela, Dame Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2020
  • Jobes, Graeme Andrew Former Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2024
  • Steele, Scott Michael Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Barker, David Edward Former Director · appointed 2018 · resigned 2020
  • Whorlton, Rachael Anne Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2021
  • Morgan, Carolyn Former Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2024
  • Duncan, Jennifer Anne Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
  • Morris, Maureen Colquhoun Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Armstrong, Kathryn Former Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2018
  • Blair, Susan Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2018
  • Makin, Paul Anthony Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Hurn OBE, Nicholas Simon Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Wright, Paul Richard Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Barkley, Kate Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2016
  • Patel, Rohit Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2019
  • Clelland, Lesley Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2017
  • Quinn, Michelle Former Director · appointed 2015 · resigned 2015
  • Graham, Helen Anne Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2015
  • Ramsay, Nicola Former Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2014
  • Little, Michael Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Stores, Amanda Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2015
  • Torgersen, June Haldane Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • Short, Colin Former Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2016
  • Mulhern, Paula Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Reed, Ian Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Shillinglaw, Graeme Alexander Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Barker, Carolyn Margaret Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Carson, Melanie Jayne Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2015
  • Elliott, Dorothy Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2013
  • Ward Hadaway Company Secretarial Services Limited Former Corporate-secretary · appointed 2012 · resigned 2014
  • Milnes, Valerie Former Director · appointed 2012 · resigned 2023

Directors and officers on the Companies House record, current and former.

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