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Forest School Association
Forest School Association is an active UK company (number 08164851), incorporated 2012, with 8 current directors including Frances Harris and Ashley Sabrina Wilson. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Frances HarrisDirector · since 2026
- Ashley Sabrina WilsonDirector · since 2026
- Danielle EarleyDirector · since 2026
- James William TrotmanDirector · since 2026
- Richard Charles SmithDirector · since 2025
- Emma Ruth BriscoeDirector · since 2024
- Matthew Frederick HarderDirector · since 2020
- Elizabeth Adine Rowe- HorsemanDirector · since 2014
Previous officers 32
- Lorna Wyrill 2025-2026 View profile
- Emma Louise Lawson 2024-2025 View profile
- Laura Harvey 2024-2025 View profile
- Paul Andrew Moseley 2023-2024 View profile
- Carol Anne Middleton 2022-2024 View profile
- Lewis Ames 2020-2026 View profile
- Nigel James Beales 2020-2020 View profile
- Sarah Elizabeth Lawfull 2018-2025 View profile
- Francesca Signore 2018-2024 View profile
- Kathryn Barton 2016-2018 View profile
- Josephine Anne Phillips 2016-2022 View profile
- Seb Corrall 2015-2015 View profile
- Eleanor Jane Dolan 2015-2018 View profile
- Mike Flinn 2015-2015 View profile
- Darren Lewis 2015-2017 View profile
- Helen Frances Martin 2014-2016 View profile
- Dr Sara Ann Collins 2014-2022 View profile
- Robert Andrew Locke 2014-2016 View profile
- Beth Gardner 2013-2014 View profile
- Jane Acton 2013-2014 View profile
- Geoffrey Simon Mason 2013-2026 View profile
- Mike Murphy 2013-2014 View profile
- Adrian Nicholas Goodhand 2013-2015 View profile
- Chris Brunton 2013-2014 View profile
- Christopher Millet 2012-2016 View profile
- Sara Knight 2012-2013 View profile
- Aline Hill 2012-2015 View profile
- Sarah Jane Blackwell 2012-2013 View profile
- Susannah Claire Podmore 2012-2013 View profile
- Jonathan Noel Cree 2012-2022 View profile
- Louise Elizabeth Jacobs 2012-2024 View profile
- Clair Teresa Hobson 2012-2014 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/08/2012
- Also a registered charity
- Forest School Association
Financials
- Total assets
- £20,545
- Cash
- £20,471
- Employees
- 3
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Filed as Abridged accounts (unaudited).
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
Grants received
1 grant · £9,950 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
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,950
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.
4 directors on the board
- Matthew Frederick Harder Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Adine Rowe- Horseman Director · appointed 2014
- Emma Ruth Briscoe Director · appointed 2024
- Richard Charles Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Frances Harris Director · appointed 2026
- Ashley Sabrina Wilson Director · appointed 2026
- Danielle Earley Director · appointed 2026
- James William Trotman Director · appointed 2026
Directors past 6 years
- Matthew Frederick Harder Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Adine Rowe- Horseman Director · appointed 2014
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (3)
- Richard Charles Smith Director · appointed 2025
- Frances Harris Director · appointed 2026
- James William Trotman Director · appointed 2026
Portfolio (5)
- Matthew Frederick Harder Director · appointed 2020
- Elizabeth Adine Rowe- Horseman Director · appointed 2014
- Emma Ruth Briscoe Director · appointed 2024
- Ashley Sabrina Wilson Director · appointed 2026
- Danielle Earley Director · appointed 2026
Left in the last 12 months
- Lewis Ames Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2026
- Geoffrey Simon Mason Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2026
- Lorna Wyrill 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
- Several long-serving directors could step down together
- No director brings board experience from anywhere else
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: succession planning for long-tenured seats; a director with board experience elsewhere.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08164851
- 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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