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Central Region Schools Trust

Pre-primary education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 18

  1. Sumandeep Kaur Harris 2025-2026 Director View profile
  2. Nicole Riley 2022-2023 Director View profile
  3. Dominic James Bradley 2022-2023 Director View profile
  4. Mohammed Emtiyaz Raza Chowdhury 2020-2023 Director View profile
  5. Joanna Woodcock 2020-2024 Director View profile
  6. Wilfred Ganhu Chikowore 2019-2021 Director View profile
  7. John Gunter Howells 2019-2022 Director View profile
  8. Sarah Anne Bates 2018-2021 Director View profile
  9. Elizabeth Jayne Keates 2017-2025 Director View profile
  10. Catherine Atkinson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  11. John Stephenson 2016-2023 Director View profile
  12. Paul Nash 2016-2019 Director View profile
  13. Reverend William Thomas Adams 2014-2022 Director View profile
  14. Peter Redfern 2014-2017 Director View profile
  15. Alison Gwyneth Critchley 2012-2016 Director View profile
  16. Elizabeth Ruth Crockett 2012-2014 Director View profile
  17. Lorraine Faith Allen 2012-2016 Director View profile
  18. Jennie Homer 2022-2025 Secretary View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Pre-primary education; Primary education; General secondary education
Incorporated
02/08/2012
Registered office
Birmingham
Previous names
Central RSA Academies Trust (until 09/08/2021)
Redditch RSA Academies Trust (until 24/08/2017)

Ownership

Owned by (4) 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.

Group

  1. Central Region Schools Trust is controlled by Eric Leslie Griffiths
    Evidence
    ceased significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2018-11-28 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Eric Leslie Griffiths.

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

9 grants · £1,051,853 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

  • Department for Education · £1,042,139 (8 grants)
  • The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,714

Most recent

  • Department for Education £40,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Education £40,0002020-04-01
  • Department for Education £99,7502020-04-01
  • Department for Education £740,2232020-04-01
  • The National Lottery Community Fund £9,7142019-10-11

Contracts awarded

1 contract

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.

9 directors on the board

5y median 3.5y
average tenure
13.9y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (2)

0
also govern a charity

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.

Education 1Finance 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
08166526
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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