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The Forest School Academy Trust
General secondary education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Michael NoakDirector · since 2025
- Sian Sarah Eileen LindsayDirector · since 2025
- Steve WelchDirector · since 2023
- Hannah O'NeillDirector · since 2022
- Kley VisentinDirector · since 2022
- Safeena TufailDirector · since 2022
- Sonja AllenDirector · since 2021
- Peter David ChristmasDirector · since 2021
- Karyn CloseDirector · since 2019
- Mary KeenanDirector · since 2019
- Shirley Margaret AustinDirector · since 2017
- Alison LovlandDirector · since 2016
- Jaqueline Anne BlaneySecretary · since 2013
Previous officers 43
- Matthew Andrew Pulford 2025-2025 View profile
- Sally Ann Ockwell 2023-2025 View profile
- Zsuzsi Page 2023-2025 View profile
- Claire Farr 2023-2025 View profile
- Eslam Younis 2022-2023 View profile
- Clare Davis 2021-2022 View profile
- Vanessa Eleanor Lobato 2021-2022 View profile
- James Eaglesham 2018-2021 View profile
- Ben Alexander Roberts 2018-2022 View profile
- Richard John Baden 2017-2020 View profile
- Stuart David Baddeley 2016-2019 View profile
- Daniel Lovell 2016-2017 View profile
- Sylvie Lisette Roland De Groote 2016-2017 View profile
- Barrie Gordon Callender 2016-2017 View profile
- Rebecca Margaret Portsmouth 2016-2017 View profile
- Bill Hicks 2016-2019 View profile
- Alison Southard 2015-2017 View profile
- Richard Bungay 2015-2016 View profile
- Carol Gillian Ryall 2015-2015 View profile
- Sarah Swindley 2014-2017 View profile
- Raa Marchant 2014-2015 View profile
- Mary Catherine Sandell 2014-2017 View profile
- Mario Miccoli 2014-2018 View profile
- John Bertram Crouch 2013-2015 View profile
- Richard Sedgwick 2013-2025 View profile
- David Charles Auger 2013-2024 View profile
- Alan William Crawford 2013-2015 View profile
- Phiala Mehring 2013-2016 View profile
- Elizabeth Jane Melizan 2013-2014 View profile
- Prudence Bray 2013-2022 View profile
- Glenn Anthony Duggleby 2013-2015 View profile
- Sarah Whitethread 2013-2013 View profile
- Claire Anne Brown 2013-2014 View profile
- Sian Elizabeth Breidenstein 2013-2015 View profile
- Anna Pauline Mcmenamin 2013-2022 View profile
- Sara Searle 2013-2015 View profile
- James Peter Lole 2013-2015 View profile
- Jon Spaul 2013-2014 View profile
- Raminder Paul Singh Phull 2013-2015 View profile
- Sheldon Harrison 2013-2013 View profile
- Keith Quine 2013-2014 View profile
- Michael Henry Moore 2013-2013 View profile
- Paul Jeremy Dane 2013-2015 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- General secondary education
- Incorporated
- 10/06/2013
- Registered office
- Wokingham
Ownership
Owned by (2) 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.
- Alison Lovland
appoints directors, appoints directors (trust) · notified 2022-02-10 - Anna Pauline Mcmenamin ceased 2022-02-10
significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-13
Group
- The Forest School Academy Trust
is controlled by Alison Lovland
Evidence
active appoints directors, appoints directors (trust) · notified 2022-02-10 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Alison Lovland.
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.
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.
12 directors on the board
- Sonja Allen Director · appointed 2021
- Mary Keenan Director · appointed 2019
- Alison Lovland Director · appointed 2016
- Karyn Close Director · appointed 2019
- Hannah O'Neill Director · appointed 2022
- Shirley Margaret Austin Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Noak Director · appointed 2025
- Peter David Christmas Director · appointed 2021
- Sian Sarah Eileen Lindsay Director · appointed 2025
- Steve Welch Director · appointed 2023
- Kley Visentin Director · appointed 2022
- Safeena Tufail Director · appointed 2022
Directors past 6 years
- Mary Keenan Director · appointed 2019
- Alison Lovland Director · appointed 2016
- Karyn Close Director · appointed 2019
- Shirley Margaret Austin Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (9)
- Sonja Allen Director · appointed 2021
- Mary Keenan Director · appointed 2019
- Alison Lovland Director · appointed 2016
- Karyn Close Director · appointed 2019
- Hannah O'Neill Director · appointed 2022
- Shirley Margaret Austin Director · appointed 2017
- Michael Noak Director · appointed 2025
- Steve Welch Director · appointed 2023
- Safeena Tufail Director · appointed 2022
Portfolio (3)
- Peter David Christmas Director · appointed 2021
- Sian Sarah Eileen Lindsay Director · appointed 2025
- Kley Visentin Director · appointed 2022
Left in the last 12 months
- Matthew Andrew Pulford Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Richard Sedgwick Director · appointed 2013 · resigned 2025
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
- Narrow spread of sectors across the board
Where to look Suggested search: directors from a wider range of sectors.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 08563159
- 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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