Company · Barnsley

First for Education Holdings Limited

Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.

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

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Who leads it

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William Luke Maddock 2024-2025 Director View profile
Andrew Paul Frome 2022-2024 Director View profile
Sheryl Dickens 2013-2022 Director View profile
Gregory Dickens 2013-2022 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does: Activities of other holding companies n.e.c.
Incorporated: 11/12/2013
Registered office: Barnsley

Ownership

Owned by (3) 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.

Gregory Dickens ceased 2022-06-30
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Sheryl Dickens ceased 2022-06-30
25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06
Operam Education Group Limited
75-100% shares, 75-100% voting, appoints directors · notified 2022-06-30

Group

First for Education Holdings Limited is controlled by Gregory Dickens
Evidence
ceased 25-50% shares, 25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2022-06-30 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Gregory Dickens.

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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.

2 directors on the board

Edward Patrick Austin Director · appointed 2022
Stuart John Macfarlane Dick Director · appointed 2025

2.4y median 2.4y

average tenure

longest tenure

directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

Portfolio (2)

Edward Patrick Austin Director · appointed 2022
Stuart John Macfarlane Dick Director · appointed 2025

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.

Business services 24Finance 10Education 3Professional services 3Other 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: 08811223
Status: Active
Type: Private Limited Company
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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