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The Black Pear Trust

Primary education

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

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Who leads it

Previous officers 26

  1. Robert Laight 2024-2025 Director View profile
  2. Gerard Doyle 2023-2024 Director View profile
  3. James Daniel Law 2023-2025 Director View profile
  4. Gill Ellis 2022-2023 Director View profile
  5. Ruth Allsop 2022-2024 Director View profile
  6. Alex Webb 2022-2023 Director View profile
  7. Katherine Elizabeth Reilly 2021-2022 Director View profile
  8. Ruth Jennifer Allsopp 2020-2022 Director View profile
  9. Paul John Sheehan 2020-2025 Director View profile
  10. Hayward Osborne 2020-2023 Director View profile
  11. Timothy Griffiths 2018-2022 Director View profile
  12. Brendon Roberts 2016-2016 Director View profile
  13. Clare Louise Hunt 2015-2018 Director View profile
  14. Agata Maciaszek-Skubinska 2014-2018 Director View profile
  15. Terrence John Reed 2014-2018 Director View profile
  16. Philip Alan Clayton 2014-2021 Director View profile
  17. Joan Mary Harkins 2014-2018 Director View profile
  18. Darren Davies 2014-2016 Director View profile
  19. Kathryne Burston 2014-2014 Director View profile
  20. Philip John Collins 2014-2018 Director View profile
  21. Vivienne Dawne Cranton 2014-2020 Director View profile
  22. Pamela Clayton 2014-2018 Director View profile
  23. Nigel Stanley Day 2014-2014 Director View profile
  24. Donna-Marie Lloyd 2014-2014 Director View profile
  25. Ann Margaret Burkert 2014-2024 Director View profile
  26. Sara Elizabeth Wood 2014-2016 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education; General secondary education
Incorporated
05/03/2014
Registered office
Worcester

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.

  • Paul David Shoesmith ceased 2020-01-10
    appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06
  • Julia Cook ceased 2020-01-10
    appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company

Group

  1. The Black Pear Trust is controlled by Paul David Shoesmith
    Evidence
    ceased appoints directors (trust), significant influence (trust) · notified 2016-04-06, ceased 2020-01-10 · source: Companies House PSC register

Ultimately controlled by Paul David Shoesmith.

2 other companies in this group

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.

Financials

Net assets
£22,795,473
Total assets
£22,970,776
Cash
£1,108,335
Employees
487
Turnover
Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)

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 · £2,500 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

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.

11 directors on the board

4.8y median 3.6y
average tenure
12.4y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (8)

Portfolio (3)

2
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 4Education 2Finance 2Property 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
08922754
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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