Company
Quest (A Church of England Schools Trust)
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Jessica Claire StevensonDirector · since 2025
- Catherine FloodDirector · since 2025
- Joanne BuckleyDirector · since 2024
- Rachel Amanda BibbyDirector · since 2024
- Susan Elizabeth DarbyshireDirector · since 2024
- Ibrahim Ali IsmailDirector · since 2023
- Stephen DerringerDirector · since 2023
- Pailing, Crispin Alexander, the Revd Canon DrDirector · since 2022
- Andrew John RobertsDirector · since 2020
Previous officers 21
- Deborah Marie Dempsey 2025-2025 View profile
- Craig Lomas 2024-2025 View profile
- Professor Geoff Baker 2023-2025 View profile
- Diane Mary Hawkins 2021-2022 View profile
- Professor David William Richard Hopkins 2020-2023 View profile
- Professor George Edward Thomas Holmes 2020-2021 View profile
- Baroness Patricia Morris 2020-2020 View profile
- Janet Elizabeth Woods 2019-2020 View profile
- Harry James Egan 2019-2023 View profile
- John Geoffrey Ashton 2019-2025 View profile
- Sheila Davidson 2014-2018 View profile
- Sherwin, Margaret Joyce, Revd Canon 2014-2016 View profile
- Anne Taylor 2014-2016 View profile
- Sharon Linda Bruton 2014-2022 View profile
- Lilian Worthington 2014-2024 View profile
- Julie Anne Reynolds 2014-2022 View profile
- Barend Philip Anthon 2014-2022 View profile
- Andrew Keith Meadows 2014-2019 View profile
- Janet Victoria Anne Smith 2014-2024 View profile
- Donna Louise Worswick 2014-2018 View profile
- Katharine Mary Gore 2014-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 11/11/2014
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- The Liverpool Diocesan Educational Trust
50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06
Group
- Quest (A Church of England Schools Trust)
is controlled by The Liverpool Diocesan Educational Trust
Evidence
active 50-75% voting, appoints directors · notified 2016-04-06 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by The Liverpool Diocesan Educational Trust.
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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.
9 directors on the board
- Stephen Derringer Director · appointed 2023
- Susan Elizabeth Darbyshire Director · appointed 2024
- Pailing, Crispin Alexander, the Revd Canon Dr Director · appointed 2022
- Andrew John Roberts Director · appointed 2020
- Joanne Buckley Director · appointed 2024
- Jessica Claire Stevenson Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Amanda Bibby Director · appointed 2024
- Catherine Flood Director · appointed 2025
- Ibrahim Ali Ismail Director · appointed 2023
Directors past 6 years
- Andrew John Roberts Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Susan Elizabeth Darbyshire Director · appointed 2024
- Joanne Buckley Director · appointed 2024
- Jessica Claire Stevenson Director · appointed 2025
- Rachel Amanda Bibby Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (5)
- Stephen Derringer Director · appointed 2023
- Pailing, Crispin Alexander, the Revd Canon Dr Director · appointed 2022
- Andrew John Roberts Director · appointed 2020
- Catherine Flood Director · appointed 2025
- Ibrahim Ali Ismail Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Deborah Marie Dempsey Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Craig Lomas Director · appointed 2024 · 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 09306360
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 27th September 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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