AD Astra Academy Trust
Company 09308398 Active
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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.
8 directors on the board
- Andrew Appleton Brown Director · appointed 2014
- Mary Elizabeth Elwell Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Richard Tilling Director · appointed 2021
- Alison Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Rickeard Director · appointed 2025
- David New Director · appointed 2023
- Penelope Norman Director · appointed 2024
- Richenda Courtenay Broad Director · appointed 2020
Directors past 6 years
- Andrew Appleton Brown Director · appointed 2014
- Richenda Courtenay Broad Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Andrew Appleton Brown Director · appointed 2014
- Paul Rickeard Director · appointed 2025
- Penelope Norman Director · appointed 2024
- Richenda Courtenay Broad Director · appointed 2020
Portfolio (4)
- Mary Elizabeth Elwell Director · appointed 2025
- Mark Richard Tilling Director · appointed 2021
- Alison Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- David New Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Emma Louise Robins Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Peter Noteyoung Director · appointed 2025 · 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
- 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.
Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more directors with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or group company. Connected through a shared director share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group.
Connected through a shared director
- ST Bede's Inter Church School 1 shared director
- Horizons Specialist Academy Trust 1 shared director
- Governing Body of High Tunstall College of Science Limited 1 shared director
- Origin People & Culture LTD 1 shared director
Deterministic, from public records.
Schools in this trust (10)
- Ayresome Primary School Middlesbrough
- Barnard Grove Primary School Hartlepool
- Brougham Primary School Hartlepool
- Crooksbarn Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Deaf Hill Primary School County Durham
- Kelloe Primary School County Durham
- Rosebrook Primary School Stockton-on-Tees
- Sunnyside Academy Middlesbrough
- West Park Primary School Hartlepool
- West View Primary School Hartlepool
Compiled from DfE governance records - an inferred connection, not an official Charity Commission or Companies House link.
Company details
| Number | 09308398 |
| Status | Active |
| Type | PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) |
| Incorporated | 12/11/2014 |
| Address | HUB TWO, THE INNOVATION CENTRE VENTURE COURT, QUEENS MEADOW BUSINESS PARK, HARTLEPOOL, TS25 5TG |
| Accounts next due | 31/05/2027 |
| Accounts last made up | 31/08/2025 |
Industry (SIC)
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.
- Andrew Steel ceased 2017-02-14
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company - Alison Wilson ceased 2017-02-14
25-50% voting · notified 2016-04-06 - confirmed: also a director of this company
Officers (25)
- Mary Elizabeth Elwell Director · appointed 2025
- Alison Anderson Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Rickeard Director · appointed 2025
- Penelope Norman Director · appointed 2024
- David New Director · appointed 2023
- Mark Richard Tilling Director · appointed 2021
- Richenda Courtenay Broad Director · appointed 2020
- Andrew Appleton Brown Director · appointed 2014
Show 17 former officers
- Peter Noteyoung Director · appointed 2025 · resigned 2025
- Joanne Louise Dobson Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2025
- Emma Louise Robins Director · appointed 2023 · resigned 2026
- Craig James Malarkey Director · appointed 2022 · resigned 2024
- John Gerarde Maddison Director · appointed 2020 · resigned 2024
- Alison Wilson Director · appointed 2019 · resigned 2023
- Charlotte Louise Haylock Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Albert Pattison Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
- Stephen Hall Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2019
- Buttery, Graeme, Revd Canon Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2021
- Julie Heather Thomas Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2017
- Adrian Charles Anthony Morris Director · appointed 2016 · resigned 2020
- Andrew Steel Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2019
- Christopher James Simmons Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2024
- Raymond Priestman Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2023
- Amanda Joan Hall Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2017
- Garry Brown Director · appointed 2014 · resigned 2023
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