Company · Rayleigh
The Fitzwimarc School Academy Trust
General secondary education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Rachel HurrellDirector · since 2026
- Ian Stuart OrwellDirector · since 2025
- Lorna Mary SwindellDirector · since 2024
- Matthew LucasDirector · since 2024
- Paula WhittleDirector · since 2023
- Bradley ArrowsmithDirector · since 2022
- Simon Granville GosdenDirector · since 2022
- Richard John GrayDirector · since 2022
- Paul Christopher DudmishDirector · since 2019
- Emma WhitehouseDirector · since 2018
- Robert Alexander HarrisDirector · since 2015
Previous officers 22
- Jo Carol-Jones 2024-2025 View profile
- Titilola Adebayo 2022-2023 View profile
- Annette Clews 2022-2023 View profile
- Jessica Mary Flack 2022-2023 View profile
- Tracy Anne Cunningham 2022-2025 View profile
- John Marsh 2020-2022 View profile
- Hazel Dean 2020-2021 View profile
- Tom Osbourn 2020-2021 View profile
- Robert Edward Pigram 2019-2021 View profile
- Lisa Sloan 2018-2021 View profile
- Peggy Eileen Findlay 2015-2019 View profile
- Martin Timothy Chantree 2015-2019 View profile
- Steven James Cooper 2015-2022 View profile
- Neil Andrew Stone 2015-2018 View profile
- Leslie Robert Newman 2015-2018 View profile
- Sofia Ribeiro Mitchell 2015-2019 View profile
- Tania Mireille Meraly Rabemanantsoa 2015-2016 View profile
- Kathorne Lee-Hatch 2015-2015 View profile
- Lodge, Michael John, Reverend Canon 2015-2017 View profile
- Deborah Jane Le Monde 2015-2016 View profile
- Janice Margaret Johns 2015-2018 View profile
- Guy Blakesley 2015-2022 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- General secondary education
- Incorporated
- 11/02/2015
- Registered office
- Rayleigh
Ownership
Owned by (8) 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.
- Guy Blakesley
25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2018-09-01 - Guy Blakesley ceased 2016-04-06
appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Robert Edward Pigram ceased 2016-04-06
appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Simon Granville Gosden ceased 2017-12-05
appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Paul Robert Heale ceased 2016-04-06
appoints directors (trust) · notified 2016-04-06 - Robert Edward Pigram ceased 2022-01-31
25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2018-09-01 - Paul Robert Heale ceased 2022-01-31
25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2018-09-01 - John Barry Naylor ceased 2026-02-26
25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2022-01-31
Group
- The Fitzwimarc School Academy Trust
is controlled by Guy Blakesley
Evidence
active 25-50% voting (trust) · notified 2018-09-01 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Guy Blakesley.
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.
11 directors on the board
- Paula Whittle Director · appointed 2023
- Ian Stuart Orwell Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Whitehouse Director · appointed 2018
- Richard John Gray Director · appointed 2022
- Robert Alexander Harris Director · appointed 2015
- Bradley Arrowsmith Director · appointed 2022
- Rachel Hurrell Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Christopher Dudmish Director · appointed 2019
- Simon Granville Gosden Director · appointed 2022
- Lorna Mary Swindell Director · appointed 2024
- Matthew Lucas Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Emma Whitehouse Director · appointed 2018
- Robert Alexander Harris Director · appointed 2015
- Paul Christopher Dudmish Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (8)
- Ian Stuart Orwell Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Whitehouse Director · appointed 2018
- Robert Alexander Harris Director · appointed 2015
- Bradley Arrowsmith Director · appointed 2022
- Rachel Hurrell Director · appointed 2026
- Paul Christopher Dudmish Director · appointed 2019
- Lorna Mary Swindell Director · appointed 2024
- Matthew Lucas Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Paula Whittle Director · appointed 2023
- Richard John Gray Director · appointed 2022
- Simon Granville Gosden Director · appointed 2022
Also govern a charity
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
- 09434988
- 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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