Company
Acer Trust
Acer Trust is an active UK company (number 09591931), incorporated 2015, with 10 current directors including Ben Barton and Andrew Hall. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Ben BartonDirector · since 2025
- Andrew HallDirector · since 2025
- Dr Ben PotterDirector · since 2024
- Carole Anne ThomsonDirector · since 2024
- Brian BrownDirector · since 2024
- Sally Margaret AtkinsonDirector · since 2021
- Sandra WardDirector · since 2021
- Paul GravettDirector · since 2018
- Judith Anne BennettDirector · since 2017
- Jill CotteeDirector · since 2015
Previous officers 15
- Rafael Garcia-Krailing 2024-2025 View profile
- Janet James 2024-2024 View profile
- Stuart Redding 2024-2024 View profile
- Helen Joanne Curry 2018-2022 View profile
- John William Green 2018-2020 View profile
- Brendan Michael Kromer 2017-2019 View profile
- Stanley Michael Linton Terry 2017-2026 View profile
- Julie Patience Quarrell 2017-2017 View profile
- Elizabeth Ann Jones 2017-2017 View profile
- David Michael Marcou 2017-2024 View profile
- Richard Lionel Peacock 2015-2017 View profile
- Martin Charles Townsend 2015-2017 View profile
- Sylvia Maureen Ford 2015-2017 View profile
- Katherine Jane Ryan 2015-2022 View profile
- Nicola Jane Hills 2019-2026 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 14/05/2015
Grants received
1 grant · £2,412,247 total360Giving 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
- Department for Education · £2,412,247
Most recent
- Department for Education
Contracts awarded
2 contracts · £5,013,000 totalFrom Contracts Finder and Find a Tender (Open Government Licence v3.0), where this organisation is recorded as the buyer. Suppliers are matched to a Governance Register company or charity page at confidence 0.7 or higher; below that they are shown by name only.
Top suppliers
- Unknown supplier · £5,013,000
- Atlas FM Limited · £0
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.
10 directors on the board
- Andrew Hall Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Gravett Director · appointed 2018
- Judith Anne Bennett Director · appointed 2017
- Carole Anne Thomson Director · appointed 2024
- Ben Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Sally Margaret Atkinson Director · appointed 2021
- Sandra Ward Director · appointed 2021
- Brian Brown Director · appointed 2024
- Jill Cottee Director · appointed 2015
- Dr Ben Potter Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Paul Gravett Director · appointed 2018
- Judith Anne Bennett Director · appointed 2017
- Jill Cottee Director · appointed 2015
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Andrew Hall Director · appointed 2025
- Paul Gravett Director · appointed 2018
- Judith Anne Bennett Director · appointed 2017
- Ben Barton Director · appointed 2025
- Sandra Ward Director · appointed 2021
- Dr Ben Potter Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Carole Anne Thomson Director · appointed 2024
- Sally Margaret Atkinson Director · appointed 2021
- Brian Brown Director · appointed 2024
- Jill Cottee Director · appointed 2015
Left in the last 12 months
- Stanley Michael Linton Terry Director · appointed 2017 · resigned 2026
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 09591931
- Status
- Active
- Type
- PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from Companies House · Calculated derived by Governance Register.
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