Company
The Challenge Academy Trust
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Linda BoysDirector · since 2024
- Matthew William GrantDirector · since 2024
- John WarrenDirector · since 2024
- Peter Ronald Charles WinterDirector · since 2024
- Phil McewanDirector · since 2022
- John Paul CartwrightDirector · since 2021
- Andrew MoorcroftDirector · since 2020
- Stephen Nicholas WhatmoreDirector · since 2017
- Howard Wilson PlattDirector · since 2017
- Sheila YatesDirector · since 2017
Previous officers 12
- Dr Susila Davis 2022-2024 View profile
- Susan Richardson 2019-2023 View profile
- Lacy Nadine Muir 2018-2024 View profile
- Neil Pearson 2017-2020 View profile
- Linda Jane Waterson 2017-2025 View profile
- Tobias Todd Macormac 2017-2019 View profile
- Maureen Kathleen Mellor 2017-2019 View profile
- Paul Hinds 2017-2018 View profile
- John Stephen Monaghan 2017-2023 View profile
- Jane Griffiths 2017-2022 View profile
- Gemma Victoria Elizabeth Johnson 2017-2019 View profile
- Stuart Norman Titchard 2017-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 24/03/2017
Group
No further corporate or individual controller is recorded above The Challenge Academy Trust on the PSC register - it appears to be the top of its group.
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.
Grants received
2 grants · £26,725 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
- Sport England · £16,750
- The National Lottery Community Fund · £9,975
Most recent
- The National Lottery Community Fund
Contracts awarded
11 contracts · £2,055,253 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
- Warrington's Own Buses · £1,592,445
- ABTEC COMPUTER SOLUTIONS LTD · £462,808
- Unknown supplier · £0 (9 contracts)
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
- Stephen Nicholas Whatmore Director · appointed 2017
- Howard Wilson Platt Director · appointed 2017
- Phil Mcewan Director · appointed 2022
- Linda Boys Director · appointed 2024
- John Paul Cartwright Director · appointed 2021
- Matthew William Grant Director · appointed 2024
- Sheila Yates Director · appointed 2017
- John Warren Director · appointed 2024
- Andrew Moorcroft Director · appointed 2020
- Peter Ronald Charles Winter Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Stephen Nicholas Whatmore Director · appointed 2017
- Howard Wilson Platt Director · appointed 2017
- Sheila Yates Director · appointed 2017
- Andrew Moorcroft Director · appointed 2020
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Stephen Nicholas Whatmore Director · appointed 2017
- Phil Mcewan Director · appointed 2022
- Linda Boys Director · appointed 2024
- Matthew William Grant Director · appointed 2024
- Sheila Yates Director · appointed 2017
- John Warren Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (4)
- Howard Wilson Platt Director · appointed 2017
- John Paul Cartwright Director · appointed 2021
- Andrew Moorcroft Director · appointed 2020
- Peter Ronald Charles Winter Director · appointed 2024
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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 10689247
- 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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