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The Bishop Fraser Trust

Primary education

Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources

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Who leads it

Previous officers 19

  1. Melanie Darlington 2022-2024 Director View profile
  2. Penny Clarke 2021-2023 Director View profile
  3. Reverend Julian Roger Heaton 2021-2024 Director View profile
  4. Gill Smith 2021-2024 Director View profile
  5. Liz Nicholls 2021-2024 Director View profile
  6. Norah Burns 2021-2025 Director View profile
  7. Sir John Francis Jones 2020-2021 Director View profile
  8. Amy Louise Avery 2019-2020 Director View profile
  9. Dawn Louise Yates-OBE 2018-2021 Director View profile
  10. Dr Joy Frances Furnival 2018-2021 Director View profile
  11. Samantha Nicol 2018-2020 Director View profile
  12. John Edward Burns 2017-2024 Director View profile
  13. Nigel Ainsworth Mcfarlane 2017-2022 Director View profile
  14. Marc Edward Crossland 2017-2020 Director View profile
  15. James Richard Blakey 2017-2018 Director View profile
  16. Rev Janina Helen Margaret Ainsworth 2017-2022 Director View profile
  17. Tanya Jane Johnson 2017-2018 Director View profile
  18. Dr Jonathan Steele 2017-2018 Director View profile
  19. Rupert Ian Mortimer Goddard 2017-2018 Director View profile

Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.

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About

What it does
Primary education; General secondary education; Post-secondary non-tertiary education
Incorporated
10/10/2017
Registered office
Bolton

Grants received

5 grants · £308,516 total

360Giving 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 · £166,950 (2 grants)
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport · £110,000
  • Department for Education · £26,666
  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy · £4,900

Most recent

  • Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy £4,9002020-12-21
  • Department for Education £26,6662020-04-01
  • Sport England £56,9502019-03-28
  • Sport England £110,0002018-10-19
  • Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport £110,0002018-10-19
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.

8 directors on the board

3.5y median 3.3y
average tenure
8.8y
longest tenure

Directors past 6 years

First-time vs portfolio directors

First-time (7)

Portfolio (1)

1
left in the last 12 months

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.

Education 1

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
11005401
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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