Company · Nelson
Apex Collaborative Trust
Primary education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Robert Andrew BellfieldDirector · since 2026
- Hilary Frances WilsonDirector · since 2025
- Emma Louise BennDirector · since 2025
- Louise Victoria CowanDirector · since 2025
- Shahbaz Hussain ShahDirector · since 2025
- Claire Nicola ClaytonDirector · since 2023
- Andrew Thomas PettingerDirector · since 2017
- Marie BurnhamDirector · since 2017
- Emma Clare GauntlettDirector · since 2017
- Helen Elizabeth WhitakerSecretary · since 2024
Previous officers 15
- Jessica Mary Sheldrick 2025-2025 View profile
- Darren Michael Minton 2025-2025 View profile
- Amerjeat Sarai 2025-2025 View profile
- Katy Whitehead 2023-2025 View profile
- Steve Wilson 2021-2024 View profile
- Saima Bari 2021-2022 View profile
- John Stuart Whiteley 2020-2025 View profile
- Colin Michael Tiernan 2019-2021 View profile
- Catherine Jennifer Hitchen 2017-2021 View profile
- Paul Parkin 2017-2021 View profile
- Paul White 2017-2025 View profile
- Vincent Martin Green 2017-2019 View profile
- Harry Devonport 2017-2021 View profile
- Joanne Lesley Pickering 2017-2019 View profile
- Anthony Ben Walker 2018-2024 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- Primary education; General secondary education
- Incorporated
- 21/12/2017
- Registered office
- Nelson
- Previous names
- The Pennine Trust (until 12/03/2025)
Ownership
Owned by (1) 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.
- Marie Burnham ceased 2023-02-22
25-50% voting · notified 2021-05-25
Group
- Apex Collaborative Trust
is controlled by Marie Burnham
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2021-05-25, ceased 2023-02-22 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Marie Burnham.
1 other company 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.
Financials
- Net assets
- £32,500,000
- Total assets
- £32,500,000
- Cash
- £5,959,000
- Employees
- 3.11
- Turnover
- Not reported (small or micro-entity accounts)
Figures from accounts filed at Companies House (iXBRL), period ending 2025-08-31. Where turnover is absent, small and micro-entity accounts are not required to report it, so it is not shown as zero.
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.
9 directors on the board
- Hilary Frances Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Louise Benn Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Thomas Pettinger Director · appointed 2017
- Marie Burnham Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Andrew Bellfield Director · appointed 2026
- Louise Victoria Cowan Director · appointed 2025
- Claire Nicola Clayton Director · appointed 2023
- Emma Clare Gauntlett Director · appointed 2017
- Shahbaz Hussain Shah Director · appointed 2025
Directors past 6 years
- Andrew Thomas Pettinger Director · appointed 2017
- Marie Burnham Director · appointed 2017
- Emma Clare Gauntlett Director · appointed 2017
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Emma Louise Benn Director · appointed 2025
- Andrew Thomas Pettinger Director · appointed 2017
- Robert Andrew Bellfield Director · appointed 2026
- Louise Victoria Cowan Director · appointed 2025
- Emma Clare Gauntlett Director · appointed 2017
- Shahbaz Hussain Shah Director · appointed 2025
Portfolio (3)
- Hilary Frances Wilson Director · appointed 2025
- Marie Burnham Director · appointed 2017
- Claire Nicola Clayton Director · appointed 2023
Also govern a charity
Left in the last 12 months
- Jessica Mary Sheldrick 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.
Sources
Official record from Companies House. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Company number
- 11121514
- 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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