Company · Hemel Hempstead
James Marks Academy Trust
General secondary education
Official record Companies House · updated 27th September 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Mark Adrian WatkinDirector · since 2025
- Simon Timothy NewlandDirector · since 2024
- Eugene Brian BilleterDirector · since 2021
- Mark Peter L'Estrange BraleyDirector · since 2021
- Nicholas John PringleDirector · since 2021
- Alan James ClarkeDirector · since 2021
- Trevor Nigel OrchardDirector · since 2019
- Amanda Joanne CrowSecretary · since 2021
Previous officers 7
- Eliane Francoise Yebkal 2021-2024 View profile
- Brian Keith Scott 2021-2023 View profile
- Terry Jane Harrison 2021-2021 View profile
- Jermaine Benjamin Downer 2021-2022 View profile
- Stuart Jonathan Ruben 2021-2021 View profile
- Amanda Crow 2019-2021 View profile
- Mark James Reynolds 2019-2021 View profile
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- What it does
- General secondary education
- Incorporated
- 19/06/2019
- Registered office
- Hemel Hempstead
- Previous names
- James Marks Academy LTD (until 24/02/2021)
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.
- Trevor Nigel Orchard ceased 2021-01-11
appoints directors · notified 2019-06-19
Group
- James Marks Academy Trust
is controlled by Trevor Nigel Orchard
Evidence
ceased appoints directors · notified 2019-06-19, ceased 2021-01-11 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Trevor Nigel Orchard.
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.
7 directors on the board
- Trevor Nigel Orchard Director · appointed 2019
- Eugene Brian Billeter Director · appointed 2021
- Mark Peter L'Estrange Braley Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas John Pringle Director · appointed 2021
- Mark Adrian Watkin Director · appointed 2025
- Alan James Clarke Director · appointed 2021
- Simon Timothy Newland Director · appointed 2024
Directors past 6 years
- Trevor Nigel Orchard Director · appointed 2019
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (6)
- Trevor Nigel Orchard Director · appointed 2019
- Eugene Brian Billeter Director · appointed 2021
- Mark Peter L'Estrange Braley Director · appointed 2021
- Nicholas John Pringle Director · appointed 2021
- Alan James Clarke Director · appointed 2021
- Simon Timothy Newland Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (1)
- Mark Adrian Watkin Director · appointed 2025
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
- 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
- 12058586
- 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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