Company
West Midlands Academy Trust
West Midlands Academy Trust is an active UK company (number 15869744), incorporated 2024, with 7 current directors including Deborah Susan James and Vinod Patel. Source: Companies House, updated 4th October 2026.
Official record Companies House · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
Directors and secretaries as filed at Companies House.
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About
- Incorporated
- 01/08/2024
Ownership
Owned by (3) 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.
- Nicola Margaret Collins ceased 2024-10-21
25-50% voting · notified 2024-08-01 - Manjit Kaur Shellis ceased 2024-10-21
25-50% voting · notified 2024-08-01 - Karen Mercia Ward ceased 2024-10-21
25-50% voting · notified 2024-08-01
Group
- West Midlands Academy Trust
is controlled by Nicola Margaret Collins
Evidence
ceased 25-50% voting · notified 2024-08-01, ceased 2024-10-21 · source: Companies House PSC register
Ultimately controlled by Nicola Margaret Collins.
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.
Contracts awarded
1 contract · £360,546 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
- Genie Cleaning Services · £360,546
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.
7 directors on the board
- Vinod Patel Director · appointed 2024
- Nighat Shaheen Rafiq Director · appointed 2024
- Greg Scott-Cook Director · appointed 2024
- Deborah Susan James Director · appointed 2024
- Zaid Ahmed Director · appointed 2024
- Alison Emma Kerks Director · appointed 2024
- Philip Charles Thickett Director · appointed 2024
First-time vs portfolio directors
First-time (4)
- Vinod Patel Director · appointed 2024
- Greg Scott-Cook Director · appointed 2024
- Deborah Susan James Director · appointed 2024
- Philip Charles Thickett Director · appointed 2024
Portfolio (3)
- Nighat Shaheen Rafiq Director · appointed 2024
- Zaid Ahmed Director · appointed 2024
- Alison Emma Kerks Director · appointed 2024
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
- 15869744
- 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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