# Connect Multi-Academy Trust ## Details - **Company number:** [07195175](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/07195175) - **Status:** Active - **Type:** PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) - **Incorporated:** 18 Mar 2010 - **Registered office:** HEAD OFFICE, C/O NORTH DURHAM ACADEMY, HIGH STREET, STANLEY, DH9 0TW - **Nature of business:** [85100](/sic/85100) Pre-primary education, [85200](/sic/85200) Primary education, [85310](/sic/85310) General secondary education, [85600](/sic/85600) Educational support services ## Previous names - New College Durham Academies Trust (until 13 Feb 2026) - North Durham Academy (until 16 Jun 2011) - The New Academy Trust (Stanley) (until 12 Jan 2011) ## Officers | Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned | |---|---|---|---| | THORNTON, David Conway | director | 22 Nov 2010 | 15 Jun 2011 | | BAMBER, Sheila Jane, The Reverend Canon | director | 18 Mar 2010 | 14 Jul 2011 | | FORD, David Geoffrey | director | 18 Mar 2010 | 31 Mar 2012 | | LAMBERT, Ian Richard | director | 23 Nov 2011 | 31 Dec 2012 | | LAMBERT, Ian Richard | director | 22 Oct 2013 | 12 Nov 2014 | | O'NEILL, Caroline Erica | director | 10 May 2013 | 11 Dec 2015 | | RASMUSSEN, Peter Alan | director | 18 Mar 2010 | 20 Oct 2016 | | SMITH, Tracie Jane, Cllr | director | 11 Dec 2015 | 20 Jun 2017 | | POXON, Karen Anne | director | 21 Mar 2013 | 31 Jul 2017 | | DRING, Susan Mary | secretary | 18 Mar 2010 | 4 Apr 2019 | | WALTON, Ian | director | 18 Mar 2010 | 4 Apr 2019 | | SINDEN, Helen | director | 27 Jun 2019 | 31 Dec 2019 | | WIDDOWSON, John Furness | director | 18 Mar 2010 | 5 Jul 2020 | | DUGGAN, John Paul, Dr | director | 28 Mar 2013 | 3 Oct 2020 | | SINDEN, Helen | director | 1 Jan 2020 | 15 Oct 2020 | | JEWELL, Ivan | director | 13 Sep 2017 | 21 Apr 2021 | | SWINBURN, Frances | director | 18 Aug 2021 | 25 Aug 2021 | | MOULD, Karen Veronica | secretary | 4 Apr 2019 | 1 Nov 2021 | | BRADLEY, Paul | director | 14 Oct 2021 | 2 Jan 2022 | | STEPHENSON, Andrew John | director | 19 Apr 2019 | 8 Feb 2022 | | OWEN, Helen | director | 1 May 2019 | 1 Dec 2022 | | FREAN, Beverley Jeanne | director | 9 Jun 2020 | 30 Mar 2023 | | SHIELDS, Alyson | director | 21 Oct 2015 | 29 Jun 2023 | | BROADBENT, Andrew Francis | director | 14 Jul 2011 | 12 Jul 2023 | | SHAW, Joanne | director | 12 May 2022 | 20 Sep 2023 | | SWINBURN, Fran | director | 3 Jan 2022 | 1 Jan 2024 | | SOMERVILLE, Vaila Claire | director | 1 Sep 2020 | 1 Jan 2024 | | ROBSON, Peter | secretary | 1 Nov 2021 | 14 Apr 2024 | | LOW, Joan Lillian | director | 12 Jan 2021 | 11 Jul 2024 | | HARRIS, Jennifer Emma | director | 4 Oct 2023 | 15 Oct 2024 | | WARREN, Christine | director | 20 Oct 2016 | 19 Oct 2024 | | WILSON, Rachel Louise | director | 13 Dec 2023 | 15 Jan 2025 | | MILLER, Victoria | secretary | 3 Jun 2024 | 7 May 2025 | | FAIRLEY, Karl David | director | 18 Mar 2010 | 7 May 2025 | | MADDISON, Theresa Jane | director | 19 Mar 2025 | 1 Jun 2025 | | COLLISHAW, Andrew | secretary | 7 May 2025 | 31 Aug 2025 | | SONES, Joanne | director | 9 Aug 2024 | 23 Nov 2025 | | ADAMSON, Aimey | director | 11 Sep 2025 | 18 Mar 2026 | | GOODWIN, Mike | director | 13 Mar 2023 | 25 Mar 2026 | | BRADLEY, Paul | director | 24 Mar 2022 | 1 Apr 2026 | | DEWAR, Mark John | director | 30 Jun 2026 | 2 Jul 2026 | | MORGAN, Keith Ian | director | 8 May 2026 | | | ARMSTRONG, Sarah Louise | director | 15 Oct 2025 | | | ROBINSON, Judith Lara | director | 15 Oct 2025 | | | DAWSON, Steven | secretary | 1 Sep 2025 | | | NICHOLSON, Mark | director | 6 May 2025 | | | WATT, Jennifer Susan | director | 6 May 2025 | | | MCMAHON-COSSEY, Clarra Ellese | director | 19 Mar 2025 | | | WILKINSON, Lisa | director | 25 Apr 2024 | | | BOWE, Jill | director | 15 Feb 2024 | | | RODHAM, Linda | director | 1 Sep 2021 | | ## Control | Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased | |---|---|---|---| | Mr Andrew Francis Broadbent | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 20 Nov 2023 | 20 Nov 2023 | | Mrs Helen Bradley | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 20 Nov 2023 | 20 Nov 2023 | | Mrs Joyce Drummond-Hill | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 20 Nov 2023 | 20 Nov 2023 | | Mrs Linda Wight | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 20 Nov 2023 | 20 Nov 2023 | | Mr Stephen King | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust | 20 Nov 2023 | 11 Apr 2024 | | Mrs Christine Warren | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 16 Dec 2024 | 16 Dec 2024 | | New College Durham | right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors | 8 Feb 2024 | 30 Jan 2026 | ## Controls - 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