# Odyssey Academy Trust

## Details

- **Company number:** [08133703](https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08133703)
- **Status:** Active
- **Type:** PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)
- **Incorporated:** 6 Jul 2012
- **Registered office:** PENWORTHAM PRIORY ACADEMY CROW HILLS ROAD, PENWORTHAM, PRESTON, PR1 0JE
- **Nature of business:** [85310](/sic/85310) General secondary education


## Previous names

- Penwortham Priory Academy Trust (until 18 Aug 2026)



## Officers

| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| SAINT, Helen | secretary | 6 Jul 2012 | 31 Aug 2012 |
| HOVER, Terri | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 10 Dec 2012 |
| DODD, Shirley Rhodes | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 19 Mar 2013 |
| CARTER, Terence Arthur | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 10 Mar 2014 |
| COLLINS, Margaret Elizabeth | secretary | 1 Sep 2012 | 31 May 2014 |
| HOURIGAN, James Robert | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 31 Aug 2014 |
| EWING, Sheena Mary | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 31 Aug 2015 |
| POWNALL, Beverley Ann | secretary | 16 Jun 2014 | 9 Dec 2015 |
| WOOD, Chris | director | 23 Jul 2014 | 28 Jun 2016 |
| WATTERS, Andrew Phillip Henry | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 17 Jul 2016 |
| JONES, Kenneth Langston | director | 18 Jul 2012 | 23 Sep 2016 |
| JONES, Adrian | director | 18 Jul 2012 | 6 Oct 2016 |
| BOLTON, Keith | director | 11 Dec 2012 | 9 Nov 2016 |
| HEWITT, David John | director | 20 Aug 2014 | 16 Dec 2016 |
| THOMSON, Katherine Fiona | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 14 Feb 2017 |
| BEARE, Michelle Yvette | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 5 Jun 2017 |
| GAFFING, Louise Xanthe | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 16 Oct 2017 |
| TAYLOR, Alexis | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 30 Sep 2018 |
| PAREKH, Kailash | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 2 Oct 2018 |
| MARTIN, Christopher David | director | 22 Sep 2017 | 30 Nov 2018 |
| BECKET, Gordon, Professor | director | 23 Jul 2014 | 30 Nov 2018 |
| TAYLOR, Darren Robert | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 30 Nov 2018 |
| TURNER, Michaela Catherine | director | 28 Mar 2017 | 29 Sep 2020 |
| THORNTON, Kathryn Elizabeth | director | 18 Jul 2016 | 5 Oct 2020 |
| BURKE, Kevin Stephen | director | 6 Jul 2012 | 31 Aug 2021 |
| SAINT-AGNAN, Alex | director | 14 Jan 2021 | 1 Feb 2022 |
| VOHRA, Atiquah | director | 28 Mar 2017 | 20 Jun 2022 |
| HERD, Georgina Eugenee Clowence | director | 28 Mar 2017 | 29 Jun 2022 |
| BARKER, Cheryl Kathleen | director | 26 Sep 2016 | 31 Aug 2022 |
| BARNES, David William | director | 17 Mar 2021 | 12 Mar 2024 |
| GRAFTON, Stephen Paul | director | 30 Nov 2018 | 12 Mar 2024 |
| RUSSEL, Mark | director | 17 Mar 2021 | 31 Aug 2025 |
| SAVAGE, Damien Kevin | director | 17 Mar 2021 | 31 Aug 2025 |
| HAYHURST, Gillian | director | 1 Sep 2025 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| JONES, David Kevin, Rev | director | 12 Mar 2024 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| LANCASTER, Rachel Ann | director | 3 Sep 2018 | 31 Aug 2026 |
| JONES, Catherine Lindsay | director | 12 Jan 2026 |  |
| HAM, Michael William | director | 12 Jan 2026 |  |
| HUGHES, Owen George | director | 12 Mar 2024 |  |
| CHURCH, Ann Christine | director | 12 Mar 2024 |  |
| PATEL, Florica | director | 12 Mar 2024 |  |
| BROWN, Susan | director | 12 Mar 2024 |  |
| OLIVER, Jemma Louise | director | 22 Nov 2022 |  |
| DIAMOND-BUGLER, Elleanor Grace | director | 25 Jan 2021 |  |
| FAULKNER, Peter | director | 1 Oct 2018 |  |
| RANGE, Philip Kenneth, Dr | director | 1 Sep 2017 |  |
| SPENCER, Susan Paula | secretary | 9 Dec 2015 |  |
| EASTHAM, Matthew | director | 1 Sep 2014 |  |



## Control

| Name | Nature of control | Notified | Ceased |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mr Adrian Jones | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 6 Apr 2016 | 6 Oct 2016 |
| Mr David John Hewitt | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 6 Apr 2016 | 16 Dec 2016 |
| Mrs Katherine Fiona Thomson | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 6 Apr 2016 | 16 Dec 2016 |
| Mr Matthew Eastham | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 6 Apr 2016 | 16 Dec 2016 |
| Mrs Michelle Yvette Beare | significant-influence-or-control, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-firm | 6 Apr 2016 | 5 Jun 2017 |
| Professor Gordon Becket | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 28 Nov 2016 | 27 Nov 2018 |
| Mr David Hewitt | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent | 27 Jun 2017 | 30 Nov 2018 |
| Mr Stephen Paul Grafton | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 23 Nov 2021 | 20 Mar 2022 |
| Mr Darren Robert Taylor | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 30 Nov 2018 | 20 Mar 2022 |
| Dr Phillip Kenneth Range | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 27 Nov 2018 | 20 Mar 2022 |
| Mr Kevin Stephen Burke | voting-rights-25-to-50-percent-as-trust, right-to-appoint-and-remove-directors-as-trust, significant-influence-or-control-as-trust | 6 Apr 2016 | 20 Mar 2022 |





## Controls

- [PPA Facilities C.I.C.](/company/13586824) (13586824)



## Directors' other companies

- [EASTHAM, Matthew](/person/7282423) - director at [PPA Facilities C.I.C.](/company/13586824)



## Companies at the same address

- [PPA Facilities C.I.C.](/company/13586824) (13586824)