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  • Register of Interests

     
    The Diocese of Coventry Multi Academy Trust - Members, Directors and TLT
    2025-26
    DATE OF DECLARATION NAME Date of Appointment Term of Office Appointed By BUSINESS / PECUNIARY INTERESTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST RELATIONSHIPS
    06/11/2025 April Gold 18/10/2023 N/a N/a Representative of the DBE (Corportate Member) Husband employed as Priest by Diocese of Coventry;
    I am Diocesan Director of Education for Coventry Diocese;
    I am a self supporting priest in Coventry Diocese;
    I am a Trustee of Nicholas Chamberlain Schools Foundation
    1.4.2018;
    1.9.2020;
    1.6.2023;
    1.9.2020
    76 CofE Schools in Coventry Diocese and a role in Fosse MAT;
    Inspire Education Trust; Messenger Trust;
    Stour Federation MAT;
    Arden Forest MAT.
    My Husband is a Trustee of Messenger Trust and Chair of Governors for St Gabriel's CofE School,
    ME - 1:09:2020;
    Husband 1.4.2018
    Nil Return
    13/10/2025 Barry â€¯Dugmore 15/10/2020 N/a N/a Archdeacon Nil Return
    28/11/2025 Mike Draper 07/03/2018 N/a Members Chair - Coventry Diocesan Board of Education 1/10/2023 Nil Return Nil Return
    30/10/2025 Sophie Jelley 14/02/2025 N/a Members Jointly own a property in Durham 01/12/2019
    10/10/2025 Claire Drake Claire Drake N/a Members • Trustee of Midlands Girlguiding
    • Trustee at Alcester and Avon Villages Girl Guidin
    • Trustee of 1st Stratford Upon Avon Scouts
    • 01.06.2025
    • 01.06.2025
    • 01.01.2024
    • Chair of Governors at Temple Grafton Primary School
    • Governor at Alcester Grammar School
    • Chair of Temple Grafton Parent Teacher Association
    • 01.10.24
    •  01.06.25
    • 01.05.25
    02/10/2025 Barry Cockcroft 11/01/2021 1 Members The British Flouridation Society Limited 02.06.2020
    03/10/2025 Declan McCauley 17/06/2024 1 Members GDM Education Ltd. (Director) 01.09.2024
    28/11/2025 Simon Cox 13/06/2024 1 Members Nil Return
    02/10/2025 Ruth Marlow 12/12/2016 3 Members Nil Return
    03/10/2025 Keith Tudor 11/01/2021 1 Members • Owner / Director of: Company Guardian Ltd (Business Consultancy);
     • Quinvex Ltd (Web Portals);
    • T3i Holdings Ltd (Holding company);
    • Oaklands group Holdings Ltd (Holding company);
    • Oaklands Recycling Ltd (dormant);
    • Oaklands Building Supplies Ltd (dormant);
    • Oaklands International Ltd (dormant);
    • Oaklands Plastics Ltd (Manufacturer of plastic products);
    • T3i Group Ltd (holding company)
    • 1/4/2101;
     • 29/4/2021;
    • 15/6/2022;
    • 12/7/2022;
    • 12/7/2022;
    • 12/7/2022;
    • 12/7/2022;
    • 12/7/2022;
    • tbc 
    None N/A None
    28/10/2025 Heather Lees 20/10/2021
    Reappopinted
    20.10.2025
    2 Members Director of Coventry College 2023
    13/10/2025 Isabel Merrifield 09/06/2025 1 Members Nil Return
    06/10/2025 Claire Freeman N/a - TLT None 01.06.2024 Co-opted governor at Crown Meadow First and Middle School, Alvechurch, Worcestershire 01.06.2023
    28.11.2025 Leah Baddeley N/a - TLT Nil Return Governor at Parkgate Primary - part of Futures Trust 2025
    28/11/2025 Deb Bacon N/a - TLT Nil Return
    01/12/2025 Penny Harrison N/a - TLT Nil Return
    01/10/2025 Michael Cowland N/a - TLT - Latimer Arts College (I am a parent governor, and my wife is a member of staff) Wife 01.09.23 Me 01.12.23
    Directors who have left in the last 12 months
    DATE OF DECLARATION NAME Date of Appointment Term of Office Appointed By BUSINESS / PECUNIARY INTERESTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST RELATIONSHIPS
    11/10/2024 Lindsey Wright 09/09/2021 (ceased 20/05/2025) 1 Members None None Until December 2024 I am a member of the Coventry Diocesan Board 01.09.2020 None
    24/09/2025 David Poultney 21/03/2024 1 Members • Nicholas Chamberlaine Trust,
    • AGC Member All Saints Bedworth CofE Academy and Nursery;
    • AGC Member St Michael's CofE Academy
    Bedworth Parish PCC,
    2018 • DMAT Director,
    • St Michael's,
    •  The Canon's,
    • Coventry Diocese Director 
    2018 Rev Ann Poultney 
    Matt Collins 26/8/2024 1 Trust Head of Practice for UK and Global Schools for Spencer Group - provider of executive search consultancy  26/8/2024
    Members who have left in the last 12 months
    DATE OF DECLARATION NAME Date of Appointment Term of Office Appointed By BUSINESS / PECUNIARY INTERESTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST RELATIONSHIPS
    None
    Trust Leaders who have left in the last 12 months
    DATE OF DECLARATION NAME Date of Appointment Term of Office Appointed By BUSINESS / PECUNIARY INTERESTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST EDUCATIONAL ESTABLISHMENTS START & (CESSATION) DATE OF INTEREST RELATIONSHIPS
    None