---
title: "PENWORTHAM PRIORY ACADEMY TRUST — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b0a712c-af48-5001-88b8-e889b5cc886d
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7b0a712c-af48-5001-88b8-e889b5cc886d
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08133703
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# PENWORTHAM PRIORY ACADEMY TRUST

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** [GB](https://whiteintel.dev/jurisdictions/gb)  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08133703`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b0a712c-af48-5001-88b8-e889b5cc886d  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7b0a712c-af48-5001-88b8-e889b5cc886d  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Professor Gordon Becket** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2c7b9514-1480-51be-8b99-713177df3935
- **Mr David Hewitt** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/87f6fe85-8ee4-59f9-b6c5-5db3df21d04b
- **Mrs Katherine Fiona Thomson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2f682a8c-e850-51d9-a3e5-a9c8fe1cc7ee
- **Mr Kevin Stephen Burke** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/05b18679-74b6-5894-8ea2-ef3d287b123a
- **Mr Matthew Eastham** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5578db42-dcb0-59d3-acb8-abfceb976d0f
- **Mrs Michelle Yvette Beare** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b203ff32-13c1-5e48-bbff-f7d04cbb0cdb
- **Mr Adrian Jones** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8170deb3-470d-5aeb-9fd8-7369467d9f98
- **Mr David John Hewitt** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/860988ea-c8cb-552b-a578-780a59d15cf2
- **Mr Stephen Paul Grafton** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7204cb7d-6624-59a4-81cb-0dd5d9bdd0a4
- **Mr Darren Robert Taylor** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f6a43ebf-a3ab-51fd-87fd-720b75de2a1a
- **Dr Phillip Kenneth Range** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/623db05f-2d20-5341-b20f-054335437d05
- **Professor Gordon Becket** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2a475109-a1b7-4cc8-be1a-46d40f3d9145
- **Mr Stephen Paul Grafton** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/f9f2e542-0a61-485e-9fae-b31aca7ce260
- **Mrs Michelle Yvette Beare** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/b038e032-4041-47ed-9cc8-0f29af25f3bb
- **Mr Matthew Eastham** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a027058d-e38d-44b2-87bd-fa6cc2ea87dd
- **Mrs Katherine Fiona Thomson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/69682fbf-7a17-4518-ab24-bb3b8524d59b
- **Mr Adrian Jones** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/5615ca7a-1f33-48dd-b987-21ce8989d3f9
- **Mr David John Hewitt** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/82542d9a-0004-44df-8873-8246952b10b1
- **Mr Kevin Stephen Burke** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/33f993c1-ba05-43e1-9958-e8533171e74a
- **Dr Phillip Kenneth Range** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/15d8f426-81ae-43fa-b13b-ad8e0824441a
- **Mr Darren Robert Taylor** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/371d3fed-32a4-4889-bb79-83d5d68ae99a
- **Mr David Hewitt** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3934c86c-0e22-4184-ac1a-86f5e224659d

### Holdings / subsidiaries

- **PPA FACILITIES C.I.C.** (beneficial owner) — 100% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cbf26d36-0dd6-5a1d-bd93-254804c81ee2
- **PPA FACILITIES C.I.C.** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cbf26d36-0dd6-5a1d-bd93-254804c81ee2

### UBO chain (walk to the ultimate owner)

A **22-step** ownership/control chain to the ultimate beneficial owner is resolved for this entity. The full cited chain unlocks with a paid API key or a one-off dossier — https://whiteintel.dev/pricing.

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `08133703`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 2012-07-06
- **Registered office:** Penwortham Priory Academy Crow Hills Road, Penwortham, Preston, Lancashire, PR1 0JE
- **SIC:** 85310

### Officers

- SPENCER, Susan Paula — secretary · appointed 2015-12-09
- BROWN, Susan — director · British · appointed 2024-03-12
- CHURCH, Ann Christine — director · British · appointed 2024-03-12
- DIAMOND-BUGLER, Elleanor Grace — director · British · appointed 2021-01-25
- EASTHAM, Matthew — director · British · appointed 2014-09-01
- FAULKNER, Peter — director · British · appointed 2018-10-01
- HAM, Michael William — director · British · appointed 2026-01-12
- HAYHURST, Gillian — director · British · appointed 2025-09-01
- HUGHES, Owen George — director · British · appointed 2024-03-12
- JONES, Catherine Lindsay — director · British · appointed 2026-01-12
- JONES, David Kevin, Rev — director · British · appointed 2024-03-12
- LANCASTER, Rachel Ann — director · British · appointed 2018-09-03
- OLIVER, Jemma Louise — director · British · appointed 2022-11-22
- PATEL, Florica — director · British · appointed 2024-03-12
- RANGE, Philip Kenneth, Dr — director · British · appointed 2017-09-01
- COLLINS, Margaret Elizabeth — secretary · appointed 2012-09-01 · resigned 2014-05-31
- POWNALL, Beverley Ann — secretary · appointed 2014-06-16 · resigned 2015-12-09
- SAINT, Helen — secretary · appointed 2012-07-06 · resigned 2012-08-31
- BARKER, Cheryl Kathleen — director · British · appointed 2016-09-26 · resigned 2022-08-31
- BARNES, David William — director · British · appointed 2021-03-17 · resigned 2024-03-12

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Stephen Paul Grafton — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2022-03-20
- Mr Darren Robert Taylor — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2022-03-20
- Dr Phillip Kenneth Range — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2022-03-20
- Mr David Hewitt — 25–50% votes · individual PSC · England — ceased 2018-11-30
- Professor Gordon Becket — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2018-11-27
- Mr Kevin Stephen Burke — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2022-03-20
- Mrs Michelle Yvette Beare — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2017-06-05
- Mrs Katherine Fiona Thomson — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-16
- Mr Matthew Eastham — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-16
- Mr David John Hewitt — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-16
- Mr Adrian Jones — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2016-10-06

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08133703
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08133703

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **PENWORTHAM PRIORY ACADEMY TRUST**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/7b0a712c-af48-5001-88b8-e889b5cc886d · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/7b0a712c-af48-5001-88b8-e889b5cc886d._

_Risk levels are heuristic investigative leads, not legal determinations of beneficial ownership. Every claim carries a source; an absent edge means "not yet observed in current sources", not "does not exist"._