---
title: "THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aad49a3f-601c-5d71-8a8d-e8b44d389817
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aad49a3f-601c-5d71-8a8d-e8b44d389817
identifier: oo:GB-COH-08745639
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-08745639`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aad49a3f-601c-5d71-8a8d-e8b44d389817  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aad49a3f-601c-5d71-8a8d-e8b44d389817  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Rev William Huw Thomas** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1a26b60d-f2f8-580d-8968-f24407e3d154
- **Reverend Melanie Anne Fitzgerald** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/66da47e7-22f3-5bed-8c45-172b84422ded
- **The Right Reverend Peter Burrows** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/a608df3b-e509-5c81-9400-cc210fb66b97
- **The Right Reverend Peter Burrows** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/76112c0a-0324-4f0b-9817-9c462556e7af
- **Reverend Melanie Anne Fitzgerald** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/26d66a47-8840-425f-924a-946b9aaf3267
- **Mr William Huw Thomas** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/fe389082-f66c-4311-b966-58117a0ed24b

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

1. **Rev William Huw Thomas** — beneficial owner 50% → *THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST*
1. **Reverend Melanie Anne Fitzgerald** — beneficial owner 50% → *THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST*
1. **The Right Reverend Peter Burrows** — beneficial owner 50% → *THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST*
1. **The Right Reverend Peter Burrows** — beneficial owner → *THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST*
1. **Reverend Melanie Anne Fitzgerald** — beneficial owner → *THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST*
1. **Mr William Huw Thomas** — beneficial owner → *THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `08745639`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 2013-10-23
- **Registered office:** Flanderwell Early Excellence Centre Greenfield Court, Flanderwell, Rotherham, South Yorkshire, S66 2JF, United Kingdom
- **SIC:** 85200

### Officers

- ADAIR, Alison Joy — director · British · appointed 2024-06-12
- ALLARD, Rebecca Jane — director · British · appointed 2024-06-14
- EDWARDS, Joanna Rose — director · British · appointed 2026-03-19
- GOODISON, Jennifer Susan — director · British · appointed 2026-03-20
- MOORE, David John — director · British · appointed 2022-10-10
- OSBORNE, Paulette Jean, Dr — director · British · appointed 2026-03-19
- THOMAS, William Huw — director · Welsh · appointed 2013-10-23
- WHEELER, Mark — director · British · appointed 2014-09-01
- ADCOCK, Heidi Jane — director · British · appointed 2018-03-01 · resigned 2022-10-05
- AINSWORTH, Peter Francis, Emeritus Professor — director · British · appointed 2013-10-23 · resigned 2016-07-14
- BLACKWELL, Russell Thomas — director · British · appointed 2014-09-01 · resigned 2015-04-13
- BREWERTON, Andy, Rev — director · British · appointed 2014-09-01 · resigned 2016-10-04
- BUXTON, Lindsey-Jane — director · British · appointed 2018-01-03 · resigned 2026-01-03
- DUGMORE, James Robert — director · British · appointed 2013-10-23 · resigned 2024-08-31
- HAWKSWORTH, Yvette Serita — director · British · appointed 2014-09-09 · resigned 2017-11-14
- KEIGHTLEY, Nicholas James — director · British · appointed 2016-05-10 · resigned 2021-10-31
- LINTIN, Zoe Nicola — director · British · appointed 2019-09-01 · resigned 2025-12-19
- MBA, Charity Isimeme — director · British · appointed 2022-10-10 · resigned 2024-08-31
- PEACE, Robert — director · British · appointed 2022-10-10 · resigned 2026-03-06
- RANDALL, Pamela Margaret — director · British · appointed 2013-10-23 · resigned 2016-05-10

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr William Huw Thomas — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-07
- Reverend Melanie Anne Fitzgerald — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-07
- The Right Reverend Peter Burrows — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2016-12-07

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08745639
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/08745639

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **THE DIOCESE OF SHEFFIELD ACADEMIES TRUST**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/aad49a3f-601c-5d71-8a8d-e8b44d389817 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/aad49a3f-601c-5d71-8a8d-e8b44d389817._

_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"._