---
title: "GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST — Ownership Dossier"
canonical: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc0babb7-232e-5656-b49c-3ec24fb5b581
json: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cc0babb7-232e-5656-b49c-3ec24fb5b581
identifier: oo:GB-COH-09068218
jurisdiction: GB
risk: Low
source: WhiteIntel corporate-ownership graph
---

# GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST

**Type:** Company  
**Jurisdiction:** GB  
**Identifier:** `oo:GB-COH-09068218`  
**Risk level:** Low  
**Canonical dossier:** https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc0babb7-232e-5656-b49c-3ec24fb5b581  
**Structured JSON / MCP:** https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cc0babb7-232e-5656-b49c-3ec24fb5b581  

## Ownership & control

### Owners / controllers

- **Mr Alan John Simpson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/1209835c-e5a8-578c-afc7-fc3a88f7c245
- **Mrs Karen Dawn Vassallo** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/715e3352-ef51-5f0d-b51a-2ce93df43df5
- **Mr Stephen James Cooper** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/572cf71d-f60e-538a-b4a0-56aa7166a277
- **Mr Richard David Foster** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/0c6dfd31-f9eb-5a93-90a1-6953217aa848
- **Mr Guy Blakesley** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/72d6bb61-1a96-5a4d-90a2-9628200e04c3
- **Mr Andrew James Reynolds** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/28404af3-c23a-5def-98c1-1d20b2ef2909
- **Mr John Barry Naylor** (beneficial owner) — 50% — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8d545cb0-00eb-5d98-8c02-58a80faa0833
- **Mr Stephen James Cooper** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/2838a3fa-da8a-4e81-885a-6c30420dde11
- **Mr Guy Blakesley** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/6f6db051-b716-464f-afdf-834bd8b16313
- **Mr John Barry Naylor** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/8fad4b59-3936-46b3-8227-6871083b5a91
- **Mr Richard David Foster** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/75742b94-baab-4a86-8c1a-83831aa21f32
- **Mr Andrew James Reynolds** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/3155a089-3b3f-47ad-a221-343e27220534
- **Mrs Karen Dawn Vassallo** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/62165433-34dd-4fed-a462-263ceb55262d
- **Mr Alan John Simpson** (beneficial owner) — https://whiteintel.dev/entity/573f9086-9b57-46c9-8477-e4ee031daefd

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

1. **Mr Alan John Simpson** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mrs Karen Dawn Vassallo** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Stephen James Cooper** — beneficial owner 50% → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Richard David Foster** — beneficial owner 50% → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Guy Blakesley** — beneficial owner 50% → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Andrew James Reynolds** — beneficial owner 50% → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr John Barry Naylor** — beneficial owner 50% → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Stephen James Cooper** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Guy Blakesley** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr John Barry Naylor** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Richard David Foster** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Andrew James Reynolds** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mrs Karen Dawn Vassallo** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*
1. **Mr Alan John Simpson** — beneficial owner → *GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST*

## Company profile (live · UK Companies House)

- **Company number:** `09068218`
- **Status:** active
- **Type:** private limited guarant nsc limited exemption
- **Incorporated:** 2014-06-03
- **Registered office:** Grove Wood Academy Trust Grove Wood Primary School, Grove Road, Rayleigh, SS6 8UA
- **SIC:** 85200

### Officers

- BARNEY, Martin John — director · British · appointed 2019-06-01
- BLAKESLEY, Guy — director · British · appointed 2014-06-03
- FENWICK, Kathryn — director · British · appointed 2024-05-01
- FERNON, Sarah Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2019-04-01
- GOLDSTONE, Ryan James — director · British · appointed 2026-02-10
- GREEN, Richard Mark — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01
- HEATHCOTE, Michelle — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01
- LUPTON, Ryan — director · British · appointed 2024-05-01
- MARSH, Chancy Ellen, Dr — director · British · appointed 2026-02-04
- MAXWELL, Abbey Charlotte Ann — director · British · appointed 2026-03-03
- PITT, Naomi — director · British · appointed 2019-04-01
- WARD, Jonathan Peter — director · British · appointed 2026-02-09
- BARNES, Matthew David — director · British · appointed 2019-04-01 · resigned 2025-07-13
- BRIGDEN, Adam Vincent — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2018-03-02
- BUTCHER, James Spencer — director · British · appointed 2015-01-13 · resigned 2015-02-26
- COOPER, Stephen James — director · British · appointed 2014-06-03 · resigned 2019-09-24
- DOUGLAS, Jane Alison — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2019-03-03
- FOSTER, Richard David — director · British · appointed 2014-06-03 · resigned 2020-11-19
- FULLER, Mark Howard — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2016-01-22
- HOLLAND-MARTIN, Mandy Elizabeth — director · British · appointed 2014-07-01 · resigned 2015-02-26

### Beneficial owners (Persons with Significant Control)

- Mr Alan John Simpson — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2024-11-20
- Mrs Karen Dawn Vassallo — significant influence or control · individual PSC — ceased 2024-11-20
- Mr Andrew James Reynolds — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2024-11-20
- Mr John Barry Naylor — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2024-11-20
- Mr Guy Blakesley — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2024-11-20
- Mr Richard David Foster — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2020-11-19
- Mr Stephen James Cooper — 25–50% votes · individual PSC — ceased 2019-06-01

## Provenance

- OpenOwnership — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09068218
- companies_house_bulk — https://find-and-update.company-information.service.gov.uk/company/09068218

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_This is the markdown-for-agents view of the WhiteIntel dossier for **GROVE WOOD ACADEMY TRUST**. Human view: https://whiteintel.dev/entity/cc0babb7-232e-5656-b49c-3ec24fb5b581 · Structured JSON: https://whiteintel.dev/api/public/dossier/cc0babb7-232e-5656-b49c-3ec24fb5b581._

_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"._