Central Region Schools Trust

Active08166526 Private company limited by guarantee

Incorporated: 2 August 2012 (14 years)
Previously known as: Central Rsa Academies Trust (until 9 August 2021)
Redditch Rsa Academies Trust (until 24 August 2017)
Industry: Pre-primary education (85100)
Primary education (85200)
General secondary education (85310)
Directors: Richard Davies
Nasa Ahmed
Claire Grainger
all 9 directors
Accounts type: Full
Region: West Midlands
Address: Suite B06 Assay Studios
141 Newhall Street
Birmingham
B3 1SF

Website & contact details

Website: crst.org.uk

Filing status

Accounts due: 31 May 2027
Last accounts: 31 August 2025
Conf. stmt due: 27 July 2027
Last conf. stmt: 13 July 2026

Officers 10 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Patel, Rita

Secretary · Appointed 2 August 2025

Davies, Richard

Director · Appointed 10 March 2025

British

Born September 1969 (57)

Ahmed, Nasa

Director · Appointed 9 January 2025

British

Born January 1992 (34)

Grainger, Claire

Director · Appointed 4 September 2023

British

Born February 1975 (51)

Smith, Christopher Peter

Director · Appointed 19 June 2023

British

Born January 1974 (52)

Bower, Gareth

Director · Appointed 4 January 2023

British

Born November 1973

Howard, John

Director · Appointed 30 March 2022

British

Born February 1950 (76)

Clifford, Nicholas Raymond, Dr

Director · Appointed 10 January 2020

British

Born May 1950 (76)

Macsherry, Orla Marie

Director · Appointed 21 March 2018

Irish

Born March 1969 (57)

Griffiths, Eric Leslie

Director · Appointed 2 August 2012

British

Born September 1947 (79)

Officer history (20 former)

5 March 2026

Resigned Harris, Sumandeep Kaur as Director

2 August 2025

Appointed Patel, Rita as Secretary

1 August 2025

Resigned Homer, Jennie as Secretary

18 March 2025

Appointed Harris, Sumandeep Kaur as Director

12 March 2025

Resigned Keates, Elizabeth Jayne as Director

10 March 2025

Appointed Davies, Richard as Director

9 January 2025

Appointed Ahmed, Nasa as Director

21 February 2024

Resigned Woodcock, Joanna as Director

1 October 2023

Resigned Riley, Nicole as Director

12 September 2023

Resigned Bradley, Dominic James as Director

4 September 2023

Appointed Grainger, Claire as Director

12 July 2023

Resigned Chowdhury, Mohammed Emtiyaz Raza as Director

19 June 2023

Appointed Smith, Christopher Peter as Director

4 January 2023

Appointed Bower, Gareth as Director

1 January 2023

Resigned Stephenson, John as Director

28 September 2022

Resigned Adams, William Thomas, Reverend as Director

7 September 2022

Appointed Riley, Nicole as Director

4 August 2022

Appointed Homer, Jennie as Secretary

30 March 2022

Appointed Bradley, Dominic James as Director

30 March 2022

Appointed Howard, John as Director

23 March 2022

Resigned Howells, John Gunter as Director

31 December 2021

Resigned Chikowore, Wilfred as Director

11 November 2021

Resigned Bates, Sarah Anne as Director

28 October 2021

Appointed Stephenson, John as Director

15 June 2020

Appointed Chowdhury, Mohammed Emtiyaz Raza as Director

19 March 2020

Appointed Woodcock, Joanna as Director

10 March 2020

Resigned Howard, John as Director

10 January 2020

Appointed Clifford, Nicholas Raymond, Dr as Director

2 October 2019

Appointed Chikowore, Wilfred as Director

20 March 2019

Appointed Howells, John Gunter as Director

4 February 2019

Resigned Nash, Paul as Director

22 August 2018

Appointed Bates, Sarah Anne as Director

21 March 2018

Appointed Macsherry, Orla Marie as Director

17 January 2018

Resigned Atkinson, Catherine as Director

22 November 2017

Resigned Stephenson, John as Director

20 September 2017

Appointed Keates, Elizabeth Jayne as Director

31 July 2017

Resigned Redfern, Peter as Director

27 March 2017

Appointed Howard, John as Director

7 February 2017

Appointed Atkinson, Catherine as Director

31 December 2016

Resigned Critchley, Alison Gwyneth as Director

28 November 2016

Appointed Stephenson, John as Director

31 July 2016

Resigned Allen, Lorraine Faith as Director

1 March 2016

Appointed Nash, Paul as Director

10 December 2014

Appointed Redfern, Peter as Director

10 December 2014

Resigned Crockett, Elizabeth Ruth as Director

10 December 2014

Appointed Adams, William Thomas, Reverend as Director

2 August 2012

Appointed Crockett, Elizabeth Ruth as Director

2 August 2012

Appointed Allen, Lorraine Faith as Director

2 August 2012

Appointed Griffiths, Eric Leslie as Director

2 August 2012

Appointed Critchley, Alison Gwyneth as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.

Former controllers (6)

10 June 2019

Ceased Peter Charles Slough — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

10 June 2019

Ceased Malcolm Napier Forbes — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

10 June 2019

Ceased Susan Jeanne Hind Woodward — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

10 June 2019

Ceased William Thomas Adams — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

10 June 2019

Ceased Susan Margaret Horner — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

28 November 2018

Ceased Eric Leslie Griffiths — Has significant influence or control (as a trust)

Filings 109

Date	Description	Made Up To
10 August 2026	Confirmation statement with no updates	13 July 2026
6 March 2026	Termination of appointment of a director
4 January 2026	Full accounts	31 August 2025
13 August 2025	Termination of appointment of a secretary
13 August 2025	Appointment of a secretary