Audit & Risk Committee

The Trust’s audit and risk committee have oversight of the Trust’s finances and internal
scrutiny. The committee meets four times a year. The committee's role is to:

  • Direct the Trust's programme of internal scrutiny
  • Ensure that risks are being addressed appropriately through internal scrutiny
  • Report to the board on the adequacy of your Trust's internal control framework (this includes financial and non-financial controls and management of risks)

Term of office is 4 years.

Academic Year 2025-26

Full Name

Audit & Risk Committee Role

Register of Interests

Date of Appointment

Left

Appointed by

Meeting Attendance
Phil Beecher Chair

Trustee & Chair of Audit & Risk Committee, St John the Baptist Catholic MAT, commenced 1/9/20

Director of Finance, Active Learning Trust, commenced 1/9/23 

Director, Maps and Pathways Limited, commenced 23/7/24

Director, Full Spectrum Consultancy Limited, commenced 21/7/24

Review Consultant, Juniper Education, commenced 1/6/24

Interim CFO, Evolution Academy Trust, commenced 2/11/24

 1/9/22 - Trust Board  

Lord Theodore Agnew

Audit & risk committee member

Member, Inspiration Trust, commenced 2/3/22

 

Trustee , Inspiration Trust Board of Trustees, commenced 2/3/21

 

Trustee, The Public Interest Foundation, commenced 1/1/06

LLP Designated Member, Ovington Operations LLP, commenced 22/6/16

Director, Match the Cash Limited, commenced 1/6/22

LLP Designated Member, Carbon Plus Capital LLP, commenced 1/2/22

Director, School Led Development Trust, commenced 1/9/22

Director, Markerstudy Group Holdings Limited, comenced 26/6/23

Director, 16-20 Strutton Ground Management Co. Limited, commenced 24/4/23

Director, All Perspectives, commenced 23/4/24

18/12/21

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Trust Board 

  
Lucy Churchill  Audit & risk committee member

Trustee, Inspiration Trust Board of Trustees, commenced 5/9/22

Senior Associate, Birketts LLP, commenced 1/5/21

Committee member, Inspiration Trust audit & risk committee, commenced 1/1/24

 1/1/24 - Trust Board  
David Earnshaw CBE Audit & risk committee member

Trustee, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, commenced 18/10/11

Member, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, commenced 10/7/14

Director, Outwood Grange Services Ltd, commenced 1/9/16

Member, School Led Development Trust, commenced 31/5/21

 28/4/25 - Trust Board  

Academic Year 2024-25

Full Name

Audit & Risk Committee Role

Register of Interests

Date of Appointment

Left

Appointed by

Meeting Attendance
Phil Beecher Chair

Trustee & Chair of Audit & Risk Committee, St John the Baptist Catholic MAT, commenced 1/9/20

Director of Finance, Active Learning Trust, commenced 1/9/23 

Director, Maps and Pathways Limited, commenced 23/7/24

Director, Full Spectrum Consultancy Limited, commenced 21/7/24

Review Consultant, Juniper Education, commenced 1/6/24

Interim CFO, Evolution Academy Trust, commenced 2/11/24

 1/9/22 - Trust Board 4 of 4

David Tibble OBE

Audit & risk committee member

Member, Inspiration Trust, commenced 14/8/12

Trustee, Inspiration Trust Board of Trustees, commenced 14/8/12

Trustee, Public Interest Foundation, commenced 2/8/12

Director, Inspiration Services Ltd, commenced 28/10/16

Member, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, commenced 1/1/19

Director, Match the Cash Ltd, commenced 3/3/16

18/12/21

25/4/25

Trust Board

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Lord Theodore Agnew

Audit & risk committee member

Member, Inspiration Trust, commenced 2/3/22

 

Trustee , Inspiration Trust Board of Trustees, commenced 2/3/21

 

Trustee, The Public Interest Foundation, commenced 1/1/06

LLP Designated Member, Ovington Operations LLP, commenced 22/6/16

Director, Match the Cash Limited, commenced 1/6/22

LLP Designated Member, Carbon Plus Capital LLP, commenced 1/2/22

Director, School Led Development Trust, commenced 1/9/22

Director, Markerstudy Group Holdings Limited, comenced 26/6/23

Director, 16-20 Strutton Ground Management Co. Limited, commenced 24/4/23

Director, All Perspectives, commenced 23/4/24

18/12/21

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Trust Board 

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Lucy Churchill  Audit & risk committee member

Trustee, Inspiration Trust Board of Trustees, commenced 5/9/22

Senior Associate, Birketts LLP, commenced 1/5/21

Committee member, Inspiration Trust audit & risk committee, commenced 1/1/24

 1/1/24 - Trust Board 4 of 4
David Earnshaw CBE Audit & risk committee member

Trustee, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, commenced 18/10/11

Member, Outwood Grange Academies Trust, commenced 10/7/14

Director, Outwood Grange Services Ltd, commenced 1/9/16

Member, School Led Development Trust, commenced 31/5/21

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