Governance
The Role of Trustees & Governors
The roles of individual Trustees, and subsequently members of a Local Governing Body (LGB) is to work collectively to perform a strategic role and carry out key functions such as:
- Discuss and set the aims and objectives for the Academies and Trust
- Set the required policies for achieving those aims and objectives
- Set the required targets for achieving those aims and objectives
- Monitor and evaluate the progress that the Academies and Trust is making towards their set aims and objectives
- Finally the role of role of the Trustees & Academy Governors is to be a source of challenge and support to the Principals i.e. a 'critical friend'
The Trustees and Governors are committed to ensuring that children at the Academies achieve their potential and are well-equipped for life after school. We believe that every child can be successful, and as staff work hard to make sure this happens, we expect our students to do the same.
Venturers Trust is a multi-academy trust. Ultimate responsibility for the Academies within it rests with the Board of Trustees of the Trust but much of the work of the Trust Board is delegated to the LGBs (the Governors of the respective Academies) and details of the Local Governing Bodies can be found on the websites of each Academy. The details of the Trustees of Venturers Trust are listed below and further biographical details can be found here
To contact the Chair of Trustees please email info@venturerstrust.org or write to Chair of Trustees, Venturers Trust, Gatehouse Avenue, Bristol, BS13 9AJ.
Accounting Officer
| Name | Term of Office | Summary of Business and Pecuniary Interests (detailed register available below) |
|---|---|---|
| David Watson, Chief Executive Officer | 20/01/2020 | Nil |
Trustees of the Venturers Trust Board
| Name | Date of Appointment | Summary of Business and Pecuniary interests (detailed register below) |
|---|---|---|
| Chris Curling | 1 Sept 2017 | Member Society of Merchant Venturers and Chair of the SMV Education Committee, Member Learning City Partnership Board; Trustee Folly Farm Centre Ltd; Trustee Avon Wildlife Trust |
| Judith Squires | 1 Sept 2017 | Chair Cultural Development Partnership, Partner Bristol Green Capital Partnership, Member Economic-Social Research Council |
| Alfred Morris | 1 Sept 2019 | Director - University of Law Ltd; Bath Business School Ltd; London School of Real Estate Management Ltd; Iuni Ltd; Russell College London Ltd; Russell College Ltd; London College of Real Estate Management Ltd; Higher Education Associates Ltd |
| Katharine Finn | 1 Sept 2019 | LLB Member PwC; Trustee - Avon Wildlife Trust |
| Mike Bothamley | 1 Sept 2019 | Member of the Society of Merchant Venturers; Trustee St Monica Trust |
Composition of the Trust Board
Last updated September 2020
* SMV - Society of Merchant Venturers; UoB - University of Bristol
|
Name |
Date of Appointment |
Term of Office |
Appointed as |
Summary Relevant Business & Pecuniary Interests (detailed register below) |
Meetings Attended 2019/20 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Current Trustees: | |||||
| Colin Skellett | 1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair of the Educational Standards Commitee |
Group Chief Executive Wessex Water Services | 6/6 |
| Gail Bragg | 14 Dec 2017 Appointed Chair as of 14 Feb 2019 | 4 Years |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair of the Trust Board |
Director - Gail Bragg Consulting Director - South Western Ambulance Service Trust, Director - Interactive Investment & Allied Trust Savings Director SMV Trustee Company Ltd |
6/6 |
| Gillian Camm | 13 Dec 2018 | 4 Years | Sponsor Trustee (SMV) | Director, Wessex Water, Wallscourt Foundation, Clerical Medical Investment, SMV Trustee Company Ltd, Trustee, Clifton Down Charitable Trust | 6/6 |
|
Jacqueline Cornish |
1 Sept 2017 | 4 Years | Sponsor Trustee (SMV) | Nil | 6/6 |
|
Caroline Duckworth |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Co-opted Trustee |
Treasurer SMV; Trustee - Soldiers of Gloucestershire Museum, Wycliffe College & Governor & CGS Employee @ SMV |
6/6
|
|
John |
1 Sept 2017 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair of Finance Committee |
Nil |
5/6 |
| Lucy Collins | 19 Aug 2019 | 4 years |
Sponsor Trustee (UoB) Co-Vice Chair & Chair of Pay/HR Committee |
Nil | 5/6 |
| Richard Holmes | 19 Aug 2019 | 4 years |
Co-opted Trustee Chair of Audit Committee |
Trustee - University of the West of England | 6/6 |
| David Powell | 19 Aug 2019 | 4 years |
Sponsor Trustee (SMV) Chair of Property & Estates Committee
|
Trustee at The Park Centre, Knowle; Director Osborne Clarke LLP | 5/6 |
| Sarah Purdy | 13 July 2020 | 4 years |
Sponsor Trustee UoB) Co-Vice Chair Named Trust Board Safeguarding Trustee |
Trustee Bristol Student Union, Member UOB Exec Board and management team, Talking Health Ltd, Sessional GP Bristol NHS | 1/1 |
| Ruth Bailey | 13 July 2020 | 4 years | Sponsor Trustee (UoB) | Senior Teaching Fellow at UOB and partnership work with schools in Venturers Trust | 1/1 |
| Trustees that have resigned during the past 12 months | |||||
| David Sands |
20 May 2019 Resigned 11 Mar 2020 |
4 Years |
Sponsor Trustee (UoB) |
None |
1/2 2019/20 |
| Ross Ancell |
1 Sept 2017 Resigned 21 May 2020 |
4 Years | Sponsor Trustee (SMV) | Director Churngold Construction Ltd, Director Churngold Venturers Ltd, Director Churngold Remediation Holdings Ltd, SMV Standing Committee Member | 3/3 2019/20 |
| Lynn Robinson | 1 Sept 2017 Resigned 13 July 2020 | 4 Years | Sponsor Trustee (UoB) | None | 5/6 2019/20 |
