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
David Moran, Interim Chief Executive Officer 01/11/2023

 

Members

Name Date of Appointment
Chris Curling 1 Sept 2017
Fiona Francombe 1 Feb 2022
Judith Squires 1 Sept 2017
Katharine Finn 1 Sept 2019
Mike Bothamley 1 Sept 2019

 

Composition of the Trust Board

Last updated September 2023

SMV - Society of Merchant Venturers; UoB - University of Bristol

Name

Date of Appointment

Term of Office

Term End

Appointed as

Meetings Attended 2022/23

Current Trustees:
Gail Bragg

30/01/23

Appointed Chair 14/02/19

4 Years 29/01/27

Sponsor Trustee (SMV)

Chair of the Trust Board

5/6

Caroline Duckworth

31/07/21

4 Years

30/07/25

Co-opted Trustee

6/6

 

John
Watson

31/07/21

4 Years

30/07/25

Sponsor Trustee (SMV)

Chair Finance & Audit Committee

6/6

Lucy Collins

01/09/19

Reappointed 26/09/23

4 years 25/09/27

Sponsor Trustee (UoB)

Co-Vice Chair of Trust Board 

6/6
David Powell

01/09/19

Reappointed 26/09/23

4 years 25/09/27

Sponsor Trustee (SMV)

Chair of Property & Estates Committee

 

5/6

Ruth Bailey

13/07/20

4 years

12/07/24

Sponsor Trustee (UoB)

Chair Quality of Educaton and Welfare committee

6/6

Heather Frankham 09/02/22 4 years  08/02/26

Sponsor Trustee (SMV)

 

5/6
Alison Golden-Wright 25/05/23 4 years 24/05/27 Sponsor Trustee (UoB) Named Safeguarding Trustee

 

1/1

Mark Burchfield 29/06/23 4 years 28/06/27

Sponsor Trustee (SMV)

Named Audit Trustee

1/1
Trustees that have resigned during the past 12 months
Sarah Purdy 13/07/20 4 Years Resigned 31/03/23

Sponsor Trustee (UOB)

Co Vice Chair

Named Safeguarding Trustee

 4/4                   
Richard Holmes 01/09/19 4 Years Resigned 18/07/23 Co-opted Trustee 6/6  
Gillian Camm 19/04/22 4 Years Resigned 11/09/23 Sponsor Trustee 4/6  
Nick Weller 09/09/22 4 Years Resigned 08/02/24

Sponsor Trustee (SMV) to 8/10/23

Co-opted Trustee effective 9.10.23

5/6