Archbishop Benson Church of England Primary School

UID 2145·Companies House 07705878·Incorporated July 2011·Compare

Schools

Flags

1 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2014Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£2.5m

425 pupils

Avg staff costs

78.0%

of income

Avg reserves

12.3%

of income

Avg absence

4.5%

Persistent: 10.9%

More metrics

Avg FSM

18.0%

free school meals

Capacity

97%

425 / 436 places

At a glance

1 school with workforce pressure

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

60.0%

-1.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressArchbishop Benson Church Of England Primary School, Truro, TR1 1BN

Companies House07705878

Incorporated14 July 2011

Trust growth over time

10/11

11/12

12/13

13/14

14/15

15/16

16/17

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18/19

19/20

20/21

21/22

22/23

23/24

24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

Year	Schools	Pupils	Total income	Total expenditure	Avg staff costs %	Avg reserves %
2021/22	1	411	£2.2m	£2.2m	82.3%	15.0%
2022/23	1	428	£2.3m	£2.3m	78.4%	13.5%
2023/24	1	425	£2.5m	£2.5m	78.0%	12.3%
2024/25partial	1	423	—	—	—	—

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

0.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£0

CS staff costs

£0

CS income

£0

Admin & clerical£0

Teaching staff£0

ICT£0

Premises£0

Legal & professional£0

Auditor costs£0

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

12 current directors · Average tenure: 5.9 years · 1 change in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (12)

Charlotte Wilde

director·1 year

Caroline Thomas

director·2 years

Judy Allies

director·2 years

Peter Batten

director·3 years

Matthew Weeks

director·4 years

Jonathan Wood

director·4 years

Will Rev Harwood

director·5 years

Matt Williams

director·6 years

Jennifer Webster

director·7 years

Melanie Claire Rowson

director·8 years

Helen Giblett

director·11 years

Mandy Jane Hoare

director·14 years

Company Secretary

Mike Williams

secretary·7 years

45 former officers — most recent departure: Aug 2025

Andy Dyer

director·3 years·Resigned Sept 2024

David Galler

director·3 years·Resigned Aug 2025

Annabel Ramsey

director·4 years·Resigned Jan 2022

Melloney Eastburn-cutts

director·5 years·Resigned Nov 2022

Euan Beattie

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Julian Parry Roberts

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2021

Georgina Miner

director·6 years·Resigned Sept 2022

Melissa Thorpe

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2022

Roger The Very Reverend Bush

director·6 years·Resigned Jan 2022

Penelope Churcher

director·7 years·Resigned Dec 2019

Matthew Thomas

director·7 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Miles Topham

director·7 years·Resigned Sept 2020

Phillip Orwin

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Clare Bradburn

director·8 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Sarah Stringer

director·8 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Florence Elizabeth Macdonald

director·8 years·Resigned Aug 2018

Amanda Colwill

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Karen Joan Standen

director·9 years·Resigned Nov 2020

Lianne Symons

secretary·10 years·Resigned Apr 2018

Rebecca Couch

director·11 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Joanne Kathryn Matthews

director·11 years·Resigned Nov 2019

David Crocker

director·12 years·Resigned Mar 2017

Tracy Lewis

director·12 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Graham Michael Jeremy Groves

director·12 years·Resigned Oct 2018

Victoria Kate Jago

director·12 years·Resigned Jan 2017

Alison Mary Gardner

director·13 years·Resigned Dec 2014

Mark Rev Dunn-wilson

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2017

Christine Hardy

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2015

Andrew Gendall

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Alana Marie Mcgovern

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2013

Martin Skinner

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2015

Gina Anne Alice Perman

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2012

Carolyn Mary Power

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2019

Mandy Jayne Jones

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2012

Angela May Screech

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2011

Penelope Jane Shilston

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2014

Sarah Ingham

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2012

Justine Lucy Hosking

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2011

Mark Andrew James Thomas

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2011

Christopher Derek Reverend Epps

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2019

Mark Christopher Dawes

director·14 years·Resigned Apr 2014

Jonathan Charles Alford

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2012

Ben Robert Morgan lundie

director·14 years·Resigned Jan 2013

Robin Bourne Valentine

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2013

Martin John Gifford Miller

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|1 high severity

School	URN	Phase	Risk flags
Archbishop Benson CofE Primary School	137258	Primary	workforce pressure

Archbishop Benson CofE Primary SchoolPrimary

workforce pressure