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Cobham Free School Trust

UID 2733·Companies House 07643477·Incorporated May 2011·Compare

Schools

1

Flags

2

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Sept 2017Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£6.6m

948 pupils

Avg staff costs

77.0%

of income

Avg reserves

8.2%

of income

Avg absence

7.0%

Persistent: 25.5%

More metrics

Avg FSM

15.4%

free school meals

Capacity

89%

948 / 1,064 places

At a glance

1 school with workforce pressure1 school with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Leadership & management

Good 1

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

53.1

+6.9

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

79.0%

+18.0pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressMunro House, Cobham, KT11 1TF
Companies House07643477
Incorporated23 May 2011

Trust growth over time

1
12/13
1
13/14
1
14/15
1
15/16
1
16/17
1
17/18
1
18/19
1
19/20
1
20/21
1
21/22
1
22/23
1
23/24
1
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/221839£5.2m£5.6m81.2%5.5%
2022/231928£6.4m£6.1m72.0%8.9%
2023/241948£6.6m£6.6m77.0%8.2%
2024/25partial1963————

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

11 current directors · Average tenure: 4.0 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (11)

Max Malet Santos-binney

director·< 1 year

John Bentley

director·< 1 year

Marisa Charlotte Hackforth

director·1 year

Vicky Ellis

director·1 year

Gillian Mary Rolfe

director·2 years

Sachin Sukhdeo

director·2 years

Paul James Bedford

director·4 years

Nicholas James Cogswell

director·5 years

Helen Louise Hutton-attenborough

director·5 years

Ashleigh Saunders

director·5 years

Howard Royston Morris

director·13 years

Company Secretary

Rafil Hamid Khatib

secretary·14 years
32 former officers — most recent departure: Dec 2025

Fiona Dawn Moss

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Trevor Anthony Tiedt

director·3 years·Resigned Jan 2025

Christopher Nigel Banks

director·4 years·Resigned Dec 2025

Lauren Richardson

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2025

Robert Graeme Staegemann

director·5 years·Resigned Oct 2022

Charles Robert Maynard Andrews

director·5 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Paul Wood

director·7 years·Resigned May 2020

Richard Parsons

director·8 years·Resigned Oct 2021

Tanya Lightbody

director·8 years·Resigned Sept 2024

Catherine Ann Beddison

director·9 years·Resigned Jul 2023

Pritesh Shah

director·9 years·Resigned Jun 2020

Gillian Mary Rolfe

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Clare Constant

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Martyn John Ives Mccarthy

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2020

Laura Newman

director·10 years·Resigned Jan 2016

Talib Ramzan Virji Mandan

director·12 years·Resigned Sept 2017

Ian Smith

director·12 years·Resigned Dec 2020

Paul Gerard Merlino

director·12 years·Resigned Aug 2017

Miles Stewart Unwin

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2021

Pritesh Shah

director·13 years·Resigned Oct 2016

Helen Louise Hambleton

director·13 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Andrew Stewart Smith

director·13 years·Resigned Jul 2015

Robert Sturges

director·13 years·Resigned May 2013

Janet Mary Poppe

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Pippa Stephanie Murphy

director·13 years·Resigned Aug 2012

Julia Clare Rangasamy

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Gillian Norma Hall

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2011

Manola Marangoni

director·14 years·Resigned Feb 2012

Michaela Ruth Khatib

director·14 years·Resigned Oct 2023

John Anthony Shearn

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2011

Rafil Hamid Khatib

director·14 years·Resigned Dec 2021

Patrick Daly

director·14 years·Resigned Sept 2015

Member schools (1)

1 school|1 with risk flags|0 high severity
Cobham Free SchoolAll-through
workforce pressurehigh absence