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Finance, Audit & Risk Committee:
Finance, Audit & Risk Committee:
Gary Cottle - Trustee
Gary Cottle - Trustee
Relevant Interests: None
Kimberley Foulkes - Indpendent Committee member
Kimberley Foulkes - Indpendent Committee member
Kimberley is an Audit Supervisor at Kreston Reeves LLP, leading and managing Charity and Not for Profit audits, with a specialism in Multi-Academy Trust audit and advisory work.
She is a Fellow of the Association of Chartered Certified Accountants.
Kimberley has a passion and commitment to Education. She is an experienced governor and trustee, currently serving as Chair of trustees for a Charity in Dover and Vice Chair of Head in the Game CIO. She was previously the Chair of the local governing Board for St Stephens Infant School and Chartham Primary School.
Date of appointment: 01.09.26
Relevant Interests: None
Richard Hover - Trustee
Richard Hover - Trustee
Relevant Interests: None
Mark Taylor - Trustee
Mark Taylor - Trustee
Relevant Interests: Director – The King’s School, Trustee - The Vernon Educational Trust (Feb 2026)
Grahame Ward - Trustee & Committee Chair
Grahame Ward - Trustee & Committee Chair
Relevant Interests: Valence Special School governor (Sep 2014-26), Canterbury Christchurch University Audit Committee (August 2023 - 26)
Duties:
Duties:
To ensure compliance with the Academy Trust Handbook
To provide oversight on internal controls and monitor performance at Trust and School level
To determine the scope of internal audits, review internal audit reports and progress of actions
To manage the ‘responsible officer’ function
To review capital plans
To review and recommend for approval annual budgets
Reporting:
Reporting:
Report to board of Trustees through approved minutes and feedback in meetings
Governed by:
Governed by:
Meetings:
Meetings:
Three-Four per year
Trustees review the governance structure and membership of committees on an annual basis.
Committee members who have left in the past 12 month
Helen James - Trustee
Helen James - Trustee
Date of leaving: 31.08.2026
Xanthia Ash - independent member
Xanthia Ash - independent member
Date of leaving: 31.08.2025
Date of appointment: 13.06.2023
Attendance 2024-25: 2/2
Relevant Interests: Parent at Dover Christ Church Academy (on appointment), Director – King’s College
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