Company owned by academy trust founders sees “shareholder funds” grow to approaching �800,000

A company part-owned by the two founders of a prominent academy trust, whose services the trust uses, saw its “shareholder funds” grow to nearly �800,000 last year, its newly-published abbreviated accounts have revealed.

Capital Talent, a recruitment and consultancy firm based in Catford, south-east London, saw shareholders’ funds rise from £752,518 in 2017-18 to £791,761 in 2018-19.

Capital Talent is a private, for-profit company. The only two shareholders, and its only current directors, listed against its name at Companies House are Liz Lewis and Ange Tyler, who appear to own the company on a 50:50 basis.

Lewis and Tyler, who are in a civil partnership relationship, have been the two key presences at the 13-academy Griffin Schools Trust since its establishment in 2012.

Griffin has done extensive business with Capital Talent over the years, as Education Uncovered has reported.