Company Directors
James Hatch
James is the senior Director and Head Coach of Creative Sports Coaching CIC, which he established in 2023, having left the Luton Town FC Community Trust charity where he held numerous roles, most notably senior project manager between 2008 and 2023.
During his spell as senior project manager, he was responsible for delivering a wide range of sports, health and educational projects throughout Luton and Bedfordshire in partnership with the Premier League Charitable Foundation, English Football League Trust, Active Luton, The Prince’s Trust, Bedfordshire Football Association and The Professional Footballers Association.
James holds a Level 3 in Education and Training, is a qualified Personal Trainer, Sport Coach and Swimming Instructor having graduated from Barnfield College in 2004 after which he took up a position as Head Coach for Luton and Beds Community Sports Group up until 2008.
James has been a sports provider to over 50 schools in Luton and Bedfordshire throughout his career and is currently a school Governor at Templefield Lower school in Flitwick where he chairs both the Health and Safety and Finance committees.
James has resided in Central Bedfordshire all of his life where he lives with his partner and co-director Samantha Riley and their two young children.
Samantha Riley
Samantha is a qualified Higher Level Teaching Assistant (HLTA) who is currently undertaking her teaching degree to become a fully qualified teacher at The University of Bedfordshire.
Samantha joined Ferrars Academy in 2007, a large Luton based academy where she held several roles during her 15 years of employment, progressing from a Teaching Assistant to a HLTA. Samantha was also in charge of the Eco team and coordinating the extracurricular activities before moving to Kingsmoor Lower school in Flitwick, Central Bedfordshire in 2022 where she has taken up the role as the Forestry school lead, alongside her HLTA role and is responsible for various different roles including the lunchtime provision, medical lead, fire warden and PSHE planning and supervision.
As well as being a busy working parent, Samantha was a part time volunteer at Stray Cat Rescue animal charity for 6 years and for the past 2 years currently provides a foster home for small, domesticated family pets for the RSPCA.
Samantha was born in London but grew up living in Luton for over 20 years before moving to Central Bedfordshire in 2011 with fellow Co-Director James Hatch and their two young children.
Daniel Read
Daniel is a professional in the construction industry having trained as a quantity surveyor initially and gained a Bachelor Degree in construction management. He then went on to setup and run as a Director his own companies as well as assisting other companies in achieving their full potential.
Daniel gained a wealth of knowledge across all sectors of construction including residential, commercial and industrial. A number of schemes went on to achieve commendations for quality and one even making it on to television.
As well as general construction Daniel also undertakes his own residential housing developments delivering both high end and affordable housing.
Of recent years he has also moved into the telecoms industry where he assists with site procurement and planning.
He has been privileged to assist universities with reviewing construction course content to ensure they are to industry standard and specific to what students would be exposed to after university.
Kevin Thoburn
Recently retired from Luton Town Football Club after almost 30 years of service where he held numerous roles, most notably, CEO of the Club’s registered charity the Luton Town Community Trust between 2008 and 2024.
During his spell as CEO, where the role included securing funding for and delivering a wide range of social cohesion, health and educational projects throughout Luton & Bedfordshire, the charity worked in partnership with national and local partners including The Home Office, National Literacy Council, National Lottery Heritage Fund, The Prince’s Trust, Luton Borough Council, Bedfordshire & Luton Community Foundation, Bedfordshire Police and Active Luton.
On his retirement the charity was placed in the top 5% of all UK registered charities in terms of overall financial turnover reaching almost 5,000 local residents each week and was the recipient of several awards including recognition locally from Bedfordshire Police and Love Luton.
A qualified Chartered Surveyor, having graduated from Leicester Polytechnic in 1978 with a BSc in Estate management, Kevin worked in the West End of London for various commercial estate agents for over 20 years before joining Luton Town Football Club in 2006.
Kevin has resided in Luton for almost 30 years