Bickerstaffe Education Trust

Registered charity 1108104 Registered since 2005

Operates: Lancashire

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Board DNA

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trustees on the board

11.8y median 10y

average tenure

21y

longest tenure

trustees past 6 years

12y

average years in governance

5 vs 2 portfolio

first-time trustees

company-linked trustees

Sector coverage

Education/training 8Other Charitable Purposes 2Accommodation/housing 1General Charitable Purposes 1The Prevention Or Relief Of Poverty 1

Gaps to watch

No commercial or business experience on the board
Several long-serving trustees could step down together

Boards that share trustees

Bickerstaffe Pensioners Social Fund 2 shared trustees
Watkinson's Charity 2 shared trustees
The Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
United Charities 1 shared trustee
Ormskirk School Foundation Trust 1 shared trustee

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Related organisations

Watkinson's Charity 2 shared trustees
Bickerstaffe Pensioners Social Fund 2 shared trustees
Ormskirk School Foundation Trust 1 shared trustee
The Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
United Charities 1 shared trustee
Catherington School Association Similar size; both Education

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Contact

Email	merrick.rimmer@talktalk.net
Phone	01695727848
Address	PRIMROSE COTTAGE, HALL LANE, BICKERSTAFFE, ORMSKIRK, LANCASHIRE, L39 0EH

Finances

£11,238 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£13,923	£9,412
2022	£10,132	£3,665
2023	£9,769	£6,524
2024	£9,196	£15,735
2025	£11,238	£13,554

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsMakes Grants To Organisations

Charitable objects

TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF PERSONS RESIDENT IN THE PARISH OF BICKERSTAFFE OR ATTENDING BICKERSTAFFE VOLUNTARY CONTROLLED SCHOOL, IN PARTICULAR BUT NOT EXCLUSIVELY OF CHILDREN AND YOUNG PEOPLE.

Governing document: DECLARATION OF TRUST DATED 23 JANUARY 2005

Trustees (9)

9trustees

0aged 70+

Merrick William Rimmer Chair since 2005
Anne Hilary Rosbotham-Williams since 2005
Albert Webster since 2024
Hilary Anne Rosbotham since 2005
Jonathan Peter Rawlinson since 2016
Kirstin Carlin since 2020
Michael Emmott since 2019
Rev Andrew Housley since 2009
Victoria Margaret Nelmes since 2025

Connected charities (5)

Watkinson's Charity 2 shared trustees
Bickerstaffe Pensioners Social Fund 2 shared trustees
The Vanbrugh and Tempest Almshouse Charity 1 shared trustee
United Charities 1 shared trustee
Ormskirk School Foundation Trust 1 shared trustee

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