The Governance RegisterEdition 2026 · Compiled 30th August 2026

The Merchant Taylors' Schools Crosby

Registered charity 1125485 Registered since 2008

Operates: Wigan, Knowsley, Liverpool City, Sefton, St Helens, Wirral, Cheshire East, Lancashire, Warrington, Cheshire West & Chester

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Board DNA

How this board is put together, from Charity Commission trustee records and Companies House - deterministic, no AI.iBoard compositionCounted from the dated Charity Commission trustee register: the current board only, past trustees excluded.

9 trustees on the board

2.6y median 2y
average tenure
7y
longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

4.5y
average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (9)

7
company-linked trustees

Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.

Education/training 9

Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.

Education 8Property 2Arts and leisure 1

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  • Narrow spread of causes across the board

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Income v spending, filed accountsiIncome v spendingTotal gross income and expenditure from filed annual returns, Charity Commission, last 5 years.
2021
2022
2023
2024
2025
incomespending£14.7m latest income · spending exceeded income in 2024 and 2025
ReservesiReserves12 x free reserves / annual expenditure, from the Part B annual return. The sector median is computed across all Part B filers in the same income band.

0.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 12.3 in 2021

240 from 257 in 2021
EmployeesiEmployeesHeadcount as filed in Part B annual returns, per financial year. Shown exactly as filed; year-on-year figures may be filed on different bases, so a comparison is only shown when the filings are plausibly comparable.

Related organisations iRelated organisationsTwo groups, both deterministic from public records. Related organisations share two or more trustees with this board - a real structural link, such as a subsidiary or sister charity. Connected through a shared trustee share exactly one person - a genuine connection, but not the same group. A board with no shared trustee at all may still appear here when it is active in the same charitable field.

Also active in the same field

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Websitewww.merchanttaylors.com
Emailinfomtss@merchanttaylors.com
Phone01519499325
Address186 LIVERPOOL ROAD, CROSBY, LIVERPOOL, L23 0QP

Finances

£14,741,051 latest income

YearIncomeSpending
2021£14,994,227£14,671,542
2022£15,787,704£16,110,065
2023£16,723,756£16,355,843
2024£15,902,930£16,353,901
2025£14,741,051£16,057,871

What it does

What

Education/training

Who

Children/young People

How

Makes Grants To IndividualsProvides Buildings/facilities/open SpaceProvides Services

Charitable objects

THE OBJECTS (OBJECTS) FOR WHICH THE COMPANY IS ESTABLISHED ARE TO ADVANCE THE EDUCATION OF BOYS AND GIRLS BY:THE PROVISION OF DAY AND/OR BOARDING SCHOOL OR SCHOOLS IN OR NEAR CROSBY WHICH SHALL SUBJECT TO BELOW INCLUDE INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH; AND BY ANCILLARY OR INCIDENTAL EDUCATIONAL ACTIVITIES AND OTHER ASSOCIATED ACTIVITIES FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE COMMUNITY.IN ACCORDANCE WITH ANY POLICY SET BY THE GOVERNORS FROM TIME TO TIME, ANY PUPIL MAY BE EXEMPTED FROM INSTRUCTION IN ACCORDANCE WITH THE PRINCIPLES OF THE CHRISTIAN FAITH.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 JULY 2008 as amended on 13 Jun 2018

Trustees (9)

9trustees
51median age
0aged 70+

Linked company (Companies House)

The Merchant Taylors' Schools,Crosby · 06654276 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 23/07/2008

4 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

Connected charities (0)

No charities share a trustee (from current data).

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