The Learning Rooms Southport

Registered charity 1181010 Registered since 2018

Operates: Lancashire, Liverpool City, Sefton

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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.

6 trustees on the board

David Lonsdale Chair since 2022
Hayley Whitebrook since 2023
Ms Joyce Hunt since 2018
Ruth Wareing MRS since 2024
Stuart Beardsworth since 2026
Frederick Middleton since 2023

3.3y median 3y

average tenure

longest tenure

Trustees past 6 years

Ms Joyce Hunt since 2018

5.5y

average years in governance

First-time vs portfolio trustees

First-time (6)

David Lonsdale Chair since 2022
Hayley Whitebrook since 2023
Ms Joyce Hunt since 2018
Ruth Wareing MRS since 2024
Stuart Beardsworth since 2026
Frederick Middleton since 2023

company-linked trustees

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

Dormant 1Health and social care 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£785k latest income · income exceeded spending 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.

2.0 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 4.0 months · was 1.1 in 2021

15 from 17 in 2024

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

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The Friendly Trust Similar size; both Disability

Deterministic, from public records.

Contact

Email	info@thelearningrooms.org.uk
Phone	01704551521
Address	224A LIVERPOOL ROAD, SOUTHPORT, PR8 4PD

Finances

£784,933 latest income

Year	Income	Spending
2021	£404,128	£387,443
2022	£486,543	£503,997
2023	£497,489	£531,332
2024	£554,329	£552,704
2025	£784,933	£709,325

What it does

What

Disability

Who

People With Disabilities

How

Provides Services

Charitable objects

TO PROMOTE SOCIAL INCLUSION FOR THE PUBLIC BENEFIT BY PREVENTING PEOPLE FROM BECOMING SOCIALLY EXCLUDED, RELIEVING THE NEEDS OF THOSE PEOPLE WHO ARE SOCIALLY EXCLUDED AND ASSISTING THEM TO INTEGRATE INTO SOCIETY. FOR THE PURPOSE OF THIS CLAUSE 'SOCIALLY EXCLUDED' MEANS BEING EXCLUDED FROM SOCIETY, OR PART OF SOCIETY, AS A RESULT OF BEING A MEMBER OF A SOCIALLY AND ECONOMICALLY DEPRIVED COMMUNITY.

Governing document: MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES INCORPORATED 26 MAY 2018

Trustees (6)

6trustees

64median age

2aged 70+

David Lonsdaleage band 60-64 Chair since 2022
Hayley Whitebrookage band 55-59 since 2023
Ms Joyce Huntage band 80-84 since 2018
Ruth Wareing MRS since 2024
Stuart Beardsworthage band 50-54 since 2026
Frederick Middletonage band 70-74 since 2023

Linked company (Companies House)

The Learning Rooms Southport · 11385593 · Active

PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption) · incorporated 26/05/2018

1 governing document(s) held from Companies House.

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