Registered charity · Wirral
West Kirby Educational Trust
1.1 The Charity's objects (“the Objects”) are the education and care of children and young people with complex special needs by (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing):1.1.1 the operation of schools and colleges providing tailored...
- 10 trustees
- Income £12m (2025)
Official record Charity Commission · updated 4th October 2026 · Sources
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Who leads it
- Julie MerryChair · since 2021
- Brian BellTrustee · since 2022
- Gerry FlanaganTrustee · since 2024
- Louise Ann ScholesTrustee · since 2025
- Lynda PownerTrustee · since 2025
- Melanie Sian ThomasTrustee · since 2021
- Peter MerityTrustee · since 2024
- Stephen PeacockTrustee · since 2021
- Susan PyattTrustee · since 2025
- Thomas Jonathan WhitworthTrustee · since 2024
Current trustees as listed by the Charity Commission, which does not publish previous trustees.
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About
- What it does
- Education/training
- Where
- Throughout England And Wales
- Website
- wkrs.co.uk (opens in a new tab)
- Linked company
- West Kirby Educational Trust
- Registered
- 1962
Income and spending
- YearIncomeSpending
- 2025£12m£9.6m
- 2024£8.2m£7.7m
- 2023£7.0m£6.7m
Earlier years
- 2022£6.7m£6.3m
- 2021£6.1m£5.3m
Income trend, 2021 to 2025.
Income source mix, 2025: Government grants 4%. From the charity's annual return.
Charitable objects
1.1 The Charity's objects (“the Objects”) are the education and care of children and young people with complex special needs by (but without prejudice to the generality of the foregoing):1.1.1 the operation of schools and colleges providing tailored education to children and young people who have a range of complex social communication difficulties and associated learning needs including social, emotional and behavioural difficulties, Autistic Spectrum Disorders and ADHD;1.1.2 the provision of care for children and young people who have a range of complex social communication difficulties and associated learning needs;1.1.3 the provision of clinical services including occupational therapy, speech and language therapy and therapeutic support services.1.2 This provision may be amended by special resolution but only with the prior written consent of the Commission.
Board analysis
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.
10 trustees on the board
- Julie Merry Chair since 2021
- Brian Bell since 2022
- Gerry Flanagan since 2024
- Louise Ann Scholes since 2025
- Lynda Powner since 2025
- Melanie Sian Thomas since 2021
- Peter Merity since 2024
- Stephen Peacock since 2021
- Susan Pyatt since 2025
- Thomas Jonathan Whitworth since 2024
First-time vs portfolio trustees
First-time (8)
- Julie Merry Chair since 2021
- Gerry Flanagan since 2024
- Lynda Powner since 2025
- Melanie Sian Thomas since 2021
- Peter Merity since 2024
- Stephen Peacock since 2021
- Susan Pyatt since 2025
- Thomas Jonathan Whitworth since 2024
Portfolio (2)
- Brian Bell since 2022
- Louise Ann Scholes since 2025
Sector coverage iSector coverageThe charitable fields this board's trustees govern in elsewhere, by Charity Commission classification. Excludes this charity.
Commercial experience iCommercial experienceThe industries this board's members are company directors in, by Companies House SIC code. Excludes this organisation's own company.
Succession forecast iSuccession forecastThe number of board seats likely to open in the next twelve months - summed across the board from each dated trustee’s tenure - and the profile worth recruiting next. From the filed record, deterministic.
Health of the organisation facts side by side - the conclusion is yours
16.9 months of spending held in free reserves · median for charities its size: 3.7 months · was 18.4 in 2021
Sources
Official record from the Charity Commission register for England and Wales. Governance Register calculates the connections.
Record details
- Registered charity number
- 207790
- Status
- Registered
- Governing document
- MEMORANDUM AND ARTICLES OF ASSOCIATION INCORPORATED 23 AUGUST 1924 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 21 JULY 1959 AS AMENDED BY SPECIAL RESOLUTION DATED 1ST FEBRUARY 1979. as amended on 11 Apr 2021 as amended on 02 Jan 2024 as amended on 05 Feb 2024 as amended on 15 Oct 2024
- Companies House
- Company number 00200018 · Active
- Contact on the register
- 01516323201 · lbott@wkrs.co.uk
- Edition
- Register edition compiled 4th October 2026
- Labels
- Official record from the register · Calculated derived by Governance Register. Anything added by an organisation or person is labelled as provided by them.
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