# WEST KIRBY EDUCATIONAL TRUST

## Details

- **Country:** England & Wales
- **Charity number:** 207790
- **Other names:** THE CHILDREN'S CONVALESCENT HOME AND SCHOOL, WEST KIRBY RESIDENTIAL SCHOOL
- **Status:** Registered
- **Legal form:** Charitable company
- **Registered:** Sept. 22, 1962
- **Register:** https://register-of-charities.charitycommission.gov.uk/en/charity-search/?p_p_id=uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=maximized&p_p_mode=view&_uk_gov_ccew_onereg_charitydetails_web_portlet_CharityDetailsPortlet_regId=207790


## Contact

- **Address:** West Kirby Educational Trust, Meols Drive, West Kirby, Wirral
- **Postcode:** CH48 5DH
- **Phone:** 01516323201
- **Email:** lbott@wkrs.co.uk
- **Website:** wkrs.co.uk



## Activities

**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.

**Activities:** The objects of the charity are the education and care of children with complex special needs, who are recognised by their Local Education Authority as having communication, social, medical, emotional and behavioural problems.

**Area of benefit:** 1. MERSEYSIDE 2. NATIONAL




## Classification

- **How:** Provides Human Resources, Provides Buildings/facilities/open Space, Provides Services
- **What:** Education/training
- **Who:** Children/young People, People With Disabilities



## Areas of operation

- Throughout England And Wales



## Finances

| Period end | Income | Expenditure | Assets | Employees |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Aug. 31, 2024 | £8172864 | £7662150 | £11324195 | 133 |
| Aug. 31, 2023 | £7048729 | £6703911 | £10713711 | 128 |
| Aug. 31, 2022 | £6672838 | £6306918 | £10584549 | 116 |
| Aug. 31, 2021 | £6148439 | £5291158 | £9069707 | 107 |
| Aug. 31, 2020 | £8258191 | £6772300 | £7407081 | 102 |



## Trustees

- **Julie Merry** (Chair) — appointed July 30, 2021
- Brian Bell — appointed Sept. 5, 2022
- Gerry Flanagan — appointed Nov. 1, 2024
- Louise Ann Scholes — appointed March 24, 2025
- Lynda Powner — appointed Sept. 22, 2025
- Melanie Sian Thomas — appointed May 25, 2021
- Peter Merity — appointed Nov. 27, 2024
- Stephen Peacock — appointed July 30, 2021
- Susan Pyatt — appointed Sept. 22, 2025
- Thomas Jonathan Whitworth — appointed Feb. 8, 2024