West Kirby Educational Trust

Active00200018 Private company limited by guarantee
Incorporated
23 August 1924 (102 years)
Previously known as
West Kirby Residential School (until 2 January 2024)
Children's Convalescent Home and School,west Kirby.(The) (until 31 December 1979)
Industry
Other education n.e.c. (85590)
Directors
Lynda Powner
Susan Pyatt
Louise Ann Scholes
Accounts type
Medium
Region
North West
Address
Meols Drive
West Kirby
CH48 5DH

Filing status

Accounts due
31 May 2027
Last accounts
31 August 2025
Conf. stmt due
5 December 2026
Last conf. stmt
21 November 2025

Charges

Total
1
Outstanding
1
Part satisfied
0
Satisfied
0

Officers 11 active

Officer details are public data from the Companies House register.

Powner, Lynda
Director · Appointed 22 September 2025
British
Born August 1954 (72)
Pyatt, Susan
Director · Appointed 22 September 2025
British
Born February 1967 (59)
Scholes, Louise Ann
Director · Appointed 24 March 2025
British
Born February 1969 (57)
Merity, Peter Neil
Director · Appointed 27 November 2024
British
Born March 1979 (47)
Director · Appointed 1 November 2024
British
Born July 1954 (72)
Whitworth, Thomas Jonathan
Director · Appointed 8 February 2024
British
Born April 1982 (44)
Bott, Lindsay Clare
Secretary · Appointed 1 January 2024
Director · Appointed 5 September 2022
Also at West Kirby Grammar School
British
Born March 1964 (62)
Director · Appointed 30 July 2021
British
Born June 1962 (64)
Peacock, Stephen
Director · Appointed 30 July 2021
British
Born October 1974 (52)
Thomas, Melanie Sian
Director · Appointed 25 May 2021
British
Born July 1972 (54)
Officer history (51 former)
22 September 2025
Appointed Powner, Lynda as Director
22 September 2025
Appointed Pyatt, Susan as Director
24 March 2025
Appointed Scholes, Louise Ann as Director
27 November 2024
Appointed Merity, Peter Neil as Director
27 November 2024
Resigned Deakin, Philip as Director
1 November 2024
Appointed Flanagan, Gerry as Director
22 May 2024
Resigned Gould, Deborah as Director
20 May 2024
Resigned Merity, Peter Neil as Director
8 February 2024
Appointed Whitworth, Thomas Jonathan as Director
8 February 2024
Appointed Merity, Peter Neil as Director
1 January 2024
Appointed Bott, Lindsay Clare as Secretary
21 September 2023
Resigned Grady, Ann Marie as Director
12 September 2023
Resigned Storey, Victoria as Director
18 April 2023
Resigned Martin, Sarah Louise as Director
28 February 2023
Resigned Cowell, Luke as Secretary
7 December 2022
Resigned Kirkbride, Dominic Andrew as Director
12 September 2022
Appointed Martin, Sarah Louise as Director
5 September 2022
Appointed Bell, Brian, Father as Director
5 July 2022
Appointed Grady, Ann Marie as Director
13 June 2022
Appointed Deakin, Philip as Director
31 December 2021
Resigned Boumphrey, Brian Keith as Director
31 December 2021
Resigned Dickinson, Stephen Mark as Director
31 December 2021
Resigned Wylie, John Melville as Director
2 September 2021
Appointed Kirkbride, Dominic Andrew as Director
31 August 2021
Resigned Thorne, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Director
31 August 2021
Resigned Lumb, Neville George Kenyon as Director
30 July 2021
Appointed Peacock, Stephen as Director
30 July 2021
Appointed Gould, Deborah as Director
30 July 2021
Appointed Storey, Victoria as Director
30 July 2021
Appointed Merry, Julie Maria as Director
25 May 2021
Appointed Thomas, Melanie Sian as Director
6 March 2020
Resigned Hughes, John as Director
1 February 2020
Appointed Cowell, Luke as Secretary
31 January 2020
Resigned Wilson, Phillip as Secretary
1 October 2019
Appointed Wilson, Phillip as Secretary
30 September 2019
Resigned Kennedy, Rachel Louise as Secretary
1 April 2019
Appointed Hughes, John as Director
1 April 2019
Appointed Thorne, Elizabeth Ann, Dr as Director
31 March 2019
Resigned Moore, Geraldine Mary as Director
31 March 2019
Resigned Billington, Edward as Director
1 January 2018
Appointed Kennedy, Rachel Louise as Secretary
31 December 2017
Resigned Wilson, Phillip as Secretary
1 September 2017
Resigned Thomas, Kathryn Anne Leigh as Director
1 June 2017
Appointed Billington, Edward as Director
1 November 2016
Appointed Wilson, Phillip as Secretary
31 October 2016
Resigned Kennedy, Rachel Louise as Secretary
30 November 2014
Resigned Wilson, Phillip James as Director
2 March 2014
Resigned Grice, Paul as Director
10 December 2013
Resigned Josey, Marilyn Patricia as Secretary
10 December 2013
Appointed Kennedy, Rachel Louise as Secretary
7 July 2013
Appointed Dickinson, Stephen Mark as Director
31 December 2012
Resigned Bastow, Erica Patricia as Director
30 November 2012
Appointed Grice, Paul as Director
29 November 2011
Resigned Corlett, Jane as Director
24 November 2009
Appointed Moore, Geraldine Mary as Director
23 June 2009
Resigned Bates, Susan Helen as Director
25 November 2008
Resigned Earlam, Christine as Director
11 March 2008
Appointed Wilson, Phillip James as Director
14 February 2008
Resigned Williams, Annette Elizabeth as Director
11 October 2005
Appointed Williams, Annette Elizabeth as Director
31 March 2005
Resigned Cash, Alan Wilfrid as Director
1 February 2005
Appointed Boumphrey, Brian Keith as Director
18 November 2003
Appointed Lumb, Neville George Kenyon as Director
18 November 2003
Resigned Pimbley, Malcolm Hamilton as Director
18 November 2003
Resigned Fitton, Tom as Director
19 November 2002
Resigned Robb, Jean as Director
15 October 2002
Resigned Bush, Gordon Henry as Director
26 February 2002
Resigned Tweed, Harry Bryan as Director
17 July 2001
Appointed Bates, Susan Helen as Director
19 June 2001
Appointed Robb, Jean as Director
20 March 2001
Appointed Pimbley, Malcolm Hamilton as Director
13 February 2001
Appointed Earlam, Christine as Director
16 January 2001
Resigned Matthews, Howard Julian as Director
16 January 2001
Resigned Oakes, Lesley Anne as Director
17 October 2000
Resigned Elston, Rosemary Emily as Director
16 November 1999
Appointed Oakes, Lesley Anne as Director
21 September 1999
Resigned Barlow, Elizabeth Georgina as Director
22 March 1999
Appointed Matthews, Howard Julian as Director
16 March 1999
Appointed Thomas, Kathryn Anne Leigh as Director
22 February 1999
Resigned Bell, Carol Patricia as Director
22 February 1999
Resigned Earlam, Paige as Director
22 February 1999
Appointed Wylie, John Melville as Director
16 November 1998
Appointed Corlett, Jane as Director
19 October 1998
Appointed Bastow, Erica Patricia as Director
14 September 1998
Resigned Stedmon, John Gordon as Director
8 August 1998
Resigned Hamer, Samuel as Director
14 July 1997
Appointed Bush, Gordon Henry as Director
20 January 1997
Appointed Tweed, Harry Bryan as Director
1 January 1997
Appointed Josey, Marilyn Patricia as Secretary
31 December 1996
Resigned Docherty, Malcolm Robert Campbell as Secretary
16 December 1996
Resigned O'Brien, Terence as Director
25 March 1996
Resigned Booth, Mary Gwendoline as Director
25 March 1996
Resigned Taylor, Margaret Joan Cox as Director
15 January 1996
Appointed Bell, Carol Patricia as Director
18 November 1995
Appointed Cash, Alan Wilfrid as Director
19 October 1995
Resigned Elias, William Harvey as Director
19 October 1995
Appointed Earlam, Paige as Director
26 September 1995
Appointed Elston, Rosemary Emily as Director
14 September 1995
Appointed Barlow, Elizabeth Georgina as Director
19 May 1995
Resigned Cumming, Derek Richard Henry as Director
14 April 1994
Appointed Hamer, Samuel as Director
1 February 1994
Appointed Cumming, Derek Richard Henry as Director
24 January 1994
Resigned Sykes, David as Director
6 January 1993
Resigned Tucker, Kenneth Gunn as Director

Ownership 0 active

People and entities with significant control, from the Companies House PSC register

The company has declared that it has no person with significant control.
Former controllers (10)
19 April 2022
Ceased Stephen Peacock — Has significant influence or control
19 April 2022
Ceased Victoria Storey — Has significant influence or control
19 April 2022
Ceased Melanie Sian Thomas — Has significant influence or control
24 March 2022
Ceased Deborah Gould — Has significant influence or control
24 March 2022
Ceased Dominic Andrew Kirkbride — Has significant influence or control
24 March 2022
Ceased Julie Maria Merry — Has significant influence or control
31 December 2021
Ceased John Melville Wylie — Has significant influence or control
31 December 2021
Ceased Mark Dickinson — Has significant influence or control
31 August 2021
Ceased Neville George Kenyon Lumb — Has significant influence or control
31 March 2019
Ceased Geraldine Mary Moore — Has significant influence or control

Financials

Balance sheet as at 31 August 2025 · medium accounts

Net Assets
£13,619,266
Cash
£3,088,638
Employees
162
Debt Ratio
7%
Current Ratio
3.2x

Trend

Employees
0 50 100 150 200 2023 2025 128 162
Balance sheet detail
20252023
Fixed Assets£11,308,477
Current Assets£3,369,239
Debtors£280,601
Cash£3,088,638
Creditors (< 1 year)£1,068,449£346,628
Net Current Assets£2,300,790
Net Assets£13,619,266

Filings 240

DateDescriptionMade Up ToPagesPDF
18 March 2026Accounts for a medium company31 August 2025
21 January 2026Confirmation statement with no updates21 November 2025
29 September 2025Appointment of a director
29 September 2025Appointment of a director
31 March 2025Appointment of a director
Show all 240 filings

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