West Kirby Educational Trust

Analysis

West Kirby Educational Trust is a registered charity in England and Wales, based in Wirral. It was registered in September 1962, 64 years ago. Its declared purposes cover education/training, which this site groups under education and training. Legally it is a charitable company (Companies House number 00200018). It says it provides human resources, provides buildings/facilities/open space and provides services.

In the financial year ending August 2025, West Kirby Educational Trust reported income of £11.9m and spending of £9.6m, spending 81% of its income. Across the 5 years on record, from August 2021 to August 2025, income grew from £6.1m to £11.9m (+93%), an average of +18% a year. The sharpest change came in the year to August 2025, when income rose by 45%. Over the whole period it spent 89% of the income it received.

Among 21,402 England and Wales charities whose main cause is education and training and that reported income, West Kirby Educational Trust sits at the 98th percentile: it is larger than about 98% of them. Against every charity in England and Wales with reported income it ranks in the 99th percentile. Charities of a similar size with the same main cause include West Buckland School (£11.9m), The Charles Kalms, Henry Ronson Immanuel College (£12.0m) and The Bolton School Bursary Foundation (£11.9m).

In its latest detailed accounts, income came from charitable activities 100%. Charitable activities took 100% of spending and raising funds 0.0%. Reserves of £13.5m would cover about 17 months of spending at that rate. It employed 162 people.