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MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD

Company no. 01902341 · PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
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MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD is an active 41-year-old company. One to note: 1 outstanding charge and has traded under 1 previous name. On the plus side, accounts filed and up to date.

Risk indicatorsNo adverse signals found
1 outstanding charge — secured debt registered
Has traded under 1 previous name
Active on the Companies House register
Accounts filed and up to date
Established — 41+ years on the register

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Company details
Established 10+ years1 chargeName changed
StatusActive
Company number01902341
TypePRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
Incorporated3 Apr 1985 · 41 yrs
Registered officeMaharishi School Cobbs Brow Lane, Lathom, Ormskirk, L40 6JJ
Nature of business85200 - Primary education · 85310 - General secondary education
Next accounts due31 May 2027
Confirmation statement due14 Jan 2027
Previous namesNEW BEACON SCHOOL LIMITED (01/09/2011)

Contact

Contact from the Charity Commission (official public register).

Charity Commission

Charity number
517958
Charity status
Registered
Registered charity since
17 Sep 1986
Charity type
Charitable company
Latest income
£1,867,653 · year to 31 Aug 2025
Latest expenditure
£1,778,024

What MAHARISHI SCHOOL TRUST LTD does

Primary and Secondary Education.

Charitable objects and activities as declared by the charity to the Charity Commission for England and Wales.

Charity income & expenditure

Financial year endingIncomeExpenditureNet
31 Aug 2025 £1,867,653 £1,778,024 £89,629
31 Aug 2024 £1,691,249 £1,638,159 £53,090
31 Aug 2023 £1,492,542 £1,538,929 −£46,387
31 Aug 2022 £1,387,586 £1,380,059 £7,527
31 Aug 2021 £1,265,000 £1,346,518 −£81,518

Figures as filed in the charity's annual returns to the Charity Commission — last 5 reported years. Net is income less expenditure; a negative figure means the charity spent more than it received that year.

Trustees (15)

DR IAN BRIAN BIRNBAUM OBEChair
Trustee · appointed 10 Dec 2017
Audrey O'Neill
Trustee · appointed 5 Nov 2020
Claire Latham
Trustee · appointed 1 Sep 2022
Claire Winteringham
Trustee · appointed 6 Jan 2020
Daniel Stephen McArthur-Greenall
Trustee · appointed 12 Dec 2024
GWYNDAF EVANS
Trustee · appointed 10 Dec 2017
Julian Lees
Trustee · appointed 1 Sep 2022
LISA VICKI WALTERS
Trustee · appointed 10 Dec 2017
Laura Elizabeth Gaskell
Trustee · appointed 31 Jan 2022
Lisa Edwards
Trustee · appointed 1 Sep 2016
Louise McCloskey
Trustee · appointed 7 Feb 2024
MAREANNA INGRAM
Trustee · appointed 6 May 2019
Nathaniel William Toby Mercer
Trustee · appointed 14 Feb 2025
RICHARD WILLIAM BUSWELL
Trustee · appointed 14 Oct 2021
Rosemary Marriott
Trustee · appointed 31 Jan 2022

Trustees as recorded on the Charity Commission register. For a charitable company the trustees are normally also its Companies House directors, so this list and the Directors & officers list below should broadly agree — a large discrepancy is worth asking about.

Property & land holdings (2)Premium

PropertyTenureArea
Land on the north side of Ashmead Road, Skelmersdale Leasehold West Lancashire, Lancashire
Woodley Park Centre, Woodley Park Road, Skelmersdale (WN8 6UQ) Freehold West Lancashire, Lancashire

Freehold and leasehold titles registered to this company in the HM Land Registry Commercial & Corporate Ownership Data. This covers registered land in England and Wales only, and reflects the register at the date of the extract — recent transactions may not appear.

Directors & officers

MAGEE, Paul Alexander
Secretary · appointed 1 Sep 2022
BIRNBAUM, Ian Brian, Dr
Director · appointed 1 Sep 2011 · British
BUSWELL, Richard William
Director · appointed 20 Oct 2015 · British
EDWARDS, Lisa Jane
Director · appointed 1 Sep 2016 · British
EVANS, Gwyndaf
Director · appointed 20 Jan 2004 · British
GASKELL, Laura
Director · appointed 31 Jan 2022 · British
INGRAM, Mareanna
Director · appointed 8 May 2013 · British
LATHAM, Claire Kathleen
Director · appointed 1 Sep 2022 · British
LEES, Julian Richard Howard
Director · appointed 1 Sep 2022 · British
MARRIOTT, Rosemary
Director · appointed 31 Jan 2022 · British
MCARTHUR-GREENALL, Daniel Stephen
Director · appointed 12 Dec 2024 · British
MCCLOSKEY, Carmel Louise
Director · appointed 7 Feb 2024 · British

Ownership & control (PSC)

The Secretary Of State For Education
Corporate entity person with significant control · right to appoint and remove directors
Filing status
AccountsUp to date
Last accounts made up to31 Aug 2025
Next accounts due31 May 2027
Confirmation statementUp to date
Last statement31 Dec 2025
Next statement due14 Jan 2027
Accounts typeFull accounts

Filing position at Companies House. A company keeping accounts and its confirmation statement up to date is a basic sign of good order; anything overdue is worth a question.

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