MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST

Registered charity 1071609 · accounts filings on the Charity Commission register · also known as THE LAIRD FOUNDATION

The principal activity of the charity is that of the provision through partnership of training in engineering, manufacturing, construction and related skills.

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Financial health, per its FY2026 accounts

The accounts state that unrestricted funds totalled £1,119,151 at the year end, with a net income surplus of £3,265 for the year. The trustees maintain a reserves policy to hold funds sufficient for a minimum of four months of operations, and the auditor confirmed there are no material uncertainties regarding the charity's ability to continue as a going concern.

Automated summary of the FY2026 accounts; the evidenced findings below carry the verbatim passages.

What the accounts disclose

Accounts audited by DJH Audit Limited. Discloses 3 of 6 completeness components.

Corporate structure

• Registered company of the charity Companies House 03513280

Leadership, per the charity’s website

• Terry Weston — CEO (source)

Listed on the charity’s own website when we last crawled it; roles may have changed. Pay-band disclosures above are anonymous statutory disclosures and are not attributed to any named individual.

Company officers (Companies House)

Current officers of the charity’s own company per the Companies House register, cross-checked against the Charity Commission trustee list by name. A director not on the trustee list is usually a timing or naming difference between the two registers — check both records before drawing conclusions.

• HILL, Michael — director, appointed 15/07/2022on trustee list
• EVANS, Alan — director, appointed 07/01/2020on trustee list
• BARKER, Madina — director, appointed 18/12/2019on trustee list
• LAVELLE, Colin Anthony Peter — director, appointed 21/09/2018on trustee list
• HIGBY, Ian Clinton — director, appointed 23/01/2009on trustee list
• WEATHERALL, John Stuart — secretary, appointed 24/05/2019

Official officers record.

Property (HM Land Registry)

1 registered title in England and Wales held by the charity’s company or corporate body (0 freehold). All charity-held property. Contains HM Land Registry data © Crown copyright, OGL v3.0.

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Structured financials (annual return, FY ending 31/03/2026)

Reported reserves equal ~4.4 months of spending — below the median for charities its size (median 4.8 months; benchmarks).

Per its annual return, largest income source: Charitable activities (91% of income) — components as reported reconcile to the return’s total income; not from the accounts narrative.

Per its annual return, cost of raising funds: 0.0% of total income — below the median for charities its size (5.2%) (benchmarks).

Trustees · trustee networks

• IAN CLINTON HIGBYchair · trustee of 1 other charity
• Alan Evans
• Colin Lavelle
• Madina Barker
• Michael Hill

Trustee list from the Charity Commission register (current, not historical).

Operates in: Knowsley · Liverpool City · Wirral

Income and spending

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Side by side with its peers

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