Bishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Trust

UID 16035·Companies House 07890590·Incorporated December 2011·Compare

Schools

47

Flags

58

19 high severity

Finance: 2024/25Ofsted: Jun 2025Performance: 2025/26Workforce: 2025/26Attendance: 2025/26

Total income

£102.4m

14,533 pupils

Avg staff costs

74.0%

of income

Avg reserves

1.8%

of income

Avg absence

4.3%

Persistent: 8.7%

More metrics

Avg FSM

19.8%

free school meals

Capacity

94%

14,533 / 15,505 places

At a glance

Trust-wide reserves at 4.8%below 5% threshold21 schools with workforce pressure15 schools in deficit11 schools with staff costs above 78%6 schools with declining results3 schools with Ofsted concerns2 schools with absence above 8%

Ofsted sub-judgements

Quality of education

Outst. 6Good 22RI 2

Behaviour & attitudes

Outst. 14Good 15RI 1

Personal development

Outst. 11Good 19

Leadership & management

Outst. 7Good 38RI 2

Performance (trust avg)

Key Stage 4

Attainment 8

51.3

+5.1

vs national

Key Stage 2

Expected standard (RWM)

69.3%

+8.3pp

vs national

National averages: 2023/24

Trust details

AddressBishop Wilkinson Catholic Education Hq Barmston Court, Nissan Way, Sunderland, SR5 3NY
Companies House07890590
Incorporated22 December 2011

Trust growth over time

3
11/12
3
12/13
4
13/14
5
14/15
6
15/16
6
16/17
6
17/18
13
18/19
18
19/20
37
20/21
47
21/22
47
22/23
47
23/24
47
24/25

Schools in trust by academic year

YearSchoolsPupilsTotal incomeTotal expenditureAvg staff costs %Avg reserves %
2021/224714,980£82.7m£77.7m70.1%18.4%
2022/234714,792£87.9m£87.6m70.5%10.3%
2023/244714,533£102.4m£100.6m74.0%1.8%
2024/25partial4714,107

Central services — 2023/24

Centralisation

7.0%

of total trust spend

CS expenditure

£7,572,000

CS staff costs

£3,885,000

CS income

£4,372,000

Admin & clerical£1,233,000
Teaching staff£2,554,000
ICT£41,000
Premises£2,052,000
Legal & professional£46,000
Auditor costs£66,000

Governance

Accounts to Aug 2025Source: Companies House

8 current directors · Average tenure: 4.9 years · 4 changes in last 12 months

Directors / Trustees (8)

Kourosh Manoucheri

director·< 1 year

Shaun Patrick Father Purdy

director·2 years

Edmund Gerard Dolphin

director·2 years

David Charles Hicks

director·3 years

Alan Egdell

director·4 years

Angela Boyle

director·6 years

Martin Gannon

director·8 years

Christopher Allan Coxon

director·11 years

Company Secretary

Anne Louise Levy

secretary·14 years
26 former officers most recent departure: Jan 2026

Michelle Shotton

director·1 year·Resigned Jan 2026

James Ian Mearns

director·1 year·Resigned Oct 2025

Helen Doris Keough

director·2 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Patricia Bernadette Witte

director·2 years·Resigned May 2025

Kirsty Hutchinson

director·2 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Steven Horne

director·3 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Colm Martin Reverend Hayden

director·4 years·Resigned Jul 2024

Claire Reid

director·5 years·Resigned May 2023

Ian Mearns

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Michelle Harrison

director·6 years·Resigned Jun 2023

Mark Anthony Father Millward

director·6 years·Resigned Jul 2021

John Father Kelly

director·7 years·Resigned Jun 2019

Anthony Father Duffy

director·7 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Maria Elliott

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Peter Cantwell

director·8 years·Resigned Jun 2023

James Sinclair

director·8 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Edward Thompson

director·10 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Gavin John Thompson

director·11 years·Resigned Aug 2016

Grainne Magella Bolton

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Judith Anne Lawson

director·11 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Michael Leslie Stuart

director·14 years·Resigned Nov 2018

Jennifer Anne Margaret Mckeague

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Thomas Graham

director·14 years·Resigned Jul 2019

Carmel Pinnock

director·14 years·Resigned Mar 2015

Nicholas Simon Hurn

director·14 years·Resigned Jun 2019

Anthony Austin Duffy

director·14 years·Resigned Aug 2013

Member schools (47)

47 schools|32 with risk flags|19 high severity