ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES

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  4 officer resignations in last 12 months

  Multiple officers have left the board recently — see the People section for who.

1. ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES 1996-07-31 → present
2. ABC (1996) 1996-06-25 → 1996-07-31

Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. About these numbers

Margins divide P&L lines by turnover. Gearing is liabilities over total assets. Current ratio is current assets over creditors falling due within one year. Interest cover is operating profit over absolute finance costs. Sector-distribution context coming next.

Accounting basis

FRS 102

Reporting scope

Consolidated group

Auditor

Bishop Fleming Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“Whilst the Directors recognise that 2025/26 will be a challenging year for member colleges, and it may be necessary to draw on some of the Group's reserves which have been established to provide financial resilience, they have concluded that it is appropriate to prepare the financial statements on a going concern basis.”

Group structure

1. ASSOCIATION OF COLLEGES · parent
   1. AoC Services Ltd 100% · England and Wales · provide a range of high quality, value-for-money services for further education and associated sectors in England and Wales. These activities include conferences, recruitment, training and consultancy services.
   2. AoC Sport Ltd · England · lead organisation for college sport and physical activity. Our vision is for every college student to participate regularly in sport or physical activity.

Significant events

• “Held annual Colleges Week in October, focusing on local and national economic growth with 36 MPs and Peers attending.”
• “Moved annual celebration to spring, holding Colleges Week 2025 in March to focus on the general election.”
• “Held Beacon & SOTY Awards during Colleges Week for the first time, with 14 MPs attending.”
• “Managed College Alliance, a network of college principals, senior government officials, and sector partners, including an international conference.”
• “Lobbied to protect college budgets and places for 16-18 year-olds, resulting in over £700 million increase in government revenue and capital budgets.”
• “Engaged with around 15,500 members and sector stakeholders through events and webinars, a 10% increase from previous year.”

Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers

Filings

12

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

5

last 12 months

Officers resigned

4

last 12 months

Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.

• Turnover

  -1.8%

  £15,999,391 → £15,715,848

• Cash

  +7.9%

  £9,941,904 → £10,724,493

• Net assets

  +197.4%

  £4,992,067 → £14,847,811

• Employees

  -2.6%

  152 → 148

• Operating profit

  +57.3%

  £125,908 → £198,103

• Profit before tax

  -21.3%

  £860,514 → £676,857

• Wages

  +2.1%

  £6,751,278 → £6,891,797

Each % is (latest − prior) ÷ |prior| for the line item as filed. The comparison is only shown when the latest and prior accounts cover broadly equal-length periods — short or long stubs (typical around incorporation or a year-end change) are suppressed rather than misrepresented. Lines a company doesn't report are omitted. About these numbers