MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST

1. MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST 2008-07-30 → present
2. MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST 2008-04-07 → 2008-07-30
3. THE LAIRD FOUNDATION 1998-02-18 → 2008-04-04
4. THE LAIRD FOUNDATION LIMITED 1998-02-13 → 1998-02-18

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

DJH Audit Limited

Audit opinion

Unqualified (clean)

Going concern

Affirmed

“We have nothing to report in respect of the following matters in relation to which the ISAs (UK) require us to report to you where: ... the trustees have not disclosed in the financial statements any identified material uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the group's ability to continue to adopt the going concern basis of accounting for a period of a least twelve months from the date when the financial statements are authorised for issue.”

Group structure

1. MARITIME + ENGINEERING COLLEGE NORTH WEST · parent
   1. MEC North West (Enterprises) Limited 100% · Provision of training courses
   2. The Engineering College Limited · Dormant
   3. The Engineering College Enterprises Limited · Dormant

Significant events

• “MECNW (The Engineering College) is an innovative education, training and enterprise centre, which has an extensive range of well-equipped engineering manufacture and construction workshops, as well as CAD/CAM/ IT and Simulation suites.”
• “has developed a commercial welding centre which has endorsements and approvals from the Welding Institute (TWI) and has opened a cross sector skills technical skills training and assessment centre which offers technical assessment services across the country to other apprentice training providers.”
• “has invested significantly in new technology and virtual reality suites to service the advanced manufacturing, digital technologies sectors, aligning the business to the aspirations of the LCR Local Enterprise Partnership (Manufacturing).”
• “is working in partnership with government and employers in the Grand Bahamas to develop and deliver innovative technical apprenticeships and technical assessments of existing staff in heavy engineering.”

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

Filings

2

last 12 months

Capital events

0

last 24 months

Officers appointed

0

last 12 months

Officers resigned

0

last 12 months

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

• Turnover

  +8.4%

  £2,237,064 → £2,425,801

• Cash

  -32.2%

  £350,188 → £237,401

• Net assets

  +0.5%

  £1,110,451 → £1,115,886

• Employees

  0%

  45 → 45

• Wages

  +4.7%

  £1,385,341 → £1,450,520

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