ABBEY DLD COLLEGES LIMITED
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Next accounts due
2026-05-31 (this month)
Last filed for 2024-08-31
Confirmation statement due
2027-03-07 (in 10mo)
Last made up 2026-02-21
Watchouts
None on the register
Cash
£15M
Latest balance sheet
Net assets
£46K
Equity attributable
Employees
318
Average over period
Profit before tax
-£2M
Period ending 2024-08-31
Net assets
2-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
2-year trend · latest reflected 2024-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £48,790,000 | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,080,000 | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,042,000 | |
| Net profit | — | £46,000 | |
| Cash | — | £14,688,000 | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | — | |
| Net assets | — | £46,000 | |
| Equity | — | £46,000 | |
| Average employees | — | 318 | |
| Wages | — | £11,684,000 |
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
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -4.3% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 100.0% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.23x | |
| Interest cover | — | -297.14x |
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.
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- PricewaterhouseCoopers CI LLP
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“The Directors, after careful and due consideration believe that the Company has adequate resources available to it to ensure that it will be able to meet its liabilities and commitments as they fall due for the foreseeable future allowing for foreseeable negative effects of the changes in current economic conditions. The Directors have a reasonable expectation that the Company has adequate resources to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. The Directors consider that there are no material events or uncertainties that may cast significant doubt about the ability of the Company to continue as a going concern.”
Significant events
- “On the 13 September 2023, Abbey DLD Colleges Limited ("Abbey DLD") acquired the trade and assets of Abbey DLD Colleges comprising of Abbey College Cambridge, Abbey College Manchester, DLD College London and the related head office support and marketing function from Alpha Plus Group Limited.”
- “On the same day, Abbey DLD completed the acquisition of certain tangible and intangible assets from Alpha Plus Group Limited for £45.9 million.”
- “On the 26 September 2025, DV4 Limited, the ultimate parent Company, provided a letter of support to the Company.”
- “On 9 December 2024, the Company settled a liability position of £1.2m with the Alpha Plus Group Limited in relation to pension contributions that were made by Alpha Plus Group Limited to the pension provider with respect to the Company's employees related to the financial year ended 31 August 2024.”
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
5 active · 4 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| GEN II SERVICES (UK) LIMITED | Corporate Secretary | 2023-09-21 | — | — |
| ABLE, Graham George | Director | 2024-10-04 | Jul 1947 | British |
| BLOOM, Alan Robert | Director | 2024-10-04 | Nov 1955 | British |
| HAYNES, Timothy Hugh Penzer | Director | 2023-07-13 | Apr 1955 | British |
| WITHERS, John | Director | 2024-10-04 | Aug 1958 | British |
Show 4 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTON, Julia Caroline | Secretary | 2022-02-22 | 2023-09-13 |
| BOWDEN, James Edward Blake | Director | 2022-02-22 | 2023-12-31 |
| HANLEY-BROWNE, Mark David | Director | 2022-02-22 | 2025-12-31 |
| JONES, Richard Daniels | Director | 2022-02-22 | 2024-03-25 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
| Name | Kind | Nature of control | Notified | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dv4 Education Holdco Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2023-07-13 | Active |
| Alpha Plus Group Limited | Corporate entity | Shares 75–100%, Voting 75–100%, Appoints directors | 2022-02-22 | Ceased 2023-07-13 |
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 27 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-03-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-12-31 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-10-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-03-05 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2024-10-16 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-10-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2024-08-08 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2024-04-25 | CH04 | officers | Change corporate secretary company with change date | |
| 2024-03-07 | PSC05 | persons-with-significant-control | Change to a person with significant control | |
| 2024-03-01 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2024-01-04 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2023-12-18 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type dormant | |
| 2023-10-09 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | AD03 | address | Move registers to sail company with new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with old address new address | |
| 2023-10-06 | AD02 | address | Change sail address company with new address | |
| 2023-09-27 | AP04 | officers | Appoint corporate secretary company with name date | |
| 2023-09-21 | TM02 | officers | Termination secretary company with name termination date | |
| 2023-07-25 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 3
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 1
last 12 months
last 24 months
last 12 months
last 12 months
Direct counts from the register. No score, no rating — see the Filing timeline for the underlying events.
Year-on-year
FY2023 → FY2024 · period ending 2024-08-31 vs 2023-08-31