ABBEY DLD COLLEGES LIMITED
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Cash
£15m
+1.7% vs 2024
Net assets
-£8.2m
-17,856.5% vs 2024
Employees
312
-1.9% vs 2024
Profit before tax
-£5.5m
-170.4% vs 2024
Watchouts
Facts from the Companies House register and the latest accounts — not a rating
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Negative shareholders' funds
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-08-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Turnover | — | £48,790,000 | £47,935,000 | -1.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | -£2,080,000 | -£5,551,000 | -166.9% | |
| Profit before tax | — | -£2,042,000 | -£5,522,000 | -170.4% | |
| Net profit | — | £46,000 | -£8,214,000 | -17,956.5% | |
| Cash | — | £14,688,000 | £14,944,000 | +1.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | — | £3,953,000 | -£4,570,000 | -215.6% | |
| Net assets | — | £46,000 | -£8,168,000 | -17,856.5% | |
| Equity | — | £46,000 | -£8,168,000 | -17,856.5% | |
| Average employees | — | 318 | 312 | -1.9% | |
| Wages | — | £11,684,000 | £12,609,000 | +7.9% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £131,000 | £151,000 | +15.3% |
Values shown as filed in the company's annual accounts. — indicates the figure wasn't present under that line item in that period. The Δ column is the change from the prior filed period as a percentage of |prior|; lines a company doesn't report show —. About these numbers
Ratios
Computed from the line items above — sparklines read oldest → newest
| Ratio | Trend | 2023-08-31 | 2024-08-31 | 2025-08-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | -4.3% | -11.6% | |
| Net margin | — | 0.1% | -17.1% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | -52.6% | — | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | — | 100.0% | 109.5% | |
| Current ratio | — | 0.23x | 0.23x |
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 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. Accordingly, the Directors have continued to adopt the going concern basis in preparing the financial statements.”
Significant events
- “On 13 September 2023, Abbey DLD Colleges Limited completed the acquisition of certain tangible and intangible assets of Alpha Plus Group Limited, pursuant to a business purchase agreement executed on the valuation date (the "Transaction").”
- “The Directors expect the forthcoming financial year to see a second successive downturn in student numbers... tuition and boarding fees will no longer be exempt from VAT from January 2025.”
- “The war in Iran will have an effect on recruitment and retention. Foreign remittance restrictions applicable to Iranian students pose a risk to the timely collection any fees owed to the students.”
- “The Abbey DLD Manchester college underwent an ISI inspection in Spring 2026 and failed on one compliance point being the failure to provide pupils of compulsory school age with physical education within the curriculum.”
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 28 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-07-05 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 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 |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- 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.