THE ASSOCIATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING COLLEGES LTD

14 C/O ROYAL ASIATIC SOCIETY, STEPHENSON WAY, LONDON, NW1 2HD

Previous name: ABCC (UK) LTD (changed on 21-Mar-2023)
Previous name: ASSOCIATION OF BRITISH CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGES LIMITED (changed on 17-Apr-2013)

Company Number: 00732713
Incorporation date: 16-Aug-1962
Status: Active
Entity type: PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)

SIC codes:
94120 Activities of professional membership organizations

SUMMARY

This company is 61.7 years old and is currently active. It is controlled by Mr Colin Max Faulkner. No P&L financials are available but there is Balance Sheet data. The company has positive equity (net assets) of GBP 23.7 thousand which has decreased from the previous year's figure of GBP 32.7 thousand. Although the P&L is not published, we can infer from the Balance Sheet that net profit (less dividends) was GBP -8.9 thousand in the last reported period. The company has 6 active officers (directors or partners) who are or were officers of 13 other companies, 2 (15.4%) of which have since been dissolved or are proposed for strike off. The company has no public disputes filed on the Business Disputes Register. There are no court cases involving the company that we are aware of.

FINANCIALS (BETA)

Next accounts due: 31-Oct-2024
Accounts Filed: TOTAL EXEMPTION FULL (31-Jan-2023)

P&L Financials:

Year end	Currency	Revenue	Operating profit	Interest Received	Interest Paid	Tax	Net Profit GBP
31-Jan-2020	GBP	19,541	-3,265	36			-3,229
31-Jan-2019	GBP	20,032	-1,283	21			-1,262

No P&L data available

Balance Sheet Financials:

Year end	Currency	Cash	Current Assets	Current Liabilities	Debt	Share Capital	Retained Earnings	Net Assets
31-Jan-2023	GBP	21,061	26,541	2,828		160	23,553	23,713
31-Jan-2022	GBP	28,219	34,898	2,243		160	32,495	32,655
31-Jan-2021	GBP	30,045	31,216	4,330		160	26,726	26,886
31-Jan-2020	GBP	19,744	22,269	1,832		160	20,277	20,437
31-Jan-2019	GBP	21,747	23,385	1,069			23,666	23,666
31-Jan-2018	GBP	23,217	23,583	1,355			24,768	24,928
31-Jan-2017	GBP	23,333	23,333	2,119			25,104	25,264
31-Jan-2016	GBP	21,636	24,237	1,880			24,897
31-Jan-2015	GBP	22,885	22,885	1,411			21,314	21,474
31-Jan-2014	GBP	8,971	10,328	1,708	1,708		8,460	8,620
31-Jan-2013	GBP	554	1,614		1,403		279	439
31-Jan-2012	GBP	3,499	4,693	1,867			2,952	3,112

VALUATION EVENTS (BETA)

Year end	Currency	% Equity	Sum raised	Pre-Money Valuation*	Post-Money Valuation*	Enterprise Value**
31-Jan-2020	GBP	100.00%	160	0	160	-20,666

* Average valuation during the period
** Estimated based on average Cash and Debt levels during period

DISPUTES

No disputes filed on www.disputesregister.org

COMPANY SECRETARY

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All apointments (active/resigned)
Active	Heather Christine OWEN	01 Mar 1993	16 Apr 2024			1 - 0
Resigned	Mary Jessica COREN		31 Jan 1993			0 - 1

DIRECTORS

Status	Name	Appointed on	Resigned on	Occupation	Nationality	All appointments (active/resigned)	Dissolved companies (rate)
Resigned	Peter Alvin FISHER	16 Jun 2020	30 Mar 2023	Retired	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Active	Matthew JONES	16 Jun 2020		Managing Director	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Ian Walter CAMPBELL	22 Mar 2013	30 Mar 2017	Director	British	1 - 5	0 (0.0%)
Active	Rupert Harry DOUGLAS-JONES	29 Mar 2012		Training Manager	British	5 - 4	1 (11.1%)
Active	Brian MCVEAN	26 Feb 2010		Manager	British	2 - 2	1 (25.0%)
Resigned	Frances Diana NADIN	26 Mar 2009	16 Jun 2020	Director Of Studies	British	0 - 10	5 (50.0%)
Resigned	Gregory SMITH	26 Mar 2009	26 Mar 2015	Education	British	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Active	Trevor George LEACH	26 Mar 2009		Director(Training)	British	3 - 2	2 (40.0%)
Active	Colin Max FAULKNER	14 Jun 2000		Manager	British	1 - 0	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Elias VAN DEN AKKER	26 Mar 1998	26 Mar 2010	Company Director	Dutch	1 - 5	1 (16.7%)
Resigned	Jonathan Ward SMITH	26 Mar 1998	26 Mar 2009	Company Director	British	4 - 3	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Michael Stephen RIGBY	25 Mar 1993	26 Mar 2015	Publisher	British	0 - 2	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Frances Diana NADIN	29 Oct 1992	09 Oct 1998	Director Of Correspondence Col	British	0 - 10	5 (50.0%)
Active	John Douglas MERCER	22 Dec 1980		Company Director	British	4 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Derek Graham BAKER		23 Mar 2000	Registrar	English	0 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Andrew David YOUNG		26 Mar 1998	College Principal	British	4 - 12	2 (12.5%)
Resigned	John Douglas MERCER		16 Mar 2020	Company Director	British	4 - 1	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Roy Douglas MERCER		25 Oct 2007	Principal Of Correspondence College	British	0 - 3	0 (0.0%)
Resigned	Kenneth WOODWARD		29 Oct 1992	College Principal	British	0 - 4	0 (0.0%)

Number of active directors: 6
Average tenure of active directors: 18.7 years
Average tenure of resigned directors: 5.8 years
Average active director Dissolution Rate: 12.7%

DIRECTOR APPOINTMENTS IN OTHER COMPANIES

Name	Matthew JONES	Rupert Harry DOUGLAS-JONES	Brian MCVEAN	Trevor George LEACH	Colin Max FAULKNER	John Douglas MERCER
M.C.G.CORRESPONDENCE COLLEGES LIMITED (00551887) - Active						✔
THE ASSOCIATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING COLLEGES LTD (00732713) - Active	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔	✔
OAKCAD LTD. (02930464) - Active				✔
FUTURE PROPERTY LIMITED (05183835) - Active		✔
NCT ONLINE LIMITED (06543770) - Active - Proposal to Strike off				✔
MEWP CONSULTANCY LTD (07646742) - Active		✔
SBA TUTORIAL SERVICES LIMITED (09793021) - Active			✔
LONDON ART COLLEGE LTD (09986361) - Active		✔
ASSOCIATE CONSULTANCY SERVICES LTD (13082979) - Dissolved		✔
RAIH LTD (13678279) - Active		✔
WORK AT HEIGHT LTD (13847538) - Active		✔
UK ART ACADEMY LTD (15191143) - Active		✔
CONSOLIDATED TRAINING SYSTEMS LIMITED (SC085709) - Active			✔
SBA TUITION LIMITED (SC482031) - Dissolved			✔

SHAREHOLDERS (BETA)

This entity is a 'PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)' which is a legal form with no shareholders.

SHAREHOLDINGS (BETA)

no shareholding data

CONTROLLED COMPANIES / CONTROLLING ENTITIES

Significant influence or control:Mr Colin Max Faulkner - active

Controlling entities above

THE ASSOCIATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING COLLEGES LTD

no controlled companies

LATE PAYMENTS REPORT

This company has not filed any late payment reports possibly because it is not considered \'Large\'.

COURT CASES

No Court Cases found

PATENTS

No Patents found

COMPETITORS

(Based on Sic code: 94120 Activities of professional membership organizations)

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LIQUIDATION RISK (BETA)

This company is Active. Statistically, Active companies have a low probability of being liquidated within a year.
Here are our probability predictions:

Basis	Liquidation within 3 months	Liquidation within 6 months	Liquidation within 12 months	Prediction confidence
THE ASSOCIATION OF DISTANCE LEARNING COLLEGES LTD	0.7%	3.6%	7.1%	Medium
Other companies Active in the same sector	0.2%	2.9%	4.6%	Medium


Age	0.4%	1.4%	2.7%	Medium
Company Type	0.7%	3.7%	7.4%	Medium
Accounts category	0.5%	2.1%	4.2%	Medium
Accounting Month	0.6%	2.2%	6.7%	Medium
Sic code count	0.7%	3.5%	7.0%	Medium