THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE
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Cash
£1.5k
-98.7% lowest in 3 filed years
Net assets
£6.4m
-0.9% lowest in 3 filed years
Employees
82
-15.5% lowest in 3 filed years
Profit before tax
-£59k
-756.3% vs 2024
Net assets
3-year trend · vs Consumer Discretionary median
Accounts
3-year trend · Δ = latest vs prior filed period · latest reflected 2025-12-31
| Metric | Trend | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 | Δ vs prior |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Total income | £6,584,918 | £6,761,587 | £6,031,938 | -10.8% | |
| Operating profit | — | £71,362 | £14,601 | -79.5% | |
| Profit before tax | — | £8,989 | -£58,993 | -756.3% | |
| Net profit | £182,687 | £8,989 | -£58,993 | -756.3% | |
| Cash | £258,672 | £117,953 | £1,500 | -98.7% | |
| Total assets less current liabilities | £6,981,160 | £6,893,755 | £6,767,442 | -1.8% | |
| Net assets | £6,427,991 | £6,436,980 | £6,377,987 | -0.9% | |
| Equity | £6,427,991 | £6,436,980 | £6,377,987 | -0.9% | |
| Average employees | 91 | 97 | 82 | -15.5% | |
| Wages | £2,111,166 | £2,288,291 | £1,942,558 | -15.1% | |
| Directors' remuneration | — | £0 | £0 | — |
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 | 2023-12-31 | 2024-12-31 | 2025-12-31 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Operating margin | — | 1.1% | 0.2% | |
| Net margin | 2.8% | 0.1% | -1.0% | |
| Return on capital employed | — | 1.0% | 0.2% | |
| Gearing (liabilities / total assets) | 25.1% | 23.6% | 19.0% | |
| Current ratio | 0.44x | 0.41x | 0.15x | |
| Interest cover | — | 1.14x | 0.20x |
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.
Name history
Renamed 3 times since incorporation
- THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE 2019-09-25 → present
- THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE LIMITED 2019-09-25 → 2019-09-25
- ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE LIMITED(THE) 1980-12-31 → 2019-09-25
- E.L.C. (HOVE) LIMITED 1980-07-21 → 1980-12-31
Audit & accounting basis
- Accounting basis
- FRS 102
- Reporting scope
- Standalone (parent only)
- Auditor
- Friend-James Limited
- Audit opinion
- Unqualified (clean)
- Going concern
- Affirmed
“After considering the company's forecast for the next 12 months, the trustees have a reasonable expectation that the charity has adequate cash and resources to meet all requirements to continue in operational existence for the foreseeable future. Accordingly, they continue to adopt the going concern basis of preparation.”
Group structure
- THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE CENTRE · parent
- Eastbourne School of English Limited 100%
- English In Chester Limited 100%
- Stanley Place (Holdings) Limited 100%
Auditor, going-concern and subsidiary information is drawn from the narrative of the latest annual accounts. About these numbers
People
7 active · 25 resigned
| Name | Role | Appointed | Born | Nationality |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOPKINS, Philip John Christopher | Secretary | 2010-05-19 | — | — |
| DAY, Richard John | Director | 2022-11-30 | May 1946 | British |
| KIDD, Robert Howard | Director | 2020-02-25 | Jul 1949 | British |
| PARAMOR, Nigel Paul | Director | 2025-03-20 | Aug 1960 | British |
| STEWART, Richard Alexander | Director | 1995-07-27 | May 1946 | British |
| TIERNAN, John Edward | Director | 2023-08-22 | Nov 1959 | British |
| WELLS, Katherine Joanna | Director | 2009-11-12 | Feb 1971 | British |
Show 25 resigned officers
| Name | Role | Appointed | Resigned |
|---|---|---|---|
| HARRISON, Charles Nicholas | Secretary | — | 2010-05-19 |
| ALLEN, Mark | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2014-06-24 |
| BARNARD, Geoffrey Leonard | Director | — | 1992-05-19 |
| BLACKSHAW, William Simon | Director | 1991-03-13 | 2005-05-04 |
| DUNLOP, Ian Harrison | Director | — | 1996-11-05 |
| EWART, Stanley Ernest | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2011-05-18 |
| HALL-SMITH, Vanessa Frances | Director | 2015-11-24 | 2019-07-30 |
| HAMMARBERG, Peter | Director | — | 1995-03-03 |
| HOGLUND, Anders | Director | — | 1992-05-19 |
| LEWIS, John Walford | Director | — | 2001-05-23 |
| MARKHAM, Ann Faulkner | Director | 1993-08-23 | 1996-12-01 |
| MURPHY-ODWYER, Lynette Mary | Director | 1996-02-20 | 2011-11-20 |
| NAKHLE, Edward | Director | 1997-07-31 | 2008-05-14 |
| ORPEN, Marianne | Director | — | 1996-02-20 |
| ORPEN, Peter Christopher | Director | 2010-03-03 | 2020-04-04 |
| PERRY, Roger Christopher Vernon Dyson | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2017-06-30 |
| PHILIPS, Michael Adrian | Director | 2010-11-30 | 2012-06-27 |
| QUIBELL, Thomas Ernest Duncan | Director | 2004-05-13 | 2019-07-30 |
| RIVETT-DRAKE, Jean Elizabeth Rivett, Dame | Director | — | 1993-11-22 |
| RUDD, John Robert | Director | 2005-02-24 | 2025-08-20 |
| STILES, Pamela Margaret Melanie | Director | 1996-02-20 | 2007-05-16 |
| THOMAS, Kenneth Eastwood | Director | 1998-05-06 | 2002-11-03 |
| WEST, Michael Cunningham | Director | 2006-08-10 | 2025-08-20 |
| WESTIN, Gunnar Forwald | Director | — | 1994-11-28 |
| WHITE, Graham Marshall | Director | 2014-08-26 | 2021-11-14 |
Ownership
Persons with significant control
Filing timeline
Last 20 of 151 total filings
| Date | Type | Category | Description | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-08-26 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2026-07-02 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2026-07-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-10-07 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-08-26 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2025-06-26 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with updates | |
| 2025-04-02 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2025-04-01 | CH01 | officers | Change person director company with change date | |
| 2024-09-09 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2024-07-09 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-09-01 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-08-15 | AP01 | officers | Appoint person director company with name date | |
| 2023-07-27 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2023-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-08-15 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type full | |
| 2022-06-29 | CS01 | confirmation-statement | Confirmation statement with no updates | |
| 2022-01-07 | TM01 | officers | Termination director company with name termination date | |
| 2021-06-29 | AA | accounts | Accounts with accounts type group |
Public-record activity
Raw counts from Companies House — last 12–24 months
- Filings
- 4
- Capital events
- 0
- Officers appointed
- 0
- Officers resigned
- 0
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.