CONSUMER CREDIT TRADE ASSOCIATION
Company number 00034278 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
The Consumer Credit Trade Association demonstrates a strongly improving financial trajectory, with net assets growing from £36,155 in 2020 to £242,347 in 2024—a period during which many comparable trade bodies experienced stagnation or contraction. The organisation's explicit recognition of membership fee dependency risk and its investment in diversification through the CCTA Academy represents sound strategic thinking, though the significant increase in stocks (£11,872 to £70,421) warrants monitoring to ensure this inventory converts efficiently to revenue. As a niche player in a sector with larger, better-resourced competitors, the CCTA's heritage, lean operating model, and strengthening balance sheet provide a credible foundation, but its long-term sustainability will depend on successful execution of its diversification strategy amid ongoing regulatory and market headwinds in the consumer credit sector.
Shareholders' funds
£242,347
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
Selling professional memberships
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- PRI/LTD BY GUAR/NSC (Private, limited by guarantee, no share capital)
- Incorporated
- 1891-06-25
- Employees
- 6 (2024 accounts · was 5 in 2023)
- Registered office
- 11 Merus Court, Meridian Business Park, Leicester, United Kingdom, LE19 1RJ
- Postcode
- LE19 1RJ
- Accounts category
- Small
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-07-27
- Next due by
- 2027-08-10
Nature of business (SIC)
- 94120 Activities of professional membership organizations
Officers 14 current · 53 resigned
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7517961 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| HIRE PURCHASE TRADE ASSOCIATION. (THE) | 1978-12-31 |
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| AIREDALE HOUSE DOWLEY GAP BUSINESS PARK, DOWLEY GAP LANE, BINGLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD16 1WA | 2019-04-17 |
| SUITE 4 THE WAVE, 1 VIEW CROFT ROAD SHIPLEY, WEST YORKSHIRE, BD17 7DU | 2015-07-15 |
| SUITE 8 THE WOOL EXCHANGE, 10 HUSTLERGATE, BRADFORD, WEST YORKSHIRE BD1 1RE | 2006-04-13 |
| TENNYSON HOUSE, 159-163 GREAT PORTLAND STREET, LONDON, W1N 5FD | 2000-05-09 |
| 3 BERNERS STREET, LONDON W1 | 1988-08-19 |
Among its peers
Among the biggest employers
of 17 similar companies in LE, with 6 staff. The oldest of its local peers.
No.10 of the largest activities of professional membership organizations companies in Leicester →
Competitors Leicester
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4. UKWA LIMITED
This company ranks 10 among activities of professional membership organizations in Leicester.