HAWKSMERE LIMITED
Company number 04867906 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
Hawksmere Limited is a non-trading shell company within the Kaplan/Graham Holdings group that formerly operated in the UK technical and vocational education sector. Having ceased all trading activity, its balance sheet carries £7.5M in net liabilities funded entirely through inter-company balances, reflecting years of accumulated losses that likely preceded or accompanied the closure of its operations. The company exists solely as a legal entity for group structuring purposes and holds no competitive position within the vocational training market. Any assessment of its financial health is inseparable from the implicit support of its US-listed ultimate parent, Graham Holdings Company.
Shareholders' funds
-£7,991,430
Balance sheet as at 2024-12-31
What it does
Technical and vocational secondary education
The company's own description, from its latest filed accounts.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 2003-08-15
- Employees
- 1 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- 179-191 Borough High Street, London, England, SE1 1HR
- Postcode
- SE1 1HR
- Capital
- 33,592 GBP
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 9 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2024-12-31
- Next due by
- 2026-09-30
- Financial year end
- 31 December
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-08
- Next due by
- 2027-08-22
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85320 Technical and vocational secondary education
Officers 1 current · 20 resigned
Group structure 1 subsidiary
Controlled by KAPLAN INTERNATIONAL HOLDINGS LIMITED — since 2016-06-30
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 1
£70,000 total awarded value where published.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0 (Contracts Finder).
Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8213693 (Tier 1), registered since 2003.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Contact details
- Website
- http://www.hawksmereltd.com
Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| TRACKLAW LIMITED | 2003-12-18 |
Previous registered addresses 8
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| GROUND FLOOR, PALACE HOUSE 3 CATHEDRAL STREET, LONDON, SE1 9DE | 2015-12-01 |
| 7TH FLOOR 100, CANNON STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6EU, ENGLAND | 2014-06-12 |
| 4TH FLOOR 52 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, SW1W 0AU | 2012-07-20 |
| 7TH FLOOR, 100 CANNON STREET, LONDON, EC4N 6EU | 2011-01-11 |
| 7TH FLOOR ELIZABETH HOUSE, YORK ROAD, LONDON, SE1 7NQ | 2008-01-29 |
| 4TH FLOOR NORTH WEST WING, BUSH HOUSE, LONDON, WC2B 4PJ | 2007-04-10 |
| 12-18 GROSVENOR GARDENS, LONDON, SW1W 0DH | 2004-12-22 |
| NUMBER 1 LONDON ROAD, SOUTHAMPTON, HAMPSHIRE SO15 2AE | 2004-01-07 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 75 similar companies in SE, trading since 2003
Competitors London
This company ranks 63 among technical and vocational secondary education in London.
The class of 2003
12%
of the 419 companies in this sector incorporated in 2003 are still active today; 87% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.