QA LIMITED
Company number 02413137 · Monitor this company
Executive summary
QA Limited is the UK's leading scaled provider of corporate technology training and digital apprenticeships, operating as a private-equity-backed subsidiary (controlled via Seckloe 208 Limited) in a sector otherwise dominated by small, fragmented providers. It is strongly positioned to benefit from the AI, cloud, and cyber upskilling supercycle, though it carries notable exposure to UK apprenticeship levy reform and pricing pressure from self-paced digital platforms. As a clear market leader with clean compliance and acquisition-driven scale, its principal risks are regulatory funding shifts and the margin dilution inherent in people-intensive, policy-dependent revenue streams.
Overview
- Company type
- Private Limited Company
- Incorporated
- 1989-08-14
- Registered office
- International House First Floor, 1 St Katharine's Way, London, United Kingdom, E1W 1UN
- Postcode
- E1W 1UN
- Capital
- 1 GBP
- Accounts category
- Audit Exemption Subsidiary
- Charges
- 3 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-05-31
- Next due by
- 2027-02-28
- Financial year end
- 31 May
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-14
- Next due by
- 2027-08-28
Nature of business (SIC)
- 85590 Other education not elsewhere classified
Officers 3 current · 32 resigned
Group structure 6 subsidiaries
Controlled by SECKLOE 208 LIMITED — since 2017-06-23
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FGI TRAINING & CONSULTANCY LIMITED Dissolved
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QA LEARNING ACADEMY LIMITED Dissolved
From persons-with-significant-control filings on the public register.
Public contracts won 121
£10,147,599,143 total awarded value where published.
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Licensed visa sponsor
Licensed by the Home Office to sponsor worker visas: Global Business Mobility: Senior or Specialist Worker (Worker (A rating)), Skilled Worker (Worker (A rating)).
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Modern slavery statement
Registered a modern slavery statement for 2021 (period to 2020-09-30).
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z8461944 (Tier 3), registered since 2004.
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Gender pay gap
16%
Women's median hourly pay below men's, 2025/26 · around the middle of the pack for parity
Contact details
- Website
- qa.com
- Phone
- 0000000021729, 0044 113 220, 0113 220 7150
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Previous company names
| Name | Date changed |
|---|---|
| QA-IQ LIMITED | 2008-12-30 |
| INTERQUAD LEARNING LIMITED | 2006-10-05 |
| INTERQUAD SERVICES LIMITED | 2000-12-29 |
| INTERQUAD LIMITED | 1993-03-05 |
| FANVALE LIMITED | 1989-12-11 |
Previous registered addresses 4
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 466 MALTON AVENUE, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 4QU | 2006-04-25 |
| 653 AJAX AVENUE, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 4BG | 1997-10-26 |
| 653 AJAX AVENUE, SLOUGH, BERKSHIRE, SL1 4BG | 1997-10-26 |
| LYNTON HOUSE, 7-12 TAVISTOCK SQUARE, LONDON, WC1H 9LT | 1989-12-13 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 1,394 similar companies in E, trading since 1989
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 45% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 13 titles
- Freehold
- 1
- Leasehold
- 12
- Most recent registration
- 2022-12-09
- Where
- West Yorkshire (3), Greater London (2), Greater Manchester (2)
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| YY175936 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2022-12-09 | — |
| AGL595949 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2022-08-30 | — |
| MAN396043 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2021-12-01 | — |
| AGL501156 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2020-02-04 | — |
| MAN354739 | Greater Manchester | Leasehold | 2020-01-13 | — |
| WT415312 | Swindon | Leasehold | 2019-10-29 | — |
| LA609589 | Lancashire | Freehold | 2019-06-20 | — |
| GR400916 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2016-02-04 | — |
| GR396206 | Gloucestershire | Leasehold | 2015-08-20 | — |
| YY47796 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2015-03-23 | — |
| BK462313 | Slough | Leasehold | 2014-07-09 | — |
| TY516502 | Tyne And Wear | Leasehold | 2014-02-12 | — |
| YY24085 | West Yorkshire | Leasehold | 2013-09-27 | — |
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