THE EDUCATIONAL RECORDING AGENCY LIMITED
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Shareholders' funds
£29,550
Balance sheet as at 2024-03-31
What it does
The principal activity of the company is the issuing of licences for educational use of copyright works and performances to educational bodies in return for licence fees which, after deduction of expenses, are distributable to members. The use of broadcast materials in class by teachers and lecturers is a powerful tool for enhancing teaching and learning at all levels of education from primary to tertiary. Television and radio content provides a highly effective means of explaining and illustrating complex facts and ideas, engaging interest and stimulating debate amongst students of all ages and in all areas of study, both academic and vocational. ERA’s primary strategic objective is to maximise the value that licensees derive from the ERA Licence by providing educators with both the knowledge and means to exploit the powerful pedagogical benefits that can be derived from integrating broadcast resources into wider teaching and learning. The principal way in which it does so is by impro
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
- 1989-09-15
- Employees
- 7 (2024 accounts)
- Registered office
- Scott House Suite 1, The Concourse, Waterloo Station, London, England, SE1 7LY
- Postcode
- SE1 7LY
- Accounts category
- Small
- Charges
- 2 outstanding
Accounts
- Last made up to
- 2025-03-31
- Next due by
- 2026-12-31
- Financial year end
- 31 March
Confirmation statement
- Last statement dated
- 2026-08-03
- Next due by
- 2027-08-17
Nature of business (SIC)
- 94120 Activities of professional membership organizations
Officers 26 current · 81 resigned
Public contracts won 12
£843,004 total awarded value where published.
Showing the 5 most recent of 12.
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Data protection registration
Registered with the ICO as a data protection fee payer — Z7045807 (Tier 1), registered since 2002.
Information Commissioner's Office register of fee payers, licensed under the Open Government Licence.
Previous registered addresses 5
| Address | Changed on |
|---|---|
| 1ST FLOOR, BARNARD'S INN 86 FETTER LANE, LONDON, EC4A 1EN, ENGLAND | 2018-11-29 |
| VERULAM HOUSE 60 GRAY'S INN ROAD, LONDON, WC1X 8LU | 2016-12-01 |
| NEW PREMIER HOUSE, 150 SOUTHAMPTON ROW, LONDON, WC1B 5AL | 2012-04-04 |
| HANOVER HOUSE 14 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W1S 1HP | 2007-01-23 |
| HANOVER HOUSE, 14 HANOVER SQUARE, LONDON, W1R 0BE | 2001-11-01 |
Among its peers
Among the oldest 25%
of 69 similar companies in SE, trading since 1989
No.10 of the largest activities of professional membership organizations companies in London →
Competitors London
This company ranks 10 among activities of professional membership organizations in London.
The class of 1989
50%
of the 21,096 companies incorporated in 1989 are still active today; 44% have since been dissolved.
A fact about the year, not a forecast for this company.
Property in England & Wales 1 title
- Leasehold
- 1
- Most recent registration
- 2012-02-07
- Where
- Greater London
| Title number | County | Tenure | Registered | Price paid |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| NGL923968 | Greater London | Leasehold | 2012-02-07 | — |
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